What lies on the other side of self-imposed limitations? Ideas that redefine boundaries and accelerate progress. Lab diagnostics at your neighborhood pharmacy that use a single drop of blood. A breathtakingly simple way to stop HIV/AIDS in its tracks. A completely counterintuitive way to address doctor shortages in developing countries. An endurance feat so extreme that it redefines the phrase “will to succeed.â€
The speakers in this session will make you rethink the limits of what is possible–join us this September 10th-12th for TEDMED 2014.
Cuban Health Care Expert
Gail Reed, founder of Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba and editor of MEDICC Review, is a former journalist who will spotlight a completely counterintuitive program to relieve the global shortage of physicians in poor countries.
Medical Diagnostic Game Changer
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, will share the amazing medical insights and technology that have put her on the cutting edge of high-tech diagnostics.
Open Water Swimming Champion
Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad will share lessons of her world record-setting solo 110-mile swim from Cuba to Miami at age 64.
Incisive Photographer
Kitra Cahana, one of National Geographic’s youngest photographers, will tell a moving and inspiring true story of a medical catastrophe that turned into an unexpected journey into realms of spirituality and imagination.
Biometrics Entrepreneur
Foteini Agrafioti, a biometric and personal security engineer, will share how your EKG and emissions from your ear may be an alternate kind of fingerprint for you.
Persistent Inventor/Global Life-Saver
Marc Koska, inventor of a life-saving syringe, will share the struggles, setbacks, breakthroughs and ultimate triumphs of this technology’s 30-year odyssey from “great idea†to “globally adopted reality.â€
These amazing speakers are sure to astound and push you to rethink the limits of possibility. Stay tuned for details on our next session, Stealing Smart, during which speakers will share their secrets of co-opting help in the creative process.
Click here to apply to attend the event in Washington, DC or in San Francisco, CA.
