Programme 2014

Time

Description

 

 

 

 

13:30-15:00

First session: ADAPT

  • Robert Crease – explains why science is essential in policy-making

  • Tamsin Edwards – wants to understand how uncertain we are about climate change

  • TED-Ed / CERN Animation - Cloudy climate change: How clouds affect earth's temperature by Jasper Kirkby

  • Marcia Barbosa – studies the anomalies of H2O to create a new source of drinking water

  • Nina Fedoroff – is an expert in plant genetics and future food systems

  • Nitin Sawhney – is a composer, musician and producer who is also passionate about science

 

15:00-15:45

            Break - interviews with speakers on webcast feed

 

15:45-17:15

Second session: CHANGE

  • Julia R. Greer wants to fit all the solid material it takes to build an aeroplane in her palm

  • Sonia Trigueros designs novel nanostructures to combat medical problems

  • TED-Ed / CERN Animation - If matter falls down, does antimatter fall up?  by Chloé Malbrunot

  • Srikumar Banerjee on thorium for sustainable nuclear energy

  • John Mighton believes that virtually anyone can learn anything if they are given the opportunity

  • Andrew Nemr tells stories through tap dance

 

17:15-18:00

            Break - interviews with speakers on webcast feed

 

18:00-19:30

Third session: CREATE

  • Hayat Sindi creates opportunities for innovation in medical technology and education

  • Arthur Zang gives rural heart patients access to life-saving healthcare

  • Topher White recycles technology to protect remote rainforests

  • Danielle Fong reinvents a classic technology to solve hi-tech energy problems

  • TED-Ed / CERN Animation - How cosmic rays help us understand the universe by Veronica Bindi

  • Julien Lesgourgues simulates the universe to understand why it looks the way it does
  • Jamie Edwards aims to become the youngest person ever to achieve nuclear fusion

  • Tim Exile fuses the sounds of the LHC and TEDxCERN

 

19:30-22:00

         Reception