TEDxBermuda is an independently organized, licensed

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conference, held each year in

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since 2011.

Main Events

Featured Speakers

April 2011 * Jonathan Vaughters - CEO of Slipstream Sports / Manager of UCI WorldTeam Cannondale-Garmin http://www.slipstreamsports.com/ * Keith Caisey - Percussionist /

Ethnomusicologist Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

* Dr. Michael Lomas - Senior Research Scientist at the

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (known as BIOS) is an independent, non-profit marine science and education institute located in Ferry Reach, St. George's, Bermuda, St. George's, Bermuda. The institute, founded in 1903 as the Bermuda Bio ...

Captain Paul Watson Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American conservation and environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation activism. Th ...

- Founder of

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is a non-profit, marine conservation activism organization based in Friday Harbor, Washington, Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington, in the United States. Sea Shepherd employs direct action t ...

* OB Sisay - Head of Africa Research at FM Capital Partners * Gitanjali S. Gutierrez - Attorney - Center for Constitutional Rights * Tiffany Paynter -

Spoken Word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...

Artist * Alan Gilbertson - Managing Director of FoodBank South Africa *

Daniel Lieberman Daniel E. Lieberman (born June 3, 1964) is a paleoanthropologist at Harvard University, where he is the Edwin M Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. He is best known for his r ...

, PHD - Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology,

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

* Dr. Neil Burnie - Director of The Bermuda Shark Project * Graham Foster - Sculptor / Painter October 2011 * Lawrence Sass - Associate Professor at MIT's Department of Architecture * Mike Ramsdell - Documentary Filmmaker *

Pen Hadow Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow known as Pen Hadow (British, born 26 February 1962), is an Arctic region explorer, advocate, adventurer and guide. He is the only person to have trekked solo, and without resupply by third parties, from Canada to the ...

- Polar Explorer * Joy T. Barnum - Bermudian Vocalist / Songwriter * Larry Mills - Bermudian Builder * Ryan Legassicke - Contemporary Canadian Artist * Tony Ruto - CTO of Within Technologies Ltd *

Dickson Despommier Dickson D. Despommier (June 5, 1940) is an emeritus professor of microbiology and Public Health at Columbia University. From 1971 to 2009, he conducted research on intracellular parasitism and taught courses on parasitic diseases, medical ecology ...

- The Vertical Farming Project * Jeffrey Masters - Co-founder of the Weather Underground October 2012 * Jessica Lewis - Bermudian

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

, on making it to London 2012 * John Sculley - former CEO of

Pepsi-Cola Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola in 1898, and then shortened to Pepsi in 1961. History Pepsi was ...

and

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...

on "Medicine and the Cloud" *

Ross Stein Ross Stein is a scientist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. Stein is also cofounder and CEO of Temblor, a startup enabling people to learn their seismic hazard and determine steps to reduce their risk. Education H ...

- a geophysicist and expert on earthquake science, who discussed how to better forecast and manage the threat of earthquakes *

Sossina M. Haile Sossina M. Haile ( gez, ሶስና ሃይሌ, born July 28, 1966) is an American chemist, known for developing the first solid acid fuel cells. She is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. ...

- a professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at

Caltech The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

who is working towards a carbon-neutral world by turning into fuel *

Norman Seeff Norman Seeff (born March 5, 1939, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a photographer and filmmaker. Since moving to the United States in 1969, his work has been focused on the exploration of human creativity and the inner dynamics of the creative ...

- a filmmaker and photographer who has dedicated much of his life to better understanding the creative process *

Hanli Prinsloo Hanli Prinsloo is a South African freediver, speaker, writer and ocean conservationist. She is the founder and executive director of I Am Water, an ocean conservation trust dedicated to conserving and protecting the world's oceans through huma ...

freediving Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving is a form of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Besides the limits of breath-h ...

record holder and conservationist, on human connection to the sea: "I am Water" * Peter Bentley - on "Embracing Chaos"—why science must learn from the randomness of nature * Eric Barnhill - Juilliard trained pianist doing a PhD in Medical Physics on "Therapy Through Music" * Felix Tod - producer on "Saving the Music Business, a Performance" * K Gabrielle - Bermudian singer * Alan Burland - Chairman of Bermuda Sloop Foundation, on "Education: Back to the Future" * KASE - Bermudian rapper October 2013 *

Jinichi Kawakami Jinichi Kawakami (川上仁一) b. 1949, head of Banke Shinobinoden, is the last ''sōke'' and only heir to authentic ninjutsu. He says he is the 21st head of the Koga Ban family ( Iga and Koga Ninjutsu), a mercenary, and the honorary director of t ...

- Japan's Last

Ninja A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enem ...

* Arlene Brock -

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Ombudsman An ombudsman (, also ,), ombud, ombuds, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament (usually with a significant degree of independence) to investigate complaints and at ...

Robert Lustig Robert H. Lustig (born 1957) is an American pediatric endocrinologist. He is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he specialized in neuroendocrinology and ...

- Beating the Odds Against Sugar * Natalie Kuldell - Synthesizing Change: Garage Genomics * Andrew Park -

Animation Guru *

Chip Yates Chip Yates (born February 11, 1971 as William Morrison Yates III) is an American inventor and electrical vehicle pioneer best known for risky record-setting feats in electric vehicles of his own design. He designed and built the record-breaking S ...

- World's Fastest ePilot * Bren Smith - 3D Ocean Farming * Rafael Grossmann -

Google Glass Google Glass, or simply Glass, is a brand of smart glasses developed and sold by Google. It was developed by X (previously Google X), with the mission of producing an ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information to the wearer using ...

Surgery * Hip Hop Fundamentals - Teaching Physics Using

Breakdance Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in ...

Jeremy Gilley Jeremy Francis Gilley (born 1969) is an English actor, filmmaker and founder of the nonprofit organisation Peace One Day. Early life Born in 1969, Gilley spent his early years in Southampton, Hampshire. Gilley was educated at St Mary's College ...

Peace One Day Peace One Day is a non-profit organisation whose objective is to institutionalise the International Day of Peace. It was founded in 1999 by British documentary filmmaker and actor Jeremy Gilley. History In 1999 Jeremy Gilley desired there be ...

founder October 2014 * Ishrat Yakub - Motion Activated * Oliver Steeds - The Future of Exploration *

Jason Healey Jason Healey is a senior research scholar and adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. He is also a senior fellow with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council, where he was the pro ...

- Saving Cyberspace *

Adjoa Andoh Adjoa Andoh Hon. FRSL (born 14 January 1963) is a British actress. On stage, she has played lead roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre. On television, she appeared in two ...

- What Determines Who You Are *

Uzimon Uzimon aka Daniel Frith is a dancehall/reggae artist originally from Bermuda. He is probably best known internationally for his song "Steven Seagal 2.0", which was featured on the front page of The Pirate Bay for an extended period, garnering t ...

/Daniel Frith - From Novelty to Enterprise * Charles Hoskinson - The Future Will be Decentralised * Lauren Bowker - Intelligent Textiles * Weldon Wade - Diving With a Purpose *

Elizabeth Stokoe Elizabeth Stokoe is a British scientist and Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University where she studies conversation analysis. Education She graduated from the University of Central Lancashire (Preston Poly) in 1993 with a tr ...

- The Conversational Racetrack * Stephan Johnstone - Progression * Carl Lipo -

Easter Island Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearl ...

: Lessons from One Small Island to Another October 2015 * InMotion - Interconnected * Martijn Berger - It's a Happy World After All * Tom Gage - The Powerplant in Your Driveway * Martha Dismont - I Have the Best Job in the World *

Michael Frith Michael Kingsbury Frith (born 8 July 1941) is a British artist and television producer. He is the former Executive Vice-President and Creative Director of The Jim Henson Company. His contributions to Muppet projects have been extensive and vari ...

- Drawing Inspiration From One's Environment *

Radhika Nagpal Radhika Nagpal is an American computer scientist and researcher in the fields of self-organising computer systems, biologically-inspired robotics, and biological multi-agent systems. She is the Fred Kavli Professor of Computer Science at Harvard ...

- Taming the Swarm * Clilly Castiglia - The Roar of the Crowd * No Strings - When Puppets Speak, Children Listen * Yesha Townsend - Home * Barrington Irving - Creating the Next Generation of Explorers * Stuart Lacey - The Future of Your Personal Data - Privacy vs Monetization * Bryan Davis - The New Spirit of Innovation October 2019 * Joan Higginbotham * Richard Browning * Domhnaill Hernon * Harry Yeff aka

Reeps One Harry Yeff (born 18 November 1989), better known by his stage name, Reeps One is an English beatboxer, composer, artist and new media artist. Career In 2020, Reeps One joined the Experiments in Art and Technology program at Bell Labs researching ...

* Jonna Hiestand Mendez * Dr. Thomas Boothby, Ph.D. * Dr. Kelly Lambert * Alexander Rose * Ed Christopher * Oliver Rajamani

References

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