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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Andy Nguyen

Andy Nguyen is a current 3rd year medical student at the Medical College of Georgia, but also known on YouTube with nearly 100k subscribers as ND MD. With a background in professional portrait photography and videography, he has taken his love for sharing unique stories from students, residents, and physicians across the country through Vogue inspired 73 Question Interviews inspiring over 12 million views from current and future doctors. Through the power of merging medicine with media, he ensures that the deep personal stories of trial and triumph from the strongest patient, to the seasoned attending, has an impact greater than just the walls of the hospital.

Bobby Reddy, Jr.

Bobby Reddy Jr., CEO and Co-Founder of Prenosis, is a scientist-innovator specializing in artificial intelligence and precision diagnostics. Reddy, who holds over 10 patents and has contributed to over 50 peer-reviewed papers, is working to improve health outcomes by leveraging machine learning algorithms trained on deep biological data and broad clinical data to create precise and comprehensive maps of acute disease. Reddy is an advocate of addressing health inequity through better data. Prenosis, which has raised more than $20 million, has spent a decade building biological and clinical datasets and precision diagnostic tools to assist physicians in treating people with acute conditions. Reddy has worked intimately with a wide variety of clinical and administrative hospital personnel to comprehensively understand how technology can address the most critical issues they face. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, and B.S. degrees in computer engineering and electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine.

Jake Goodman

Dr. Jake Goodman, MD, MBA is a psychiatry resident doctor, mental health activist, and content creator with over 1.7 million followers on his social media channels. As someone who has personally experienced mental health issues, Jake uses his platform to advocate for mental health, reduce stigma and discrimination, and empower those experiencing mental health challenges to seek help.

Matthew Smith

Matt is a co-founder at Light Pong creating a brand new way to play video games. Light Pong raised 150K on Kickstarter last September. For years Matt hopped back & forth between working on technology startups and being in the Hip-Hop music scene. It used to feel like different worlds, but today he says "it's all the same life, in fact I connect the worlds often in ways that create huge value." Matt's talk is focused on his ability to relate to and collaborate with people from any area of work. Matt will explain what you can do to make it easier to connect with anyone from any industry. He calls it: The Art Of Networking: Blending The Personal and Professional

Nicky Jackson

Nicky Jackson, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Criminal Justice in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Purdue University Northwest. She is the Executive Director of the Center for Justice and Post-Exoneration Assistance at PNW. She is also President of the Willie T. Donald Exoneration Advisory Coalition. Dr. Jackson has received a great deal of media attention for her work on wrongful convictions including a May 24, 2021 People magazine exclusive story on her friendship with an exoneree. She has also been honored with many awards and accolades for her humanitarian efforts. The most notable honor bestowed to Dr. Jackson is the Sagamore of the Wabash Award (2021), the highest civilian honor, granted by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb for her service to humanity.

Reshmaan Hussam

Dr. Reshmaan Hussam is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. She has a PhD in Economics from MIT with a focus in international development. Her research explores questions around health, poverty, and forced migration. Her latest research has been in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, the largest refugee camps in the world, built after the genocide of the Rohingya by the Myanmar military in 2017. Dr. Hussam hopes to bring attention to the lived experiences of refugees, especially those who come from worlds that are less familiar to us, so that we can make much needed changes to global migration policy. With 80 million forcibly displaced people in the world and counting - the highest in recorded human history - this is an urgent issue.