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5. TABLE OF CONTENTS
IDEAS WORTH TED 7
SPREADING TEDx 8
TEDxCLE 9
The Maker Class 11
INTERACT + SHARE Thank You 17
Community 17
Links 18
After Party 19
INSPIRE + INOVATE Schedule 25
Tom Benson 27
Dar Caldwell 31
Dr. Lisa Damour 35
David Rabinsky 39
TEDTalk: Billy Collins 43
Lolah Brown 47
Cloud Nothings 51
TEDTalk: John Hunter 55
Genna Petrolla 59
Josh Taylor 63
Justin Bibb 67
Mort Epstein 71
Dr. Brian Grimberg 75
Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie 79
Philip Niles 83
6. SPONSORS The Adcom Group 89
The Cleveland Museum of Art 90
The George Gund Foundation 91
MailChimp 92
Oliver Printing Co. 93
PNC 94
shark&minnow 95
University Circle Inc. 96
ORGANIZERS Hallie Bram Kogelschatz +
Eric Kogelschatz 99
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SPREADING
TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted
to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a
four-day conference in California 26 years
ago, TED has grown to support those world-
changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At
TED, the world’s leading thinkers and doers
are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18
minutes. Talks are then made available, free,
at TED.com. TED speakers have included
Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert,
Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot,
Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel
Allende and former UK Prime Minister
Gordon Brown. Two major TED events are
held each year: The TED Conference takes
place every spring in Long Beach, California
(along with a parallel conference, TEDActive,
in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held
each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED’s media initiatives include TED.com,
where new TEDTalks are posted daily; the
new TED Conversations, enabling broad
conversations among TED fans; and the
Open Translation Project, which provides
subtitles and interactive transcripts as
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translated by volunteers worldwide.
TED has established the annual TED Prize,
where exceptional individuals with a wish to
change the world are given the opportunity
to put their wishes into action; TEDx,
which offers individuals or groups a way to
host local, self-organized events around
the world; and the TED Fellows program,
helping world-changing innovators from
around the globe to become part of the
TED community and, with its help, amplify
the impact of their remarkable projects and
activities.
TEDx In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx
is a program of local, self-organized events
that bring people together to share a TED-
like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks
video and live speakers combine to spark
deep discussion and connection in a small
group. These local, self-organized events
are branded TEDx, where x = independently
organized TED event. The TED Conference
provides general guidance for the TEDx
program, but individual TEDx events are
self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and
regulations.)
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TEDxCLE TEDxCLE was organized by Clevelanders
Hallie Bram Kogelschatz and Eric
Kogelschatz in an effort to bring Cleveland
innovation, development, and positive
change to the world.
Cleveland’s first official TEDx event,
TEDxCLE 2010: Rustbelt Rebirth, took place
on February 26th at The Capitol Theatre
in the Gordon Square Arts District. Visit
TEDxCLE.com/talks/2010 to view past talks.
TEDxCLE 2011: Guardians of the Evolution,
took place on April 15th, 2011 at The
Capitol Theatre in the Gordon Square Arts
District. Visit TEDxCLE.com/talks/2011 to
view past talks.
On April 20th, 2012, the third annual
TEDxCLE event, TEDxCLE 2012: The Maker
Class will take place at The Cleveland
Musueum of Art in University Circle.
Visit TEDxCLE.com/talks/2012 for more
information.
14. A program of ten downtown Cleveland wall murals was sponsored
by the Cleveland Area Arts Council, The New Organization for the
Visual Arts, and The Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects in the mid-1970s.
Mort Eptein, a TEDxCLE 2012 speaker, was chosen as one of the
ten mural designers. Epstein’s design was originally planned for a
large Cleveland State University building and featured two stylized
wall outlets, one brown, one white, celebrating the racial diversity
of the University as an integrated outlet (note that the screws were
equal signs). A change in site provided a vertical wall near the
University.
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1970s. Bold panels of color speaking loud and clearly through the
crowded rush of downtown, calling for racial equality with bold
and striking simplicity.
Inspiring the icon for TEDxCLE 2012 The Maker Class, the plugs
once again call to the community to engage, be energized, and to
“plug in” to the creative forces that continue to initiate change in
our city and encourage us to make. The six-outlet unit now nine,
as the white plugs form an X – referencing the intersection of ideas
and innovation, as well as a nod to the “x” of TEDx, itself.
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Thank You Thank you. For being a creator. A catalyst.
An entrepreneur. An artist. A technologist. A
designer. A scientist. A thinker. A doer. But
more than anything, thank you for doing this
in Cleveland.
Community TEDxCLE was created to bring all of you
together. So that we can share ideas to
inspire others in our community. And also,
to share Cleveland innovation, development
and positive change with the world. To
facilitate this, please blog, tweet and chat
about your experience, during and following
the event.
On Twitter and Instagram, please remember
to use the hashtag #TEDxCLE to connect
with others or send us a message
@TEDxCLE. You can also hashtag individual
speakers (e.g., #mortepstein). On Facebook,
post messages on our Wall. On Flickr
and YouTube, tag your photos and videos
respectively with TEDxCLE. On Foursquare,
check-in at The Cleveland Museum of Art
and Severance Hall to let everyone know
you are there for TEDxCLE and don’t forget
to write reviews on Yelp too!
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After Party Following TEDxCLE, walk just a few blocks to
Severance Hall (11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland,
OH 44106) and share ideas worth spreading with
other TEDxCLE attendees, speakers, sponsors,
organizers ... the whole TEDxCLE community.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be
provided. There will be a special performance by
Classical Revolution Cleveland. Make sure you
bring your TEDxCLE 2012 badge, it’s your ticket
to get in.
See you there.
Hallie Bram Kogelschatz + Eric Kogelschatz,
Founders of TEDxCLE
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Cleveland Classical Revolution
You Say You Want A Revolution?
#classicalrevolution
Classical Revolution Cleveland started its chapter in 2009. The
mission of Classical Revolution Cleveland is to present chamber music
performances in highly accessible venues, such as bars and cafes, and
collaborating with local musicians and artists from various styles and
backgrounds. The musicians who play in Classical Revolution come
from a variety of backgrounds. Most are recent graduates or current
students from the nation’s best conservatories. Classical Revolution
pushes others who are accomplished non-professional musicians to
use Classical Revolution as an outlet to maintain their musical life while
working non-musical jobs. This inter-relation between professional and
non-professional musicians is a fundamental part of their organization:
dissolving boundaries that result from the specialization of musicians
and bringing people, both audience and performers, together. By taking
chamber music out of the recital hall and making it more accessible to
an audience who does not otherwise hear such music in a live context,
they hope to bring to a broader public consciousness the realization
that this music is still relevant and needn’t be restricted to more austere
venues.
Website TEDxCLE
www.classicalrevolutioncle.com www.TEDxCLE.com/
Email classicalrevolution
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Schedule
9:00 a.m. Opening
9:15 a.m. Tom Benson
A New Frontier of Creativity
9:35 a.m. Dar Caldwell
Bootstrapping an Entrepreneurial Movement:
The Founders, Funders & Mindset Behind
a New Generation of Job Creators
9:55 a.m. Dr. Lisa Damour
The Difference Between Adults & Grown Ups
10:15 a.m. David Rabinsky
Seeing So Much More
10:35 a.m. TEDTalk
Billy Collins
Everyday Moments, Caught In Time
10:55 a.m. Lolah Brown
Musical Performance
11:05 a.m. Intermission
11:25 a.m. Cloud Nothings
Musical Performance
11:40 a.m. TEDTalk
John Hunter
The World Peace Game
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Citizens & the Next Evolution of Cities
12:05 p.m. Josh Taylor
Citizens & the Next Evolution of Cities
12:10 p.m. Justin Bibb
Citizens & the Next Evolution of Cities
12:20 p.m. Mort Epstein
A Designer and the Community
12:40 p.m. Dr. Brian Grimberg
Buzzkill: How Malaria Has, and Is,
Changing The World We Live In
1:00 p.m. Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Searching for Our Ancestors in the Afar Desert
of Ethiopia: An Incessant Affair
1:20 p.m. Philip Niles
Where New Ideas Come From:
Growing Up (& Down) Euclid Avenue
With the Help of Open Data
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2:00 p.m. After Party
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Tom Benson
A New Frontier of Creativity
#tombenson
Tom Benson is an aerospace engineer in the Inlets and Nozzles Branch
at the NASA Glenn Research Center. He earned Bachelor and Master’s
degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Ohio State University in 1971.
He then spent four years in the Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB doing
high speed inlet testing and installed-engine performance calculations.
He returned to graduate school at OSU in 1975 and passed the
qualifiers for a PhD. He started working at NASA Glenn in 1978. During
the 80’s and 90’s he built, verified and applied computer programs to
model the flow of gases through high speed inlets. He worked on the
National Aerospace Plane (NASP) project to study a vehicle that would
fly from a runway into orbit. He is the author of more than 50 technical
papers. For the last 20 years, he has divided his time between high
speed CFD and educational outreach. He has participated in many
NASA outreach events, including the Cleveland National Air Show, the
Ingenuity Science and Art Festival, the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival,
the USA Science and Engineering Festival, and Donovan McNabb’s
Football Camp in Philadelphia.
Website Phone
www.nasa.gov 216.433.5920
Email TEDxCLE
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Dar Caldwell
Bootstrapping an Entrepreneurial Movement: The Founders,
Funders & Mindset Behind a New Generation of Job Creators
#darcaldwell
Dar is a co-founder of LaunchHouse, a Cleveland-based business
accelerator and collaborative, entrepreneurial co-working space.
LaunchHouse invests money, mentorship, and business development
resources into promising entrepreneurs to quickly turn their ideas
into startup companies. In collaboration with the City of Shaker
Heights, LaunchHouse transformed a 23,000 square foot abandoned
car dealership into a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that is home
to over 100 startups and entrepreneurs. Dar is passionate about
cultivating strong local and regional support for the entrepreneur
community in NE Ohio. He serves as a board member for several
young professional organizations and startups as well as the
Cornell Center for Transformative Action, Ohio Homecoming, and
IngenuityFest. BS Landscape Architecture, Cornell University ‘04.
Website Flickr
www.launchhouse.com www.flickr.com/photos/
Twitter launchhouse/
www.twitter.com/lnchhouse TEDxCLE
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Dr. Lisa Damour
The Difference Between Adults and Grown Ups
#lisadamour
Dr. Lisa Damour directs the Center for Research on Girls at Laurel School,
maintains a private psychotherapy practice, consults to schools nationally,
is a clinical instructor at Case Western Reserve University, and serves on
the board of the Eating Disorders Network.
Dr. Damour is the author of numerous academic papers, chapters, editorials,
and books related to education and child development. She is co-author
with Dr. James Hansell of Abnormal Psychology, a widely-used college
textbook and co-author with Dr. Anne Curzan of First Day to Final Grade,
a handbook introducing college instructors to the art and craft of teaching.
She has worked for the Yale Child Study Center and held fellowships from
the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Bush Center for Child Development
and Social Policy, and the Sadye Harwick Power Foundation.
Dr. Damour received her B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology from the University of Michigan.
Website Twitter
www.lisadamourphd.com www.twitter.com/Ldamour
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David Rabinsky
Seeing So Much More
#davidrabinsky
A 13 year resident of the Warehouse District in Cleveland, Ohio, David
Rabinsky was born and raised in the east side of the city. After studying
abroad and receiving a hospitality degree from the Tadmor School of
Hospitality Management in Herzliya, Israel, he returned to Cleveland
and opened David’s Gourmet, Inc., an off premise catering company in
Cleveland Heights operating from 1983 through 1999. After selling his
business, David immediately joined The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland and
is currently the director of social catering. His responsibilities include
selling all social events, primarily wedding celebrations at the hotel
and The Silver Grille in the Higbee building. In his late 30s, David was
diagnosed with the familial genetic condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa
and then noticed the slow loss of peripheral and ultimately most of his
central vision. At present, some 15 years with the condition, David can
see light and dark and occasionally can notice some shapes. David
and 4 year-old guide dog, Kody, greet perspective clients in the Motor
Lobby of the hotel and escort them to appropriate venues throughout
the hotel. Between appointments, David drafts custom proposals on
his office computer which is adapted with voice technology, allowing
him to keep up with the technology-driven modern brides. David and
Kody can be seen traversing the streets of downtown.
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TED2012
Billy Collins
Everyday Moments, Caught In Time
#billycollins
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading and in honor of TED, we share
one of our favorite TEDTalks.
Accessibility is not a word often associated with great poetry. Yet
Billy Collins has managed to create a legacy from what he calls
being poetically “hospitable.” Preferring lyrical simplicity to abstruse
intellectualism, Collins combines humility and depth of perception,
undercutting light and digestible topics with dark and at times biting
humor.
While Collins approaches his work with a healthy sense of self-
deprecation, calling his poems “domestic” and “middle class,” John
Taylor has said of Collins: “Rarely has anyone written poems that appear
so transparent on the surface yet become so ambiguous, thought-
provoking, or simply wise once the reader has peered into the depths.”
In 2001 he was named U.S. Poet Laureate, a title he kept until 2003.
Collins lives in Somers, New York, and is an English professor at City
University of New York, where he has taught for more than 40 years.
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Lolah Brown
Musical Perfomance
#lolahbrown
Out of the Cardinal State and home of The Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, hails a songbird whose melodic tone effortlessly captivates
the hearts of all who encounter her. Lolah Brown, the Cleveland, Ohio
native who began singing at the age of five, has proven that hard work,
determination, and unwavering faith can trump any and all obstacles
throughout the uncharted roads of life and bring you one step closer
to your destiny. As a leading background vocalists to pop & r&b
sensations; Nicki Minaj, Keri Hilson and John Legend she has had the
opportunity of sharing the stage with Kanye West on the Evolver World
Tour, Estelle, Rick Ross, the legendary Stevie Wonder and many more!
This year alone, she has juggled being a background vocalist for two
national tours, traveling on both the Pink Friday tour for Nicki Minaj and
the No Boys Allowed tour with Keri Hilson. Currently, Lolah is working
vigorously on her solo project, all while traveling on her second national
tour with John Legend. Longtime admirers of Lolah Brown are eager for
the rest of the world to hear the voice they have fallen in love with.
Website Facebook
www.whatlolahwants.com www.facebook.com/
Twitter pages/Lolah-Brown-Fan-
www.twitter.com/lolah_brown_ Page/312095668801358
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Cloud Nothings
Musical Performance
#cloudnothings
In 2009, Cleveland’s Dylan Baldi began writing and recording lo-fi
power-pop songs in his parents’ basement, dubbing the project Cloud
Nothings. His music quickly started making the Internet rounds, and
fans and critics alike took note of his pithy songcraft, infectiously
catchy melodies, and youthful enthusiasm. Baldi soon released a string
of 7”s, a split cassette, and an EP before putting out Turning On – a
compilation spanning about a year’s worth of work – on Carpark in
2010. January 2011 saw the release Cloud Nothings’ self-titled debut
LP, which, put next to Turning On, found Baldi cleaning up his lo-fi
aesthetic, pairing his tales of affinitive confusion with a more pristine
aural clarity. In the interval since the release of Cloud Nothings, Baldi
has toured widely and put a great deal of focus on his live show, a
detail that heavily shapes the music of his follow-up album, Attack on
Memory. For all of early Cloud Nothings’ fun and fervor, Baldi admits
that it never sounded like most of the music he listens to. With Attack
on Memory, he wanted to remedy this anomaly, and in setting out to do
so, Baldi and co. have created an album that shows vast growth in a
still very young band.
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TED2011
John Hunter
The World Peace Game
#johnhunter
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading and in honor of TED, we share
one of our favorite TEDTalks.
Musician, teacher, filmmaker and game designer, John Hunter has
dedicated his life to helping children realize their full potential. His own
life story is one of a never-ending quest for harmony. As a student, he
studied comparative religions and philosophy while traveling through
Japan, China and India. In India, inspired by Ghandi’s philosophy, he
began to think about the role of the schoolteacher in creating a more
peaceful world. As his online biography says: “Accepting the reality
of violence, he would seek to incorporate ways to explore harmony in
various situations. This exploration would take form in the framework
of a game – something that students would enjoy. Within the game
data space, they would be challenged, while enhancing collaborative
and communication skills.” In 1978, at the Richmond Community
High School, Hunter led the first sessions of his World Peace Game, a
hands-on political simulation. The game has now been played around
the world, on a four-tiered board. It’s the subject of the new film World
Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements.
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Genna Petrolla
Citizens & the Next Evolution of Cities
#gennapetrolla
Genna Petrolla is a marketing professional who lives on the west side
of Cleveland. She began her career in Cleveland as the Marketing
Director of Progressive Urban Real Estate, where she grew to love
the culture and history of each of Cleveland’s distinct neighborhoods.
Following her work at PURE, Petrolla helped to launch a program
called Greater Circle Living, an employer-assisted housing program
that encouraged employees of institutions such as the Cleveland
Clinic, University Hospitals, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Case
Western Reserve University to live closer to work in the neighborhoods
surrounding University Circle. She was also part of the team that
founded and produced messy magazine, an online submission-based
art, literary and fashion magazine. She was the recipient of the 2010
Judson Smart Living Award for Volunteerism and serves on the Board
of Directors of SPACES. In addition, Petrolla serves on the boards of
LiveCleveland, a non-profit that promotes the livability of Cleveland
neighborhoods and Buzz & Growl, a Cleveland-based sewing and
fashion incubator.
Email Twitter
genna.petrolla@gmail.com www.twitter.com/genna_p
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Josh Taylor
Citizens & the Next Evolution of Cities
#joshtaylor
Josh Taylor is the Vice President of Brand Strategy and Development
at TWIST Creative. He was previously the Director of Marketing and
Public Relations for Downtown Cleveland Alliance. He is actively
involved in the local development and civic communities and has
experience in building partnerships that allow organizations to become
more efficient. A native Clevelander, Josh has a passion for restoring
pride in the growth and progress of Cleveland and is an advocate for
the development of world-class parks and public spaces.
Website Twitter
www.twist-creative.com www.twitter.com/CLE_Taylor
Email TEDxCLE
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Justin Bibb
Citizens & the Next Evolution of Cities
#justinbibb
Justin Bibb serves as Special Assistant to Cuyahoga County Executive
Ed FitzGerald. Prior to joining the FitzGerald Administration, Justin
was Associate Partner and Director of Community Strategies with
Gallup in Washington, D.C. Currently, he serves on the boards of
Cuyahoga Community College and City Year Cleveland. He pursued his
undergraduate degree in urban studies from American University and
the London School of Economics.
Website TEDxCLE
www.onecuyahoga.com www.TEDxCLE.com/justinbibb
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justin.m.bibb@gmail.com
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Mort Epstein
A Designer and the Community
#mortepstein
Mort Epstein has had a lifetime of involvement in social and political
causes and in artistic pursuits as a designer, woodworker and teacher.
From his start as the son of New York City immigrants, to his 95th
year in 2012, Mort has covered a lot of territory, producing creative
work along the way. Mort attended WPA art and cartooning classes in
Manhattan, where he was exposed to radical political conversations
typical of the Depression years of the 1930s. Mort became committed
to equal rights and opportunity for all, concepts that have been the
guiding principles of his life. In 1937 Mort attended The Cooper Union
School of Art, where he developed his life-long commitment to the
design principles of directness, simplicity and the Bauhaus idea that
“form follows function.” Mort entered the U.S. Army in 1942, spending
three years as a designer and model maker. Strong advocates for civil
rights in the 1950s, Mort and his wife Marion were active locally in
the movement for racial equality. They provided graphic design and
artwork, participating in marches and other public demonstrations. In
the 1960s and 70s Mort’s political involvement was three-fold. He was
active in the fair housing movement which assisted African American
families who wanted to find homes in segregated white areas of greater
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75. He participated in the anti-Vietnam War/pro-peace movement, and
was a member of the Cleveland Committee on Soviet Anti-Semitism.
Community involvement in the 1980s included serving as president
of the board of The Art Studio at MetroHealth Medical Center. Mort
remains actively involved in the ACLU.
Mort started an independent graphic design company based in the
Old Arcade, called Community Graphic. He had many commercial
accounts, and provided below cost or free graphic services for social
service agencies on tight budgets. Mort joined forces with John
Szilagyi and formed Epstein & Szilagyi, Designers, Inc., which thrived
for 21 years. When Epstein & Szilagyi disbanded in the 1980s, Mort
formed another partnership, a firm known today as Epstein Design
Partners Inc. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, Epstein Design
continues to be an influential and well-respected firm in the city of
Cleveland.
Beginning in the late 1960s, Mort also taught in the Graphic Design
Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art, helping develop a program
where advanced student designed communications for area non-profit
organizations. Mort continues to be active in various political and
social causes. Mort was honored in 2009 with the Cleveland Arts Prize,
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Website Facebook
www.epsteindesign.com www.facebook.com/epsteindesign
Twitter TEDxCLE
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Dr. Brian Grimberg
Buzzkill: How Malaria Has, and Is, Changing The World We Live In
#briangrimberg
Dr. Brian Grimberg, an Assistant Professor of International Health at
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, as Principal
Investigator, leads an international team of researchers investigating
treatment and prevention options for malaria at the School of
Medicine’s Center for Global Health & Diseases which is home to a
National Institutes of Health International Center of Excellence for
Malaria Research - one of only ten around the world. Malaria kills 1.2
million people annually and hampers the modernization of endemic
countries. Dr. Grimberg’s research is focused on the cell biology of
malaria parasites. Widespread drug resistance to current treatments
has further limited treatment options for those in need. This challenge
drives the mission of Dr. Grimberg’s lab, which focuses on screening
traditionally used native treatments to develop new drugs. Additionally,
he is working on the development of new antimalarial vaccines and
rapid malaria diagnostics. Dr. Grimberg is a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and has received numerous
awards including Excellence in Science, American Association for
the Advancement of Science; Young Investigator Award, Great Lakes
International Imaging & Flow Cytometry Association; and Superior
Merit Award for Efforts Above the Call of Duty, NIH.
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Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Searching for Our Ancestors in the Afar Desert of Ethiopia:
An Incessant Affair
#yohanneshaileselassie
Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie is the Curator and Head of Physical
Anthropology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Adjunct
Professor of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University. He
conducts research on early human evolution in Africa. His work centers
on the Afar region of Ethiopia where he and his team survey large
areas looking for fossil remains of early humans and other animals to
better understand the paleobiology and paleoecology of these early
humans and, ultimately, our origins. His research has been published
in top scientific journals, including Nature, Science, and Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow at the Institute
of the Science of Origins (Case Western Reserve University) and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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www.cmnh.org/site/ yhailese@cmnh.org
ResearchandCollections/ Phone
PhysicalAnthropology/Staff/Haile- 216.231.4600, ext. 3242
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Philip Niles
Where New Ideas Come From:
Growing Up (& Down) Euclid Avenue With the Help of Open Data
#philipniles
Philip Niles is pursuing his M.D. and M.B.A. degrees at Case Western
in Cleveland. He completed his undergraduate magna cum laude in
three years as a Trustee’s scholar, and majored in economics. Philip
has been living and working in Cleveland for the past 8 years and
has pursued several independent projects including: evaluating the
economic value of renovating public square, starting an HIV/AIDS
testing center in Kenya, working as a supply chain management
consultant for ORBIS International, an organization committed to
preventing avoidable blindness through the use of its airplane-turned-
eye hospital, in the Philippines, Myanmar and Vietnam. Niles was
named a Cleveland Clinic Healthcare Management Scholar, and
consulted for the Cleveland Clinic Quality and Patient Safety Institute
on the costs of postoperative complications. Philip has performed
research at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, studying the cost-
effectiveness of diagnostic imaging in glaucoma patients, and he
delivered a podium presentation at the 2011 meeting of the Association
for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO). He will begin his
ophthalmology residency in July, 2013 at the University of Iowa. Philip
is part of the TED2009 Fellow class.
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88.
89. A special thank you to all of the sponsors that made this event possible.
91. helping others spread ideas
+
20 years
for
proud sponsors of TEDxCLE
theadcomgroup.com
92. SAVE THE DATE
SOLSTICE
Cleveland’s premier music festival
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tickets on sale Tuesday, May 1
For details, visit ClevelandArt.org/solstice
93. “ ”
Great minds discuss ideas;
average minds discuss events;
small minds discuss people.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
The George Gund Foundation is proud to sponsor TEDxCLE.
www.gundfdn.org
94. MailChimp is a proud sponsor of TEDxCLE.
www.mailchimp.com
95. Printing for this book donated by Oliver Printing Co.
www.oliverprinting.com
96.
97. innovation&action
TEDxCLE is a project of shark&minnow.
www.sharkandminnow.com
102. ORGANIZERS
Hallie Bram Kogelschatz + Eric Kogelschatz
#halliebramkogelschatz #erickogelschatz
Hallie & Eric have a passion for communication - whether it be on the
behalf of clients over their time in the advertising industry or good
ideas that spur positive change on a local or global scale.
Upon returning to Cleveland from Boston in 2009 Hallie & Eric
founded TEDxCLE. Their goal remains to bring positive thinking
from Cleveland to the world, helping to reshape the way that citizens
& those outside of the region think of Cleveland.
The Kogelschatz duo is honored to have you here & look forward to more
innovation, growth and positive change in Cleveland because of big
thinkers like you.
Website Twitter
www.sharkandminnow.com www.twitter.com/sharkandminnow
Email Facebook
hallie@sharkandminnow.com www.facebook.com/
eric@sharkandminnow.com sharkandminnow
TEDxCLE
www.TEDxCLE.com/organizers
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