PuraVida

Confirmed Speakers

• Francisco Paz
  Musician and airplane mechanic is developing a mechanism based in neuroplasticity to help the deaf hear.
• Libia Herrero
  PhD in Microbiology from London University, retired from UCR, talks about the microbes that inhabit us
• Roberto Rigobon
  Full professor at MIT Sloane, uses the Internet to figure out national statistics (like inflation) on a daily basis
• José Gamboa
  Costarican designer, works in Atlanta and promotes sketching as a design tool, has designed Italian sports cars
• Zarhay Arroyo
  Musician and entrepreneur has developed a new way for everyone to learn to red music
• Irving Wadalsky-Berger
  retired from IBM, where he lead the e-business initiative in early 90's, now consults fro Citi on digital money and its possible impact on emerging economies
• Gustavo Stolovitsky
  Computaional biologist with IBM, has developed a new way to asses scientific developments, called DREAM (dialogue for research evaluation and assessment method)
• Oscar Portuguez
  Fireman and poet, promotes the use the firefighting approach to everyday life
• Felipe y María José Castillo
  Nine year old twins, well on their way to become concert pianists
• Norval Calvo
  Extremely talented comedian
• Andrew Nemr
  Tap dancer and TED Fellow
• Usman Riaz
  Artist and composer, percussion guitarist and TED Fellow
• Nicolás Mendoza
  Colombian Architect and PhD student at Hong Kong City University, who promotes the collaborative Economy
• Carlos De la Rosa
  Ecologist and Director of the La Selva Biological Station for the organization of Tropical Studies. believes that technology can not only help biology researchers but also allow to share the research stations beauty without causing any damage
• Glenda Umaña
  CNN en Español anchor
• Enrique Margery
  Educator and researcher proposes a new learning paradigm
• Martin von Hildebrand
  German ethnologist with over 40 years living with indians in the Colombian Amazons, is a great advocate in the defense of their cultures and their lands