TED Talk At NJIT: Impact Of Tech In A Resurgent, Post-COVID World

Newark NJ

14 September, 2021

10:55 AM

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NEWARK, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of NJIT. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site. Speakers at TEDxNJIT 2021 will explain how technology impacts everything from knee-replacement surgery and the monitoring of traumatic brain injuries to how we'll live in the wake of the global pandemic. Other speakers — including leaders from the Federal Aviation Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory — will mull commercial space exploration, equitable economic growth, entrepreneurship, epidemic forecasting and the role of immigrants in developing vaccines for COVID-19 — all in under 18 minutes. The theme of this year's TEDxNJIT — the university's 11th — is resurgence. "The organizing committee thought that resurgence was appropriate for the year when the world was emerging from the pandemic," explained Raja Roy, chair of the committee and an assistant professor at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management. "It was also sufficiently broad and gave speakers the liberty to design their talk based on resurgence in their field." The event will take place online Sept. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. It's free but you need to register in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxnjit-2021-tickets-159181525227. More than half of the speakers are connected to NJIT. Here's a closer look at their credentials and talks. Julie AncisProfessor and Founding Director of CyberpsychologyNJITThe Post-Pandemic Future: Are We Ready? David BaderDistinguished Professor and Director of the Institute for Data ScienceNJITSolving Global Grand Challenges with High Performance Data Analytics James Barrood Founder and CEOInnovation+How Immigrants Are Helping to Save the World Rachel BenyolaExecutive and Founder CoachRKB ConsultingInnovating the Entrepreneur: Resurgence of the Human Entrepreneur Robert Cohen '83 '84 '87President of Digital, Robotics and Enabling TechnologiesStryker Corp.Chair, NJIT Board of DirectorsNJIT AlumnusNew Era in Medical Device Design Ken DavidianDirector of ResearchFederal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space TransportationCommercial Space Today: A Resurgence Yes, but of What? Sara Del Valle '00 M.S. '01Deputy Group Leader of Information Systems and Modeling Group, A-1Los Alamos National LaboratoryNJIT AlumnaCould We Someday Forecast Diseases Like We Forecast the Weather? Bernel HallPresident and CEOInvest NewarkUrban Legend: Debunking the Myth of Equitable Economic Growth to Finally Achieve the Society that We've Been Promised Yashwee Kothari '22Computer Science MajorNJITThe Pain of the Silent Don't forget to visit the Patch Newark Facebook page. Send local news tips and correction requests to [email protected]. Sign up for Patch email newsletters.