TEDxSMULive 2016
Please join us February 15th – 19th for a full week of simulcast talks live from TED 2016!
FREE and open to the SMU community! Join us for one talk, one session or the whole week and bring a friend! Sessions, times and speakers listed below.
Location: Caruth Institute in Caruth Hall, suite 253 on the SMU campus
*Please note that we will be in the Armstrong Commons Classroom for a special kick-off dinner and Session 1 watch party!
Monday, February 15th: Armstrong Commons Classroom
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm TEDxSMU Student Dinner
Join us for dinner to meet the TEDxSMU team and Young Fellows before the first session.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Session 1: Our tomorrow
Ishita Katyal | Writer |
Astro Teller | Entrepreneur, inventor, author |
Riccardo Sabatini | Scientist, entrepreneur |
AR Rahman | Composer, musician |
Dan Pallotta | Charity defender |
Shonda Rhimes | Writer and producer |
Bill T. Jones | Director/choreographer, dancer |
Tuesday, February 16th: Caruth Institute, main level of Caruth Hall
10:30 am – 12:15 pm Session 2: Radical repatterning
Adam Savage | Maker, critical thinker |
Cédric Villani | Mathematician |
Haley Van Dyck | Disrupter |
So Percussion | Percussion ensemble |
Joe Gebbia | Designer, cofounder, Airbnb |
Travis Kalanick | Problem solver-in-chief, Uber |
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Session 3: Imagination. Invention. Ingenuity
Wanda Diaz Merced | Sonic astrophysicist |
Joseph Ravenell | Men’s health advocate |
Michael Sng | Toy designer |
Holly Cohen | Occupational therapist, tinkerer |
Franz Freudenthal | Pediatric cardiologist |
Blitz the Ambassador | Afrobeat/hip-hop artist |
Ameera Ahmad | Fixer |
Mae Jemison | Astronaut, engineer, entrepreneur, physician and educator |
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm Session 4: Lifehacks
Allan Adams | Theoretical physicist |
Tim Urban | Blogger, cartoonist |
Adam Grant | Organizational psychologist |
Brian Little | Personality researcher |
John McWhorter | Linguist |
Noah Zandan | Data scientist |
Kio Stark | Stranger enthusiast |
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm Session 5: Deep memory
Norman Lear | Television producer, activist |
Kenneth Lacovara | Paleontologist |
Tabetha Boyajin | Astronomer |
Silk Road Ensemble | Musical explorers |
Sarah Parcak | Satellite archaeologist + TED Prize winner |
Wednesday, February 17th: Caruth Institute, main level of Caruth Hall
10:30 am – 12:15 pm Session 6: Code
Linus Torvalds | Software engineer |
Reshma Saujani | Education activist |
Mary Norris | Copy editor |
R. Luke DuBois | Artist, composer, engineer |
Meron Gribetz | Augmented reality stratup CEO |
Raffaello D’Andrea | Autonomous systems pioneer |
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Session 7: Imagine there’s no country
Parag Khanna | Global strategist |
Amit Sood | Technologist |
Dalia Mogahed | Muslim studies scholar |
Hugh Evans | Humanitarian |
Christiana Figueres | Climate advocate |
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm Session 8: Nightmare?
Al Gore | Climate advocate |
Andrew Youn | Anti-hunger activist |
Jennifer Kahn | Science journalist |
Rhiannon Giddens | Musician |
Dan Gross | Gun-control activist |
Michael Murphy | Designer |
Thursday, February 18th: Caruth Institute, main level of Caruth Hall
*All sessions on Thursday are FREE and open to anyone in the Dallas community as well as SMU!
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Session 9: Outside the box
Arthur Brooks | Social scientist, author |
Adam Foss | Juvenile justice reformer |
John Legend | Singer, musician, composer |
Lidia Yuknavitch | Author |
Moran Cerf | Brain hacker |
Alex Kipman | Inventor |
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm Session 10: The dreams that define us
Mariano Sigman | Neuroscientist |
Siyanda Mohutsiwa | Writer, satirist |
Linsey Pollak | Musician, instrument maker, composer |
Judit Polgár | Chess grandmaster |
Kang Lee | Developmental researcher |
Angélica Dass | Artist and photographer |
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm Session 11: Fantasists and catalysts
Chris Milk | Immersive storyteller |
Uri Hasson | Neuroscientist |
Alice Rawsthorn | Design critic |
EL VY | Musical Group |
Monica Byrne | Author and playwright |
Friday, February 19th: Caruth Institute, main level of Caruth Hall
11:30 am – 2:00 pm Session 12: Wake Up!
Tshering Tobgay | Prime minister of Bhutan |
Sue Desmond-Hellmann | CEO, Gates Foundation |
Stephen Wilkes | Narrative photographer |
Alexander Betts | Forced migration researcher |
Courtney E. Martin | Writer and entrepreneur |
Casey Gerald | American |
Julia Sweeney | Actor, comedian, playwright |
*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.