Theme: TEDxMorristown

Our second TEDx event! 8 speakers! Can't wait to see you there! Additional details at www.TEDxMorristown.com

Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, New Jersey, 07960
United States

Andrei Gudkov

Scientist, researcher, expert on aging

Andrei is a preeminent cancer researcher, Senior Vice President for Basic Science; Chair of the Department of Cell Stress Biology, and a member of the senior leadership team for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center Support Grant at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). He is responsible for building on the basic and translational research strengths of the Cell Stress Biology program in DNA damage and repair, photodynamic therapy, thermal and hypoxic stress and immune modulation. Andrei was formerly at the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he served as Chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University. He earned his doctoral degree in Experimental Oncology at the Cancer Research Center, USSR and a Doctorate of Science (D.Sci) in Molecular Biology at the Moscow State University, USSR. He has authored or co-authored 218 scientific articles, holds 54 patents and co-founded six biotech companies, including Everon Biosciences, Inc. that develops antiaging drugs.

Anthony Longo

Student, Medical Doctor, Educator, Community organizer

A follow-up from Real World Academy and Domenico Randazzo’s wildly popular talk from TEDxMorristown 2015, Anthony takes us through his experiences in and through education. Now in his final year of medical school, Anthony has been planning to be a doctor since kindergarten. Graduating from Cornell Magna Cum Laude, he attends Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. Subsequently, he co-founded a successful one-on-one Newark high school mentoring program staffed by volunteer medical students and is in the process of creating more mentoring programs.

Eric Hayes

Musician, businessman, survivor

A passionate artist, professional musician Eric Hayes suffered a catastrophic injury just after walking off stage after a performance. In this emotional TEDx talk, Eric tell us his story, the story of that night, his battle back, and how adversity showed him his true calling(s).

Greg Satell

Author, Journalist

Greg Satell is a popular writer, speaker and innovation advisor, whose work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and other A-list publications. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President – Strategy & Innovation at Moxie Interactive, a division of Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading marketing services organizations as well as Co-CEO of KP Media, a leading publisher of magazines and websites in Ukraine, including the newsmagazine Korrespondent and the web portal, Bigmir.

Jeff Stier

Strategist, organizational guru

Jeff Stier has over 25 years of experience in customer experience transformation, purpose-led organizational change, entrepreneurial leadership; and digital, mobile and social innovation. In 2014 Jeff was recognized by Consulting Magazine as one of the top 25 consultants in North America. Jeff is one of the four global architects of EY’s Purpose-led Transformation offering. A business offering aligned with Simon Sinek’s famous TED talk, “How Great Leaders Inspire Action”

Milind Kamkolkar

Health hacker, Digital health expert, futurist, father

Richie Etwaru

Professionally, Richie Etwaru is a c-level at a Fortune 500 Company, an author, the owner of international patents, the founder of multiple ventures, an experienced keynote speaker, an angel investor, a member of advisory boards, and a recognized thought leader in the area of digital, technology, and design. Specific to this TEDx talk, Richie is an adjunct professor of blockchain management at Syracuse University in New York, he has delivered over 100 blockchain keynotes across the world, he has written well read blockchain blogs, he has been interviewed on blockchain in online TV shows, and has advised governments and venture funds on blockchain opportunities.

Yvonne Bleam

Author, neuroscientist, leadership expert

Yvonne Bleam is an internationally Published Author of A-Z of Being the Best Leader You Can Be, a book o encourage and promote positive leadership behavior at an early age. Yvonne has a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership from Regent University, and MBA and BA in Behavioral Neuroscience from Lehigh University, and is Professor of Executive Skill Leadership in the MBA program at DeSales University.