Theme: The Butterfly Effect

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).

Salle Polyvalente
CE Building, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Lausanne, Vaud (fr), 1015
Switzerland

Annick Wagner

Fondatrice, Hub des Possibles

Annick allie à merveille l’analyse de l’ingénieure, l’engagement de la manager et l’inspiration de la coach. Elle apporte au Hub ses talents et son expérience plus de 20 ans de facilitatrice, d’accompagnatrice et formatrice de leaders. Elle co-dirige un CAS en gestion du changement. Son rêve est de développer le dialogue avec les arbres. Annick aime mélanger les outils et se laisser inspirer par ce qui se passe dans l’instant. Elle fait confiance au processus !

Duncan Sutherland

Intestinal Immunologist

An Intestinal Immunologist at the EPFL, Duncan Sutherland has held research fellowships at the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Australia and RIKEN Research Centre for Allergy and Immunology in Japan. Over the past 10 years, Dr. Sutherland investigated the role of archaea in mucosal health through three research pillars: 1) New analytic tools to better detect archaea in human samples 2) Cultivating ‘hard to grow’ archaea isolated from the human microbiome 3) Biological models to uncover archaea’s role in the human immune system Archaea are microbes residing in the human gut that were neglected due to missing research methodology. Dr Sutherland collaborates with a network of scientists and clinicians internationally. Recently, Dr. Sutherland founded the EPFL-spinoff Arkaiya SA, a platform to screen and cultivate archaea strains from human populations. Dr Sutherland proposes a paradigm shift in intestinal immunology to harness archaea for human health.