The University of South Alabama Biomedical Library will host a live stream of this year’s TEDMED event, titled “Unlock Imagination in the Service of Health and Medicine.”
The conference will be broadcast live Sept. 10-12, 2014, in the Baugh Biomedical Library Conference Room (222-A), with an encore performance of sessions five and seven to be shown at UMC in the 3rd floor south conference room on Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. As university employees those interested in watching from their offices can sign up individually at tedmedlive.org. For more information about the event, contact biomedical librarian Andrea Wright at awright@southalabama.edu or (251) 461-1424.
TED is the global movement dedicated to “ideas worth spreading.” TED Talks have been viewed online 2 billion times around the world. TEDMED, created by the same founder, is focused exclusively on health and medicine, and is dedicated to bringing together extraordinary people from all walks of life and blending our unique yet complementary ideas and perspectives.
The university community is encouraged to convene and share in free access to the innovative program, comprising more than 70 Talks from transformative thinkers in health and medicine.
Conference sessions are as follows:
Session 1 – "Turn it Upside Down"
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 – 7:15-9:40 a.m.
Topics: Telemedicine 3D imaging, placebo research, medical research history, heart disease prevention, medical education and the global physician shortage
Session 2 – “We Just Don’t Know”
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 – noon-1:45 p.m.
Topics: Predictive analytics in health care, neuroscience of sleep, gun violence policy, the limits of knowledge, patient decision making, autism
Session 3 – “Flat Out Amazing”
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 – 3:45-5:15 p.m.
Topics: Relieving the global physician shortage, high-tech diagnostics, pushing physical limits, biometrics, syringe innovation, medical catastrophe
Session 4 – “Stealing Smart”
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 – 7:30-9:10 a.m.
Topics: media and health behavior, insights from animal health, conserving antibiotics, reducing injury with smart garments, obesity as addiction, medical surrogacy, impact of language on health, tissue engineering, clinical trials and patients
Session 5 – “Don’t You Dare Talk About This”
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 – 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Topics: Easing pediatric pain, medical transparency, drug abuse, caregiver shortcomings, patient experience, organ transplant policy
Session 6 – “Play is Not a Waste of Time”
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 – 3:30-5:05 p.m.
Topics: Self-motivated mobility, power of play, fine tuning haptic skills, adventurous science writing, interactive 3D health games
Session 7 – “Human Nature Inside and Out”
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 – 7:15-8:40 a.m.
Topics: End-of-life ethics, the neuroscience of anesthesia, short film on the brain, health care facility design, light and health, psychological healing after disease and trauma, bio-inspiration in medicine, digital behavioral health, brain injury diagnostics
Session 8 – “Weird and Wonderful”
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 – 10:00-11:40 a.m.
Topics: Alternative prosthetics, humor and healing, Ig Nobel Prize stories, wearable medical devices, where thoughts and emotions come from, advanced patient adherence technology, synthetic voice technology, science research opportunity, handheld consumer medical devices
Session 9 – “I Was Just Thinking Too Small”
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 – 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Topics: Nanoparticle drug delivery, health and environmental design, healthcare for indigenous peoples, physiologic impact of stress on children, a no typing required electronic health record system
For more information about speakers and topics, visit www.tedmed.com.
