Theme: Human Society

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).

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Esteban Moro

Complex Systems Sociologist

Esteban Moro is a professor at the MIT Media Lab, an associate professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Spain, and a member of the Joint Institute UC3M Santander on Financial Big Data. He researches the intersection of big data and computational social science with special attention to human dynamics, collective intelligence, social networks, and urban mobility in problems like viral marketing, natural disaster management, and economic segregation in cities. His work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

Matthew Claudel

Civic Innovator

Matthew Claudel is a designer, researcher, and writer focused on the opportunities and challenges of civic innovation. He is working with the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics on Beta Blocks, a program for experimenting with civic technology. He is currently affiliated at the MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning for his PhD, and is the Head of Civic Innovation at DesignX, a new program in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. He studied architecture at Yale, where he received the Sudler Prize, the highest award for creative arts.

Molly Zenobia

Musician

Molly Zenobia is a composer and explorer of sounds and emotions who has shared a stage with artists ranging from Foo Fighters to the Dresden Dolls. She has collaborated with contemporary electronic music pioneer Roedelius, worked in studio with Counting Crows, and studied Hindustani classical voice in Kolkata, India. Molly is a collector of sounds and colors, an engineer and designer, and a creator of soundscapes with three studio albums under her belt. Her music is soulfully visceral and evokes instincts and memories long buried by the pressures of life.