Theme: Bridges

TEDxEicherSchool Women 2017 will be viewing party of The TEDWomen 2017 conference taking place at the NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, we will explore the many aspects of this year’s theme: Bridges, through curated TED Talks, community dinners and activities throughout one of America's most beloved cities, New Orleans.

We build them, we cross them, and sometimes we even burn them... at TEDWomen 2017, we will explore the many aspects of this year’s theme: Bridges, through curated TED Talks, community dinners and activities throughout one of America's most beloved cities, New Orleans. We are excited to be convening TEDWomen 2017 in the historic Orpheum Theatre in New Orleans, with plans to capture the unique attractions that make this city one of the most visited in the US.
At this time of deep divides and rising global challenges, we will hear TED Talks from entrepreneurs, innovators, artists and activists, thought leaders from business and civil society—bridge builders from around the world.

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India

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

Designer, STEM advocate

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya writes: "I am the child of immigrants. Growing up, I loved to dance, and I was a ballerina for many years until a knee injury forced me into early retirement. The challenges I faced in my recovery got me interested in how our brains work, so I majored in neuroscience and worked in an Alzheimer's lab. I realized that as much as I loved doing science, I was drawn more to ways I could communicate and help others understand what we were doing and why it mattered. "I immersed myself in a new field: design. My career took me from agencies, to startups, to Fortune 100 companies. Today, I create projects like Beyond Curie, a poster series that highlights badass women in STEM, or Atomic by Design, a fashion line for young women centered around the atomic elements that make up our universe. Through writing, speaking and design, I am trying to help the world better appreciate the importance and wonder of science."

Anushka Naiknaware

Scientist

In 2016, at age 13, Anushka Naiknaware was the youngest winner of the Google Science Fair, with her invention of a clever new bandage that tells caregivers when it needs to be changed. When Anushka Naiknaware was young, she would spend hours at the chemistry lab at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland and not leave until she had finished every experiment available. Her early interest was chemistry and mathematics, but she quickly learned that every branch of science is connected, including physics, biology and computer science. In fact, her winning Google Science Fair project loops together materials science, fractal math and biology.

Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes

Community servant

Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes imagines equitable solutions to community and societal problems and works with her community to implement those solutions. Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes is a mother, daughter, wife, educator, author, event producer and community developer. Most know her by her many pursuits, but the way she knows herself and the world around her is through her exploration of “the word.” Rooted in the cultural soil of New Orleans and watered by the writings of her literary idols, including Kalamu ya Salaam and Toni Morrison, DeVan Ecclesiastes has grown to bask in the sun of her literary heritage -- from sages who transformed pharaoh to God in Ancient Khemet, to spy boys who chant the way clear for Big Chiefs on Mardi Gras day.

John Cary

Design ambassador

An architect by training, John Cary has devoted his career to expanding the practice of design for the public good. When architect-turned-writer John Cary co-authored an oped, with partner Courtney E. Martin, on the design failures of the breast pump, it sparked an MIT Media Lab hackathon and the launch of multiple companies. It's a perfect example of his knack for linking good design and public good. He is the author of two books, most recently Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone, and his writing on design, philanthropy, and fatherhood is widely published. Cary works as a philanthropic advisor to an array of foundations and nonprofits around the world, and he frequently curates and hosts events for the Aspen Institute, TED and other entities. He was proudly the first male session host of TEDWomen and is a member of the curatorial team for TEDWomen 2017. Deeply committed to diversifying the public stage, Cary is also a founding partner in FRESH Speakers, a next-gen

Nadine Hachach-Haram

Surgeon, entrepreneur

Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram is a surgeon, lecturer and clinical entrepreneur. Hachach-Haram drew on her passion for innovation, education and global surgery to co-found Proximie, an augmented reality platform that allows doctors to virtually transport themselves in to any operating room anywhere in the world to visually and practically interact in an operation from start to finish. From marking up a patient to providing realtime virtual presence in assisting and instructing on an operation from start to finish overlayed with content and a rich palate of augmented reality they aim to provide safe, accessible and cost effective surgery to every patient around the world. Dubbed the "future of surgery" by CNN, Proximie has gone from strength to strength and won multiple awards including Foreign Press Association Science Story of the Year.

Wendy Suzuki

Neuroscientist, author

Wendy Suzuki is a curious brain hacker. Wendy Suzuki writes: "Long before I wanted to be neuroscientist, I wanted to be Broadway star. I started my neuroscience career studying the parts of the brain important for memory. But after gaining and then losing 25 pounds by going to the gym I noticed how much exercise improved not only my attention and mood but my focus and my memory as well. Exercise was changing my brain, and I wanted to understand how -- so I started studying exercise 'on the side' in my lab. I became a certified exercise instructor so I could bring exercise into my undergraduate classroom, so the students could feel the effects of exercise as I taught them about what exercise was doing to their brains.