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Attend TEdxNewEngland 2024 Conference

September 25 @ 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

TEDxNewEngland’s inaugural conference will feature pioneering ideas from some of the world’s leading researchers exploring the topics of Mind and Life. It will feature compelling research and insights from scientific leaders and innovators. The speakers and their respective topics include:

• Nikta Fakhri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Physics of Life

• Aleena Garner (Harvard Medical School): Neurobiology of Perception

• Philip Goff (Durham University, UK): Purpose of the Universe

• Keith Hengen (Washington University in St. Louis): Brain Criticality

• Ferris Jabr (Science Author): Planetary Ecology

• Sarah Kocher (Princeton University): Evolution of Social Behavior

• Harriet Lau (Brown University): Geodynamic Timescales

• Asher Leeks (Yale University): Social Behavior of Viruses

• Jeff Sebo (New York University): Ethics of Nonhuman Sentience

• Amitai Shenhav (University of California, Berkeley): Decision Making

• Michael Wong (Carnegie Institution for Science): Nature’s Missing Law

With a new home at the Groton Hill Music Center, a world-class performing arts center, attendees will be able to take in all the day’s presentations in a state-of-the-art setting. Groton Hill’s 1,000-seat concert hall

provides an intimate experience that encourages meaningful social exchanges that help spark conversation about our shared future and global community.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, August 21. To join hundreds of leaders, academics, scientists, and professionals at TEDxNewEngland’s landmark conference, please visit https://tedxnewengland.com.

Details

Date:
September 25
Time:
1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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