TEDxSMULive 2015
Please join us Tuesday, March 17 for a full day of simulcast talks live from TED 2015!
FREE and open to public- SMU and Dallas community welcome! Join us for one talk, one session or the whole day and bring a friend! Sessions, times and speakers listed below.
Location: Palmer Conference Center in Caruth Hall, room 406 on the SMU campus
10:30 am – 12:15 pm Session 2: What Are We Thinking?
Laura Schulz | Cognitive scientist |
Jason Padgett | Geometric artist |
David Eagleman | Neuroscientist |
Daniel Kish | Perceptual navigation specialist |
Donald Hoffman |
Cognitive scientist
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1:00 – 2:45 pm Session 3: Machines That Learn
Fei-Fei Li | Computer scientist |
Rajiv Maheswaran | Researcher |
Chris Urmson | Robotocist |
Jim Simons | Philanthropist, mathematician |
Nick Bostrom |
Philosopher
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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm “Truth and Dare at SMU” Campus Conversation
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm Session 4: Out of This World
Alan Eustace | Stratospheric explorer |
Fred Jansen | Space explorer |
Sara Seager | Exoplanet expert |
Nathalie Cabrol | Planetary explorer |
Stephen Petranek |
Technology forecaster
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6:00 – 7:00 pm TEDxSMU Student Dinner
SMU students, join us for dinner while we watch a TEDxSMU 2014 talk and hold a discussion. Then hang around for the last live session from TED 2015, Session 5: “Life Stories”
7:00 - 8:45 pm Session 5: Life Stories
Anand Giridharadas | Author |
Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley | Entrepreneur and philanthropist |
Martine Rothblatt | Transhumanist |
Joey Alexander | Jazz pianist |
Dave Isay | Story collector |
*TEDxLive is an extension of the TEDx program, launched by TED in 2010. TEDxLive events are TEDx events built around the live webcast of TED Conferences. TEDxLive events enable TED enthusiasts all over the world to experience live sessions of the TED Conference. Some are simple viewing events, and some host live speakers.