Theme: Perspectives

TEDxMontreal is where incredible Montreal-born ideas are unleashed unto the world. Be part of our live audience and bear witness to 13 ideas being presented under 18 minutes by passionate and visionary experts. From scientists to engineers, to artists and entrepreneurs, speakers from an array of fields share their perspectives and ideas. TEDxMontreal is much more than a one time event. With talks made available online for free, TEDx talks have triggered innovation in all corners of the globe. More than anything, TEDxMontreal aims at sparking genuine curiosity and initiating a love of learning in its most fundamental way. The TED movement has a vibrant presence in Montreal. We catalyze our city’s vitality into an immersive, face-­to-­face, day ­long bilingual experience.

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Alex Parker

Associate professor and principal scientist in the Department of Neuroscience at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

______________________________ Alex Parker is an associate professor and principal scientist in the Department of Neuroscience at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. Dr Parker is interested in finding mechanisms that reduce or prevent the toxicity associated with neurodegenerative disease proteins. Dr Parker's research makes use of the simple roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans to model neurodegenerative disease. His earlier work suggested that there may be a connection between genetic pathways that control longevity and stress response and age-dependent neurodegenerative disease. http://crchum.chumontreal.qc.ca/en/researchers/parker-alex ___________________________ For more information visit http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Alexis Charpentier

Founder of Music Is My Sanctuary (MIMS), music entrepreneur, a music programmer at Montreal’s Phi Centre

_____________________________________ Alexis Charpentier (DJ Lexis) is the founder of Music Is My Sanctuary (MIMS), a website and collective dedicated to showcasing “future classics & forgotten treasures” to an audience of open-minded music lovers. Created in 2007, the website has become a highly influential and trusted music source worldwide. In addition, MIMS launched several ventures such as 24 Hours of Vinyl, numerous signature events and several music curation projects, including a weekly radio show. For the past 15 years, Alexis has been a pillar of the Montreal music scene as DJ Lexis. He is a music entrepreneur, a music programmer at Montreal’s Phi Centre and tours for worldwide DJ shows and festivals. http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/ ___________________________ For more information visit http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Amir Raz

Professor and Research Chair in the Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

Professor Amir Raz, Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, is a leader in unlocking the brain substrates of attention and consciousness. Dr Raz is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Psychology; Senior Investigator in the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital; and a member of the Montreal Neurological Institute. He heads both the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at McGill University and the Clinical Neuroscience and Applied Cognition Laboratory at the Institute for Community and Family Psychiatry. ___________________________ For more information visit http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Frédéric Bérard

Auteur, avocat, politologue et codirecteur e l’Observatoire national en matière de droits linguistiques

Me Frédéric Bérard, docteur en droit et politologue, est codirecteur de l’Observatoire national en matière de droits linguistiques ainsi que chargé de cours à l’Université de Montréal et à l'Université McGill. Il est l’auteur de l’ouvrage à succès La fin de l’État de droit? et coauteur du Précis d’interprétation législative et de l'essai Droit à l’indépendance. Il est, selon la Revue des libraires, l’un des « dix essayistes de moins de 40 ans qui transforment le Québec d’aujourd’hui ». Me Bérard est septuple récipiendaire du Prix d’excellence professorale André-Morel (UdeM), récipiendaire du Prix d’excellence en enseignement – catégorie doctorants et stagiaires postdoctoraux chargés de cours (UdeM), ainsi que récipiendaire de l’Excellence in Teaching Award (McGill). Il est enfin associé et avocat-conseil auprès du cabinet Lex Operandi. ___________________________ Pour plus d'information veuillez visiter http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Graham Calder

Environmentalist, Founder & Teacher at P3 Permaculture

_____________________________________ Graham Calder’s formative years on a farm instilled in him a lasting devotion to ecological preservation. Dissatisfied with mainstream environmentalism, Calder gravitated towards the holistic approaches of permaculture, and the broad spectrum of solutions it proposes. Calder received a Bachelor’s of Geography and Ecology from Concordia University and completed his Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) at Pacific Permaculture. Later that year he apprenticed under Geoff Lawton at the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, where he completed certifications in Earthworks and Permaculture Teaching. In 2009, he founded P3 Permaculture: a social enterprise seeking to make permaculture accessible by providing courses and design consultation in Canada and the world. http://www.p3permaculture.ca/ ___________________________ For more information visit http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Lisbet Haglund

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

Lisbet Haglund is a basic scientist and holds a position of Associate Professor in the division of Orthopedics at McGill University. Her research focus is on understanding how back pain arises and how it can be prevented. Lisbet is part of a multidisciplinary team of basic scientists, engineers and spine surgeons; a critical combination to address all aspects of this condition. They have together developed bioreactors where live human tissue can be maintained in an environment mimicking that found in the body. This system opens endless possibilities to learn more about how back pain occurs, and provides a platform to evaluate potential treatment strategies. ___________________________ For more information visit http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Margaret Magdesian

Neuroscientist, Founder & CEO of Ananda Devices

Dr Margaret Magdesian is a neuroscientist studying the mechanism of neuronal degeneration and repair with over 15 years of experience in biopharmaceutical research. Tired of the slow, expensive and inefficient process of drug development, she developed in collaboration with researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University, a new technique to increase the efficiency of cellular assays. This new technique enabled the reconnection of neurons 60 times faster than previously reported. In the future, similar techniques may even allow surgeons to reestablish connections after injury. In 2015, she launched a company called ANANDA Devices (Advanced Nano Design Applications) to extend the use of these devices and techniques to other fields in medicine. Her hope is to stimulate other scientists to achieve reproducible and impactful results faster. Dr Magdesian’s innovation has the potential to dramatically accelerate the drug development cycle of new therapies for people that need it. http://www.anandadevices.com/ ___________________________ For more information visit http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Philippe Demers

Cofondateur et directeur général de MASSIVart et Chromatic

Philippe suit un seul principe dans tous les événements, contenus et stratégies de marque qu’il initie dans sa compagnie: la création de valeur par l’art. Entrepreneur et visionnaire, Philippe Demers a constitué MASSIVart en 2009, une équipe de passionnés qui connectent les artistes et les entreprises par le biais de contenus artistiques. Le festival d’art Chromatic, dont il est également l'instigateur, favorise la rencontre du public et des arts depuis maintenant 7 ans en proposant des expériences artistiques immersives. Chromatic a rassemblé au fil des ans plus de 70 000 personnes à Montréal, Paris et Toronto, intégrant le travail de plus de 500 artistes. http://massivart.ca/ https://www.chromatic.ca/ ___________________________ Pour plus d'information veuillez visiter http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Pierre-Majorique Léger

Professeur titulaire, Département de technologies de l'information, HEC Montréal et Cofondateur de Tech3Labs

Professeur Pierre-Majorique Léger est un chercheur, inventeur et entrepreneur. Ses recherches visent à améliorer l’expérience utilisateur (UX) vécue lors de l’apprentissage ou de l’utilisation d’une technologie de l’information (TI), et ce en mobilisant les données biophysiologiques massives générés lors de l’interaction et permettant de qualifier l’émotion et la cognition de l’utilisateur. Pierre-Majorique est professeur en TI et co-directeur du Tech3Lab de HEC Montréal, mais également professeur invité à la prestigieuse Tuck School of Business de Dartmouth et au Henry B. Tippie School of Management de la University of Iowa. Il est auteur d’une cinquantaine articles scientifiques arbitrés, d’une dizaine de déclarations d’invention et fondateurs de plusieurs start-ups. http://tech3lab.hec.ca/ ___________________________ Pour plus d'information veuillez visiter http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Stéphanie Alyson Gravel

Activiste et femme transgenre

Je suis Stéphanie Alyson Gravel: femme transgenre. Comment pourrait-on me décrire? Intellectuelle sans diplôme? Spécialiste sans expertise ou même autodidacte? Dans mon cas, impossible de me fier aux titres; je vois les idées comme des blocs de matières premières avec lesquels il est possible de façonner ce que l'on veut pour régler un problème. J'expérimente la vie; j'ai été militaire, employée de restauration, informaticienne, apprentie électricienne, employée de la construction, blogueuse, membre de conseil d'administration, conférencière et plein d'autres choses. Au-delà de tous ces rôles, chacun développe sa façon unique de voir le monde, j'aimerais vous partager la mienne. ___________________________ Pour plus d'information veuillez visiter http://www.tedxmontreal.com

Susan Wener

Author and Therapist

Susan Wener had a happy marriage, three daughters and the grace of Audrey Hepburn. Then, she received the first cancer diagnosis, heralding a battle that began with one goal – to see her children finish high school. With dismal odds of surviving her second cancer, Susan had one lung removed and refused chemotherapy. Twenty years later and cancer-free, she released her memoir, Resilience, which became an overnight Canadian best seller. Susan is a therapist for people struggling with life-threatening illness. Susan sits on the Gynecological Oncology Tumor Board at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital. She is the proud grandmother of nine. ____________ For more information http://www.tedxmontreal.com/en/

Yoshua Bengio

Head of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA) and Professor at Université de Montréal

___________________________ Yoshua Bengio is one of the pioneers of Deep Learning. He is the head of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA), Professor at the Université de Montréal, member of the NIPS board and co-founder of Element AI. With a PhD from McGill University (1991, Computer Science) and postdocs at MIT and AT&T Bell Labs, he holds the Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning Algorithms, is a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and co-directs its program focused on deep learning. He is best known for his contributions to deep learning, recurrent nets, neural language models, neural machine translation and biologically inspired machine learning. https://mila.umontreal.ca/en/ https://www.elementai.com/ ___________________________ For more information visit http://www.tedxmontreal.com