El 24 de marzo de 2023 una infección por estreptococo pyogenes la llevó a un shock séptico que casi le cuesta la vida. Lo que vino después, fue un camino de 500 días de internación, 50 cirugías y un proceso de rehabilitación en el que tuvo que reaprender…

What can endangered birds in New Zealand teach us about cancer? Drawing on insights from ecology, stem cell biology, and cancer research, Dr. Leslie Crews explores a new way of thinking about cancer: not simply as tumor cells to destroy, but as a disrupted…

What if the key to making science more reproducible is hiding in the patterns that never change? In this talk, Debashis Sahoo explores how AI can help us uncover invariant biological patterns hidden within the enormous complexity of human biology—and how…

We talk a lot about who has access to healthcare. But who gets the chance to become the person providing it? Drawing from Mimi Hudson's own journey into healthcare, She explores how barriers to entering the healthcare workforce may be one of the most overlooked…

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What happens when healthcare gives patients all the right information but they still can’t use it when it matters most? Drawing from her experience as both a nurse researcher and a mother at her son’s ICU bedside, Dr. Shiloh Williams explores the critical…

Whole body MRI is exploding in popularity—but it was designed based on men's bodies, and not built to catch the diseases that matter most to women. Dr. Rakow-Penner, a radiologist and MRI physicist reveals the gap in today's scans for women. Her call to…

Would you be able to work in a broken, toxic environment? Your immune cells face a similar challenge.

When immune cells fail, tumors can progress. But fixing the cells themselves doesn’t always work. Miguel Reina-Campos explores a different question: What…

Have you ever under reported your smoking history, or left it out entirely, because you feared judgment or higher health insurance costs? You may think you’re protecting yourself, but withholding that information could mean risking your life.

Rebecca Mattson…

【 工場を、誇ろう 】

小林永典
Factory Pride Catalyst

1977年生まれ。静岡県掛川市出身。
精密板金加工会社コプレックの三代目社長。モノづくりの現場に人的投資による変革を促し、製造業の新たなスタンダードをつくるプロジェクト「工場を、誇ろう。」を推進。
信条は「モノをつくる人のプライドを高め、掛川から製造業の地位をポジティブに上げていく」
一般社団法人Factory Pride Association（FPA）代表理事。 Born in 1977 and originally…

Jessica Irwin is many things: a photographer, artist, author, performer. She also happens to be nonverbal, born with cerebral palsy that affects the muscles she needs to talk. Speaking through a device that turns her typed words into speech, she gives a sharp…

In Baltimore, Maryland, blight sends a message: The world doesn’t care about you, and there is no future for you here. What if that blight could be turned into a course of empowerment and belonging instead?

Stacey is a developer and nonprofit leader focused…

Grief is a neurological injury that breaks the brain. Karen S. Wells lost her twin brother, Aaron, to a healthcare system that had failed her siblings before. One from each of three sets of twins in her family died, all of them much too soon. Through these…

Art is not a luxury. It is civic infrastructure — and, for all the influence of money in politics, art influences power in subtle but significant ways

Maggie, a sought-after D.C. artist and designer working at the intersection of culture, space, and civic…

La peur de l’erreur peut nous faire renoncer avant même d’essayer. Dans cette conférence, Rachel explore comment la peur de se tromper nous empêche d’oser, d’apprendre et de prendre notre place. Une invitation à apprivoiser l’erreur pour avancer avec plus…

Learning to navigate pressure can unlock strengths we never knew we had. In this talk, Emily explores how high expectations, challenges, and uncertainty can become opportunities for growth—and help us discover what we’re capable of. Emily Fetco is a 16-year…

Regina Salazar, creadora del podcast Improvisando Adolescencia, comparte su inspiradora historia tras superar diagnósticos médicos adversos desde su nacimiento prematuro. A través de su experiencia en la ciencia y la comunicación, aborda cómo vencer el miedo…

When AI can generate answers in seconds, how do we decide what to ask? Hyungyu So explores how curiosity and thoughtful questions can help us use AI to discover new possibilities and shape what comes next. So Hyun-gyu, Director of the AI Metaverse Research…

Hernán Martínez, creador de contenido y narrador de historias digitales, reflexiona sobre el poder de la honestidad no solo en nuestras palabras, sino en nuestras decisiones de vida. A través de un recorrido por sus mentiras infantiles para llamar la atención…

Opportunity is everywhere. I received it, and I am looking forward to giving it to someone else. Through Model United Nations, debate, and projects focused on disability awareness and finding loopholes in law, he has found himself drawn to the space between…