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WGBH Speaker Schedule

Saturday, November 23rd, 8:00 am – 7:45 pm

8:00 – 8:30 am | Check-in

8:15 – 8:30 am | Welcome

8:30 – 11:45 am | BLOCK 1: Education

10:00 – 10:15 am | Break

12:00 – 4:45 pm | BLOCK 2: Innovation

1:30 – 1:45 pm | Break

3:15 – 3:30 pm | Break

4:45 – 7:45 pm | BLOCK 3: Science

Event Hosts

More info on our event page HERE.

Block 1: Education

8:30 – 11:45 am

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Jenny Johnson

3 time Emmy Award Winning co-host & Executive Producer, Founder of Champy

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Robbie Samuels

Relationship-Based Business Strategist

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Christina Matteucci

Executive Director, David Beahm Experiences

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Jordan Harrod

Ph.D. Student & NSF Fellow at Harvard-MIT, YouTube Creator

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Inmo Yang

Violinist

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Jason Redman

Former Navy Seal

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Eliza Reid

First Lady of Iceland

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Keisuke Wakao

Assistant Principal Oboe, Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Kevin Breel

Writer, Comedian & Mental Health Activist

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Linnea Olson

Patient Advocate & Activist, Artist, and Lung Cancer Survivor

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Tom Roston

Journalist & Author of The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World and the Rebirth of New York

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Sylvia Ruth Gutmann

Holocaust Survivor, Author, Speaker

Block 2: Innovation

12:00 – 4:30 pm

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Ben Mezrich

Best-Selling Author

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Leonard Kleinrock

Fathervof the Internet; Developer of the Arpanet; directed the first transmission to pass over the network

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Chris MacAskill

Geophysicist & Founder at PlantChompers

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Don Eyles

Software Engineer on Apollo Space Program

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Yordanos Eyoel

Partner at New Profit and International Spokesperson of the Sister March Network

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Jon McNeill

Serial Entrepreneur & Former President Tesla, Former COO at Lyft

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Jasmine Roberts

VR/AR Developer, Researcher, Lecturer

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Ramesh Raskar

Privacy and AI expert, MIT Media Lab Inventor, Lemelson Awardee

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Reza Khorasaninejad

CTO at BRELYON

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Elizabeth Rowe

Principal Flute, Boston Symphony Orchestra

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David D’Alessandro

Surgical Dir of Heart Transplantation & Ventricular Assist Devices at MGH

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Sheila Hemami

Director, Strategic Technical Opportunities at Draper

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Bill Brett

Award-Winning Photojournalist for The Boston Globe

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Dave Troy

Serial Entrepreneur & CEO, 410Labs

Block 3: Science

4:45 – 7:45 pm

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Aaron Engelhart

Expert in Molecular Evolution on Mars, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development Professor, University of Minnesota

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Krystyn Van Vliet

Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at MIT, Associate Provost, MIT

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Nitish Padmanaban

PhD Candidate, Stanford Computational Imaging Lab

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David Lindell

PhD Candidate, Stanford Computational Imaging Lab

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Sameena Shah

Managing Director, AI Research at J.P. Morgan Chase

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Jaylen Brown

Boston Celtic; Team USA

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David Kong

Director, Community Biotechnology Initiative at MIT

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Aaron Hertzmann

Principal Scientist, Adobe Research; Formerly with Pixar

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Ofer Levy

FDA Advisor, Director of Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children's

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Mel Schwartz

Psychotherapist & Marriage Counselor

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Dena Shahriari

Biomaterials scientist and neural engineer, postdoctoral researcher at MIT

Event Hosts

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Heather Goldstone

Chief Communications Officer at Woodwell Climate Research Center

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John Werner

Founder & CEO Ideas in Action

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Kara Miller

Host of Innovation Hub at WGBH

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Kirk Carapezza

Managing Editor for Higher Education at WGBH

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