TEDxBerkeley 2016: 'Finding x'

The 6th annual TEDxBerkeley event is a gathering of thought provoking and renowned speakers, set to tackle this year's theme: Finding x.

TEDxBerkeley has a different spin on the letter "x". How do we find solutions to our world's imperfections? How do we begin to identify these problems, and once we've locked onto them, how do we make sense of them in the larger systems to which they belong?

Whether it be voyaging into uncharted technological or scientific territory, reconciling our diverse perspectives of the human condition, or unearthing the parts of ourselves that give our lives direction and meaning, we all hope to make an impact on this world by Finding x. And in this journey we hope to better understand what it means to be human.

Speakers:
- Christopher Ategeka, engineer & founder of Ride for Lives
- Kathy Calvin, CEO of United Nations Foundation
- Jacob Corn, Director of Innovative Genomics Initiative
- Stephanie Fried, international journalist reporting from conflict zones
- Naveen Jain, entrepreneur & founder of Moon Express
- Jeromy Johnson, electromagnetic field exposure expert
- Rev. Deborah Johnson, author & diversity expert
- Aran Khanna, computer scientist & researcher on online security
- John Koenig, creator of the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
- Ellen Petry Leanse, digital pioneer & Silicon Valley Woman of Influence
- Dr. Susan Lim, surgeon who performed 1st successful cadaveric liver transplant
- Isha Ray, UC Berkeley professor of energy & resources
- Amandine Roche, human rights expert working in Afghanistan
- Dr. Sriram Shamasunder, UCSF associate professor & co-founder of HEAL Initiative
- Dr. Andrew Siemion, astrophysicist & researcher on extraterrestrial intelligence
- Joshua Toch, founder of Mind Before Mouth

Performers:
- Oakland School for the Arts' Chamber Choir & spoken word team, Audacious
- UC Berkeley Azaad, Bollywood dance team
- Rob Hotchkiss, founder of Train
- Sonia Rao, contestant on The Voice