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Jack Dangermond: How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future

What if we could better understand the world's biggest challenges simply by looking at a map? Jack Dangermond, a pioneer in geographic information system (GIS) technology that powers the digital maps people around the world use every day, speaks with TED technology curator Simone Ross about how his team is building a geospatial nervous system: a...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_dangermond_how_a_geospatial_nervous_system_could_help_us_design_a_better_future

Kashfia Rahman: How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain

Why do teenagers sometimes make outrageous, risky choices? Do they suddenly become reckless, or are they just going through a natural phase? To find out, Kashfia Rahman -- winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (and a Harvard freshman) -- designed and conducted an experiment to test how high school students respond to and...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kashfia_rahman_how_risk_taking_changes_a_teenager_s_brain

Alice Goffman: How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison

In the United States, two institutions guide teenagers on the journey to adulthood: college and prison. Sociologist Alice Goffman spent six years in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood and saw first-hand how teenagers of African-American and Latino backgrounds are funneled down the path to prison — sometimes starting with relatively minor infra...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_goffman_how_we_re_priming_some_kids_for_college_and_others_for_prison

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain

Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage" behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain

Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives

When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_lublin_texting_that_saves_lives

Emily F. Rothman: How porn changes the way teens think about sex

"The free, online, mainstream pornography that teenagers are most likely to see is a completely terrible form of sex education," says public health researcher Emily F. Rothman. She shares how her mission to end dating and sexual violence led her to create a pornography literacy program that helps teens learn about consent and respect -- and invi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_f_rothman_how_porn_changes_the_way_teens_think_about_sex

Jack Dangermond | TED Speaker

Jack Dangermond believes that geospatial information will transform nearly everything.
Geographic Information Systems pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jack_dangermond

Nisha Anand | TED Speaker

With her team of storytellers, organizers and policy experts, Nisha Anand works at the intersection of criminal justice reform, green economics and tech equity to develop cutting-edge solutions to our toughest problems.
Activist and CEO
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nisha_anand

Erin Sullivan | TED Speaker

Erin Sullivan believes that the magic in this world can be communicated through images that blend art and science.
Travel photographer, writer, host
https://www.ted.com/speakers/erin_sullivan

Emily Rothman | TED Speaker

Boston University professor Emily F. Rothman is a leading public health scholar on sexually explicit media and its impact on adolescent dating relationships.
Public health researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/emily_rothman

Ellen Støkken Dahl | TED Speaker

Ellen Støkken Dahl is spreading medical expertise and enthusiasm for sexual health as a teacher for teenagers, sex workers and refugees.
Medical student, writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ellen_stokken_dahl

Phil Borges | TED Speaker

Dentist-turned-photographer Phil Borges documents the world's disappearing cultures, capturing portraits of exiled Tibetan monks and many of the world’s embattled tribal and indigenous cultures.
Photographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/phil_borges

Nina Dølvik Brochmann | TED Speaker

Nina Dølvik Brochmann, M.D. wants to empower women through good sexual education.
Doctor, writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nina_dolvik_brochmann

Dean Kamen | TED Speaker

Dean Kamen landed in the limelight with the Segway, but he has been innovating since high school, with more than 150 patents under his belt. Recent projects include portable energy and water purification for the developing world, and a prosthetic arm for maimed soldiers.
Inventor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dean_kamen

McKenna Pope | TED Speaker

When McKenna Pope was 13 she petitioned Hasbro to market its Easy-Bake Oven to boys as well as girls, and to make it available in gender-neutral colors. It worked.
Teen activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mckenna_pope

You answer: What were you like as a teenager?

Teenagers can sometimes feel like a different species. According to neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, who gave this fascinating talk at TEDGlobal 2012, this isn’t a coincidence. While 15 years ago it was assumed that brain development was completed in childhood, scientists now know that the brain continues to develop through a person’s 20s...
Posted September 17, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/09/17/you-answer-what-were-you-like-as-a-teenager

Akash Manoj | TED Speaker

Akash Manoj developed a novel technique that can non-invasively detect and alert at-risk patients of a potential asymptomatic heart-attack.
Inventor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/akash_manoj

Julie Lythcott-Haims | TED Speaker

Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood -- the subject of her book, "How to Raise an Adult."
Academic, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/julie_lythcott_haims

Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager

Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that's super cheap, effective and non-invasive -- all before his 16th birthday.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager

Kevin B. Jones | TED Speaker

Kevin B. Jones is a life-long student of human nature, fascinated most by the decision-making capacity intrinsic to each of us.
Cancer researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kevin_jones

TEDxYouthSeoul - an independently organized event

About this event: Our event will focus on issues in the relatively conservative South Korean society that we as teenagers feel like we need to hear more about.
Event details: Seoul, South Korea · February 3, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4982

TEDxSachemLibrary: Youth Talks - an independently organized event

About this event: This event will be focused on TED Talks done by teenagers! Drop in, watch, and participate in the conversation!
Event details: Holbrook, New York, United States · January 30, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11377

TEDxYouth@WestLake: Independent Thinking - an independently organized event

About this event: In China, teenagers don't have many opportunities to get full access of information because government censors almost everything. Hence they are always pushed to believe certain false opinions and misinformation. This environment has diminished the space for teenagers to think by themselves. Many times they think something must be right simply b...
Event details: Hangzhou, China · August 23, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3030

First Aid Kit | TED Speaker

Swedish duo First Aid Kit take multi-genre inspiration from folk, country and the classic singer-songwriters of the ’60s and ’70s.
Folk music duo
https://www.ted.com/speakers/first_aid_kit

Mia Birdsong | TED Speaker

Mia Birdsong advocates for strong communities and the self-determination of everyday people.
Family activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mia_birdsong

TEDxYouth@YongheRoad - an independently organized event

About this event: Nowadays, more and more students, especially in China, are engaged in heavy schoolwork. The tedious schoolwork in some ways restricts teenagers' innovative ideas. The theme "Update Your Mind" just means take antique ideas away from teenagers' minds and replace them by the most innovative thoughts. The speakers are eager to share their own opinio...
Event details: Wuxi, Jiangsu, China · March 23, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/27270

TEDxYouth@Taida: Dream Big Then Do IT - an independently organized event

About this event: Invite 6 speakers in total from different field aged 10~30 to introduce to high school students a widen horizon of life choice, experience, creation, belief, and style. In order to make the teenagers the future promising youth to embrace a wider prospective of the world.
Event details: Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · November 17, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7317

TEDxYouth@OLu - an independently organized event

About this event: How has the world changed? How are we changing history, scientific discoveries, the humanitarian aspects, the power of self, and the world religions? How are these things affecting the world in turn? Time to learn more about the world, especially for teenagers—the future world leaders!
Event details: Orange, California, United States · November 17, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/37149

A (free!) TED for teenagers: Announcing the incredible lineup for TEDYouth in New York City

Just like school ... not! TEDYouth is like a TED Conference for high school students, starring a lineup of speakers working at the top of their fields of culture, science, technology and art. You'll hear about scientific discoveries and crazy art projects that will surprise you, make you laugh and blow your mind a little. TEDYouth will ta...
Posted October 11, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/10/11/a-free-ted-for-teenagers-announcing-the-incredible-lineup-for-tedyouth-in-new-york-city

TEDxIroniDHighSchool - an independently organized event

About this event: Our event is the first, fully organized event by teenagers. It's a part of a school project in which the class organized the entire venue.
Event details: tel aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel · May 5, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14370
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