In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Raytheon Amphitheater
120 Forsyth Street
Boston, Massachusetts
United States

Chirag Kulkarni

Chirag Kulkarni is a Northeastern University alum who has started two companies, and has been hailed as one of the “top 25 marketing influencers” by Forbes magazine. In his business ventures, Chirag noticed the intensive and time consuming hours of work students and professionals are expected to take on. Chirag has since changed his mindset towards working, and realized that “working less,” and taking time to meditate has numerous individual and professional benefits. He now focuses on the advantages of mediation and how it can aid in building a career and life you love.

Dagmar Sternad

Dagmar is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University. Her research in computational neuroscience and motor control focuses on learning and control of sensorimotor coordination in humans, both in healthy and neurologically impaired individuals. The results are documented in over 80 publications in scientific journals and several books. The research has been continuously supported by grants from the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research.

James Doyle

James Doyle is a Northeastern University computer science student passionate about art history. In his personal studies, he has focused on how the act of destroying art pieces is used by governments and other groups as an act of power, and it’s effect on culture. He also humanizes the people behind the art rather than thinking about pieces in terms of dollars.

James Monaghan

James is an assistant professor in the biology department at Northeastern University. Professor Monaghan’s lab uses the axolotl salamander to investigate the cellular and molecular basis of complex tissue regeneration. Monaghan's lab focuses on understanding the cellular mechanism that results in the regenerative properties of axolotl salamanders. Axolotl’s are our distant ancestors who have retained the ability to regenerate complex organs including their brains, lungs and limbs. By studying how axolotl’s accesses these regenerative abilities, Monaghan hopes to one day be able to discover the basis for regenerative therapies.

Kritika Singh

Kritika, a Northeastern University bioengineering student, is aligning her academic, research, and philanthropic paths to make a positive and continued impact on the way we fight malaria today. Currently, she is researching at the Center for System’s Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Previously, she has researched malaria at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and at Acetylon Pharmaceuticals. Kritika is also the founder and CEO of Malaria Free World Inc., a non-profit organization aimed at raising awareness about the malaria epidemic as well as funds for eradication efforts.

Maureen Timmons

Maureen Timmons is the creative conductor of the food orchestra at Northeastern University in Boston. As the Director of Dining Services, she oversees all 31 dining locations that serve an average of 20,000 people per day and includes: retail, residential dining, catering and concessions. As a proud and active member of the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) an initiative launched to support and advance the Menus of Change (MOC) principles, Maureen chairs the Education Working Group and is a member of the Leadership Council, Director of Dining Committee and the Research Working Group

Ory Zik

A cleantech entrepreneur with more than two decades of executive leadership and innovation, Ory was the founding CEO of sustainability analytics company Energy Points, which was acquired by Lux Research. Prior to Energy Points, Ory co-founded and led HelioFocus - a solar energy company that replaced fuel in conventional power plants with solar energy. Prior to that, Ory was the founding CEO of QuantomiX, the first company to image live cells in an electron microscope. Ory’s vision focus in on creating a simple language that allows everyone to know their carbon footprint. He has taken a pragmatic and scientifically rigorous approach to carbon foot-printing. A simple language that captures the complexity of the system and yet allows everyone (consumers, investors, corporate executives and policy makers etc.) to estimate, calculate and consequently improve their carbon footprint. Addressing this challenge is a critical missing component in our fight against climate change. He is currently the Executive Director at Greenometry. a non-profit promoting the public understanding of carbon footprint.

Patrick Glover

Patrick Glover is a 4th year student at Northeastern working to make the field of neuroscience more open and accessible to young students.

Rebecca Love

Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, ANP is the Director of Nurse Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Northeastern School of Nursing and an experienced Nurse Entrepreneur, founding HireNurses.com in 2013. Rebecca is passionate about empowering nurses and helping nurses innovate, create and collaborate to start businesses to transform healthcare.

Ryo Tsuda and The Downbeats

Ryo Tsuda is a first year student at Northeastern University with a passion for music. He is part of one of the six on-campus Acapella groups called the Downbeats. The Downbeats not only aim to create and perform music, but also to encourage each other to grow as musicians and individuals, each learning that their own contributions are what form the uniqueness and style of the group as a whole.