Session 1: Our tomorrow
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Session 1: Our tomorrow
Hosted by Chris Anderson. TED will be showing this session in cinemas around the world!
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Ishitakatyal
@Ishita_katyal
Writer, TEDx&TEDYouth Speaker, TEDxYouth@Balewadi Licensee, Volunteer- community work
- Pune, India
shonda rhimes
@shondarhimes
I make stuff up for a living. Remember, it's not real, okay? Don't tweet me your craziness. Preorder #theyearofyes no...
- shondaland
- theyearofyesbook.com
danpallotta
@danpallotta
Husband, father, brother, son, gay, charity defender, philanthropy futurist, author, entrepreneur, TED talker, human ...
- Cambridge
- danpallotta.com
Bill T Jones
http://www.newyorklivearts....
With his artistry and creativity, Bill T. Jones has inspired a generation of dancers, choreographers -- and audiences...
- New York
Ishita Katyal, Writer
Adults, listen up, says Ishita Katyal: Stop asking kids what they want to do when they grow up -- ask what they want to do right now.
Ishita Katyal is the youngest TEDxYouth organizer in the Asia-Pacific region, as organizer of TEDxYouth@Balewadi. She wrote her first book, Simran’s Diary, when she was 8 years old. She believes success comes from wanting happiness in the present moment, and loves to read and write in her spare time.
More @ http://www.writerstory.com/ishita-katyal-interview-simrans-diary-book/
Astro Teller, Entrepreneur, inventor, author
As “Captain of Moonshots” for X, Astro Teller oversees the secret projects that could reshape our lives in coming decades.
Astro Teller oversees X, Alphabet's moonshot factory for building magical, audacious ideas that can solve concrete problems for millions of people through science and technology. As X’s head, Teller has an unmatched vantage point from which to watch possible futures unfold.
In addition to his day job shepherding Peter Pans with PhDs, Teller is on the board of several businesses including AI-based hedge fund Cerebellum Capital, Inc., and Flux.io, a startup reinventing how buildings are designed and built. He is also the author of two novels and co-author (with Danielle Teller) of Sacred Cows, a nonfiction work analyzing society’s attitudes on divorce.
More @ http://www.astroteller.net/
Riccardo Sabatini, Scientist, Entrepreneur
Riccardo Sabatini applies his expertise in numerical modeling and data to projects ranging from material science to computational genomics and food market predictions.
Data scientist Riccardo Sabatini harnesses numerical methods for a surprising variety of fields, from material science research to the study of food commodities (as a past director of the EU research project FoodCAST). His most recent research centers on computational genomics and how to crack the code of life.
In addition to his data research, Sabatini is deeply involved in education for entrepreneurs. He is the founder and co-director of the Quantum ESPRESSO Foundation, an advisor in several data-driven startups, and funder of The HUB Trieste, a social impact accelerator.
AR Rahman, Composer, Musician
In India, AR Rahman is a household name. Now his infectious music is poised to capture the ears (and the hearts) of the rest of the world.
In India, AR Rahman is a household name. Now his infectious music is poised to capture the ears (and the hearts) of the rest of the world. While he’s known in the West for scoring Slumdog Millionaire (which earned him two Oscars and two Grammys), in South Asia, film composer AR Rahman is a superstar. His music is featured in hundreds of movies, his recordings are among the best-selling releases in history, and his fans number in the billions.
Rahman’s film scores are an eclectic blend of Eastern classical, Western electronica and pop-culture touchstones in a musical mélange familiar to Indian film fans. But with appearances at the 2012 London Olympics and several successful global tours, his soulful music has spread far beyond the silver screen.
More @ http://www.arrahman.com/
Dan Pallotta, Charity Defender
Everything the donating public has been taught about giving is dysfunctional, says AIDS Ride founder Dan Pallotta. He aims to transform the way society thinks about charity and giving and change.
"The nonprofit sector is critical to our dream of changing the world. Yet there is no greater injustice than the double standard that exists between the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. One gets to feast on marketing, risk-taking, capital and financial incentive, the other is sentenced to begging,” Dan Pallotta says in discussing his book Charity Case. This economic starvation of our nonprofits is why he believes we are not moving the needle on great social problems. “My goal … is to fundamentally transform the way the public thinks about charity within 10 years.”
Pallotta is best known for creating the multi-day charitable event industry, and a new generation of philanthropists with the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Day events, which raised $582 million in nine years. He is president of Advertising for Humanity, which helps foundations and philanthropists transform the growth potential of their favorite grantees. He is also the founder and President of the Charity Defense Council.
More info @ http://danpallotta.com/
Shonda Rhimes, Writer and Producer
With the runaway success of shows like "Scandal" and "Grey’s Anatomy," Shonda Rhimes has become one of Hollywood’s most powerful icons.
When ABC kicked off its 2014 television season by devoting its Thursday night line-up to the Shondaland shows How to Get Away With Murder, Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes -- already one of the most influential producers in Hollywood -- became arguably the single most powerful voice in television today. In 2015, ABC snapped up Rhimes’ latest series, The Catch. Shondaland shows have the special ability to capture both fan devotion and critical attention – she’s won everything from a Peabody Award to a People’s Choice Award.
Rhimes is known for her groundbreaking storytelling, her candor and humor in the face of her critics, and for never shying away from speaking her mind. She’s also known for her social media savvy, and fans of her shows basically own Twitter on Thursday nights. Her first book, Year of Yes, was published in November 2015.
More @ http://theyearofyesbook.com/
Bill T. Jones, Director/Choreographer, Dancer
With his artistry and creativity, Bill T. Jones has inspired a generation of dancers, choreographers -- and audiences.
In 1982, Bill T. Jones co-founded the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company with his partner Arnie Zane. As the company’s artistic director and choreographer, Jones has created more than 140 works, and in 2011, merged his company with New York’s historical Dance Theater Workshop to create New York Live Arts. The company’s 2015 piece Analogy/Dora: Tramontane is based on Jones’ mother-in-law’s recollections of life under the Nazi occupation of France.
Jones is a 1994 MacArthur Fellow; he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2010 and the National Medal of Arts from President Obama in 2013. He has won two Tony awards for Best Choreography, for the Broadway musicals Spring Awakening in 207 and Fela! in 2010. Jones is the author of a memoir, Last Night on Earth, and Story/Time, a reflection on his 2012 piece inspired by the work of John Cage.
