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).

Anderson Center Osterhout Theater
Binghamton University
Binghamton, New York, 13902
United States

Casey Boston

Casey Boston was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y,, and is a devout Bible believer. Boston was a student athlete who earned a bachelor’s degree in clinical counseling psychology with a minor in sports management from Alfred University. Boston was the vice president of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee for one year, and the quarterback at Alfred University for four years. He is now pursuing his Master of Social Work at Binghamton University. He hopes to work as a social worker providing mental health therapy to adolescents and adults after graduation. Boston enjoys lifting weights, reading the Bible, playing recreational basketball and football, and reading educational literature in his spare time. He comes from a God-fearing family that loves and supports him in all his endeavors.

Courtney Hurley

Courtney Hurley, three-time Olympian and 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist in fencing, has led the U.S. National team for more than 10 years. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame where she was 2 time NCAA National Champion. Courtney began fencing with her sister Kelley at a very young age. Courtney traveled the world for fencing which gave her experiences that have shaped her life in many positive ways. Through her travels she has learned about different cultures and has made many friends. However, through these experiences, her perception of the Olympics has changed, especially in terms of the role it plays in her own life. Feelings of injustice, unfairness, corruption, and overall unfair treatment have made her feel disillusioned toward the Olympics. Despite these struggles, she has recently decided to continue her fencing career and will train for the Paris Olympics in 2024 and is relearning to love the sport.

Daniel Adeyanju

Entrepreneur

Daniel, a class of ’14 Binghamton University alum, is The Inclusive Innovator. He is passionate about creating pathways to economic security for systematically excluded groups by means of technology, meaningful work and entrepreneurship. Formerly a product manager and corporate software engineer, he is a talent development expert, career coach and educator. In every sphere he enters, he utilizes the tools of innovation to design better futures. He is a founding director at Kura Labs, a free technology program that upskills recent early careerists in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering. A Jamaican-born, Nigerian-American, Adeyanju is a servant at his church in the Bronx and, most proudly, is the husband of Emmily. An always-Bronxite, he currently lives in Jersey City and is an alumnus of Binghamton University, where he majored in Africana studies, CUNY Lehman College where he earned a computer science degree, and Bronx Science, where he attended high school.

Elisheva Ezor

Elisheva Ezor is a sophomore at Binghamton University double-majoring in math and business administration. She describes herself as a creative person, and she spends a lot of her free time listening to podcasts and painting colorful portraits. She has a cat named Whiskey, and is currently addicted to playing the game Wordle and watching people do Tetris scratches on TikTok. She loves books and adventuring, and she is passionate about learning how she can help improve the spaces she inhabits. She is excited to give her talk and hopes to learn a lot from the experience.

Greg Hill

After Greg Hill found ski mountaineering, he was hooked and hasn’t stopped since. A pro skier, filmmaker and a ski guide with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, Hill has made hundreds of first descents and set world records like climbing and skiing over 2 million feet in less than a year and 50,000 feet in 24 hours. But his biggest objectives lately are in his everyday quest to adventure in a more sustainable fashion. Fueled by fortitude, rather than recognition and fame, Hill, a father of two, challenges himself and us all to leave the planet in better shape.

Paul Turner

Paul Turner is the Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and microbiology faculty member at Yale School of Medicine. He obtained a BA in biology (1988) from the University of Rochester, a PhD in microbial evolution (1995) from Michigan State University and did postdocs at National Institutes of Health, University of Valencia in Spain and the University of Maryland-College Park, before joining Yale in 2001. Turner studies evolutionary genetics of viruses, particularly phages (bacteria-specific viruses) that infect bacterial pathogens and RNA viruses transmitted by mosquitoes, and researches the use of phages to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases. He is very active in science-communication outreach to the general public, and is involved in programs where faculty collaborate with K-12 teachers to improve STEM education in underserved public schools. Turner’s service includes the National Science Foundation’s Bio Advisory Committee and he is president-elect of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health.