Prasant Atluri, MD, discusses how we can choose meaningful and memorable experiences that strengthen our relationships. Dr. Atluri spent much of his early life studying and training.  After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Computer Systems Engineering, he became an Orthopaedic Surgeon, specializing in surgery of the upper extremity. In this talk, Prasant discusses how the quest for elite performance may negatively impact our remembered life.  He shares the insights he has gained through a variety of adventures, ranging from fly fishing in Montana to the “Death March” in the Grand Canyon to the Global Space Balloon Challenge.  He explains how the relationship between time and memory can be leveraged to organize our remembered past.  Dr. Atluri proposes a strategy to populate our memories with memorable experiences, including our friends, family, ​and community — “effectively making them a greater part of our accessible lives.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx "Prasant is an Orthopedic Surgeon, with training in Upper Extremity and Microvascular subspecialty from the Philadelphia Hand Center. He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the Chicago Society for Surgery of the Hand. He is now a partner in the largest Upper Extremity Surgery private practice in the Chicago area, specializing in surgery of the hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder. He speaks Spanish and can converse in Telugu and Hindi. In his free time, he enjoys pursuing meaningful adventures with his friends and family and is an avid runner. He resides in Chicago with his" "wife and three children." This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

The lead organizer of Waltham's "Watch City Steampunk Festival" attempts to explain what "steampunk" is and why she enjoys this hobby, all without crash-landing her airship. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Melissa Honig is the current Lead Organizer of the Watch City Steampunk Festival, and has been a volunteer with the event in its various incarnations since 2011. Melissa has been going to geeky events since the mid 1980's, when she saw the Doctor Who Fan Club answering the telephones on local TVdurin g a live PBS telethon and realized that people actually get together to have this kind of fun! For her day job, she builds online courses and ebooks for Pearson Education, a textbook publisher. Melissa has been a resident of Waltham since 1990. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

'WE' can Save 'US'. Millions of Youth. Hidden Stories. Our Journeys. The Powerful Positive Impact of Technology.   Two teenagers, Irfan Kalender & Fares Dehbi, Scribers from Turkey and Qatar/Morocco, share their stories of bullying and depression and their road to recovery, making a compelling case for the transformative power of social technology that cultivates creativity, cultural awareness and enriching global connections. Global Scribes: Youth Uniting Nations,  a For Youth, By Youth platform, merges 'my virtual life' and ‘my life off-the-tech-grid’  in a dynamic Create. Connect. Collaborate. community." This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Irfan is an 11th grade student in Haydarpaşa High School İstanbul, Turkey expecting to graduate in 2019. He is interested in other cultures and languages from around the world and aspires to study linguistics in a leading university after high school. He is passionate about creating world peace. Fares is a senior in high school originally from Morocco and currently living in Qatar. He has been singing since age 7 and is now half-way to breaking a Guinness world record by learning to sing 90 countries’ national anthems in their native languages. He has performed in an off-Broadway show in New York, and loves to empower more people like him to get out of their shells and shine! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Traffic safety is, by many measures, a massively under-treated disease and a global public health crisis. Automation and robotics has long been viewed as a key antidote. But how safe will an increasingly automated future on the roads be? Dr. Bryan Reimer, founder of the Advanced Vehicle Technologies Consortium at MIT, argues that our automated future can be very safe – but first we need to plan for the systems that will make it so. For more information on Dr. Bryan Reimer see http://web.mit.edu/reimer/www/ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

After being diagnosed with an exceedingly rare cancer, a group of patients found each other in a small Facebook group. That chance encounter led to a series of events that has enabled large-scale​ patient-partnered genomics studies aimed at accelerating research for several cancers, including angiosarcoma.  This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Corrie is the Associate Director of Operations and Scientic Outreach at the Broad Institute. A trained cancer researcher with a Ph.D. in biochemistry, she partners with advocacy groups and engages patients with metastatic breast cancer, metastatic prostate cancer and angiosarcoma through social media to carry out patient-partnered genomics studies conducted at the Broad Institute where patients can consent online to donate their stored tumor samples, saliva, blood, medical records and their voice to directly accelerate the pace of discovery. Corrie, an angiosarc ma survivor, is also a passionate leading patient advocate who co-founded and serves as the Vice-president of Angiosarcoma Awareness, an organization that supports research and awareness efforts surrounding this disease. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Shrishti Saxena, Researcher working on multiple sclerosis at Harvard Medical School. Inspired by the ​theme “going places”, her performance will transport you to an era of Indian classical music. Through her performance,​ she is trying to convince her lover that she is so much in love with him that he can take her life away but she will still love him. It’s a tribute to old school romance. This performance was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx ! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Original song by Sebastien Paul This performance was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx - This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Mayor McCarthy shares a little local history about the City of Waltham's industrial development and resulting traffic congestion, and makes a case for transportation innovation along America's Technology Highway, Rte. 128. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Mayor Jeannette A. McCarthy is a life-long resident of Waltham, MA. Mayor McCarthy attended Waltham public schools and is a graduate of Waltham High School, Boston College, Suffolk University Law School, and Northeastern University. Prior to being elected Mayor, Ms. McCarthy served two years as a Councilor-at-Large and served six years on the Waltham School Committee. She was also employed for 7 years as a city solicitor and became Mayor of Waltham in 2004. Mayor McCarthy had a private law practice, and also volunteered her time for many organizations including the American Cancer Society, Greater Waltham Association for Retarded Citizens, and Waltham Partnership for Youth. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Becca shares a simple question that has helped her to create a life she loves and break two world records.  She was the first American female to run the World Marathon Challenge in 2016 - 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and then went back to do it all again in world record time in 2018.  Her current goal is to complete a marathon in all 50 states and to run the Kona Ironman.  She lives in Belmont, MA with her husband Joe and ​daughter Taylor. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Becca is the first American female to run the World Marathon Challenge in 2016- 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and this year, she made history by running it again and breaking the World Record; 6 Days, 7 Hours and 58 minutes. Her current goal is to complete a marathon in all 50 states and someday take on Kona Ironman. She is also a business owner and has a job managing Moozy’s Ice Cream shop. Becca is 38 years old and lives in Belmont MA with her husband Joe and 10-year-old daughter Taylor. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

How often do you think about your hands and the germs that are on them? Carmela Mascio thinks about it all the time. Her passionate presentation includes a participatory demonstration of proper hand hygiene technique, reveals the significant limitations of current hand hygiene methods, the landscape of hospital acquired infections, and a call to action to reject the status quo and prioritize innovation in hand hygiene. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Carmela Mascio is an infectious disease microbiologist with a passion for taking on “unsolvable” problems and a talent for working in “white space” innovation – problem-spaces that have no template for success and require radically new ways of thinking. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Ever wonder where peace of mind, clarity and calm come from? In this talk, Ken describes the mechanics behind how the human mind works and shares the implications of this understanding in business, psychology, and ultimately the quality of our lives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Ken has spent his life looking for the keys to mental well-being and personal productivity, and how to use those keys to help others have great lives and get a lot done. He is the co-founder of Insight Principles, a global consulting company bringing a powerful understanding of how the human mind works into corporations and training consultants and coaches to do the same. He has been a trainer, consultant, psychotherapist, and business leader for over 25 years. As a licensed psychologist, Ken is a past member of the Massachusetts Psychological Association, the APA, and the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. He has also been an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. He has been married for 32 years, has a grown son, two stepdaughters and five active grandchildren. He loves the outdoors, music, photography, woodworking and spending time with family and friends. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Iya Khalil found herself waking up in the Emergency Room with no recollection of exiting her flight from San Francisco. She was told she suffered from a life threatening embolism and the outcome was uncertain. Thankfully she recovered, but when she asked her doctor if the event could have been predicted and consequently prevented entirely, the answer was no. As a theoretical physicist turned computational biologist, Iya has dedicated her career to leveraging AI and machine learning to predict and optimize patient outcomes to treatments, so was deeply dissatisfied with the response. Great strides have been made since her hospitalization. We now have the ability to measure and mathematically learn the complexity underlying disease and response to treatment. We now have the technological capability to measure all aspects of our health throughout our lifetimes and leverage powerful mathematics to precisely predict what will happen and how to change it- which is why Iya is confident that AI will indeed save her life the second time around. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Iya is a technology entrepreneur and physicist with a vision of transforming medicine into a discipline that is quantitative, predictive, and patient-centric via big data analytic approaches. She co-founded two big data companies, Via Science and GNS Healthcare, which are underpinned by a proprietary computational engine that she co-invented. Dr. Khalil’s expertise spans applications from drug discovery and development to treatment algorithms that can be applied at the point of care. She was recognized by President Obama as a leading entrepreneur in genomic medicine. She was named to the PharmaVOICE 100 list of the most inspiring people in the life sciences industry for bringing people from healthcare and life sciences together to change patients’ lives with predictive modeling. Iya serves on the board of the Accelerated Cure Project and the Scientic Advisory Board of Biocentury Innovations. Recently, she was appointed to the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) Oversight Council by Governor Baker. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx