TEDxNewEngland
TEDxNewEngland on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 1:00 pm at Groton Hill Music Center
TEDxCambridge is now TEDxNewEngland – honoring the region as a global hub for transformative research and technology. Join the brightest minds in science at our 2024 conference, where we’ll spotlight groundbreaking scientific ideas, featuring 11 brilliant speakers plus two performances. Our annual conference explores curiosity, wonder, and the pursuit of scientific knowledge!
Session 1: MIND
Amitai Shenhav (University of California, Berkeley): Decision Making
Keith Hengen (Washington University in St. Louis): Brain Criticality
Aleena Garner (Harvard Medical School): Neurobiology of Perception
Jeff Sebo (New York University): Ethics of Nonhuman Sentience
Philip Goff (Durham University, UK): Purpose of the Universe
Session 2: LIFE
Michael Wong (Carnegie Institution for Science): Nature’s Missing Law
Harriet Lau (Brown University): Geodynamic Timescales
Nikta Fakhri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Physics of Life
Sarah Kocher (Princeton University): Evolution of Social Behavior
Asher Leeks (Yale University): Social Behavior of Viruses
Ferris Jabr (Science Author): Planetary Ecology
