One of the first women photographers to work for National Geographic, Annie Griffiths shares stories of her career taking photographs in nearly 150 countries. Also deeply committed to raising awareness for international aid organizations, she founded Ripple Effect Images and describes her experiences documenting programs that are empowering women and girls throughout the developing world, especial..

Scott Adzick, MD, is Surgeon-in-Chief of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the founder and director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. A true innovator in the field of fetal medicine since its inception, Dr. Adzick has dedicated his career to the pursuit of groundbreaking prenatal treatment for debilitating birth defects. He shows and describes cutting edge surgica..

Sandra Fenwick (CEO, Boston Children's Hospital), Madeline Bell (CEO, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) and Carolyn Miles (CEO, Save the Children) discuss the current status of children's health and what the future holds. The panel, moderated by Paula Apsell (Senior Executive Producer, NOVA), addresses investments in medical research as well as in communities, and speaks to social determina..

12-year-old Katherine Liu has been playing piano since age 3 and made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 10. Katherine is introduced and interviewed by Gerald Slavet, CEO and co-founder of From the Top, America's largest national platform dedicated to celebrating the stories, talents and character of classically trained young musicians. The performance begins with an ingenious and inspiring mus..

Anthony Scaramucci, host of Wall Street Week and founder of Skybridge Capital is interviewed by conference host Tyler Mathisen, co-anchor for CNBC's "Power Lunch" and "Nightly Business Report," about the role Wall Street plays in shaping our woldview. Scaramucci speaks about the financial crisis of 2009, the banking industry and the stock market as well as his own formative years growing up in a w..

Economist Michael Green is CEO of the Social Progress Imperative, an organization comprised of philanthrocapitalists, social entrepreneurs and policymakers. He speakes of the group's vision: a world in which social progress sits alongside economic prosperity as a measure of development. Green also explains the Social Progress Index, considered to be among the most comprehensive international measu..

A BBC Executive Producer, Mike Gunton is the first Creative Director of the BBC Natural History Unit, the world's largest production unit dedicated to wildlife filmmaking. Gunton works closely with the BBC Earth team. He puts on his storyteller hat and describes the making of Planet Earth II, which racked up more than 2,000 shooting days across 40 countries. Gunton shows stunning footage from the ..

12-year-old bluegrass guitar prodigy Presley Barker wows and charms the audience of 600 adults! Greatly influenced by the legendary Doc Watson and mentored by reigning national guitar champion Steve Lewis, Presley started his own musical career at age 7, and won first place in the prestigious Adult Guitar Competition at the Galax Old Fiddler's Convention in Virginia at age 10. With style and perso..

Focusing her work on improving health outcomes and quality of life for black women and girls, dynamic social entrepreneur Vanessa Garrison describes the deeper theme of her organization which is grounded in the culture and values of the African American community. She is the co-founder of the national health movement, GirlTrek, which describes itself this way: "This is not a fitness organization, ..

Described as "one of the most powerful men in the high-tech world" by the Washington Post, Silicon Valley insider Walt Mossberg speaks to the tremendous impact of Silicon Valley across the country and around the world. Principal tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal for 22 years, Mossberg is co-founder of All Things D, executive editor of The Verge, editor-at-large for Recode and co-executive..

Washington DC as a center of influence was the topic of this panel, but taking place six weeks after the innauguration of the new President, the conversation centered around President Trump as a center of influence. Moderator Steve Clemons, editor at large for The Atlantic led the discussion with Bloomberg News chief political columnist, Margaret Carlson, and NBC/MSNBC News political analyst, Elis..

Dr. Philip Pizzo asks to think about how we can best explore longevity from the perspective of aligning our long-term health with our lifespans. Living longer, how do we ensure we have sufficient quality of life? Wellbeing, equity, social cohesion, personal security, and productivity are all critical considerations. Skillsets, and the time at which we learn and acquire them, will shift. Education,..

Economist Andrew Scott delves into the topic of aging from the perspective of longevity. The traditional structure of time, in which we progress through life in an orderly, three-stage fashion - education, followed by work, followed by retirement - has changed. We have more time, so we have to reconsider how we live out our lives. Not only do we need to reframe the way we think about our material ..

On the Imagine Solutions stage, Arthur Benjamin demonstrates his incredible ability to accurately calculate complex mathematical functions in his head in astonishingly short time. A math professor by day, Arthur travels all around the world giving audiences a view inside the mind of a mathemagician. You'll be amazed by his intellectual pyrotechnics, and entertained by his high-energy, humor-infuse..

Brad Myles has devoted his entire career to the problem of human trafficking. He explores to what extent human trafficking is connected to nearly all aspects of daily life. It is a problem few of us openly witness, but that goes on all the time just below the surface of our society. When a person falls into a trafficking situation, it is nearly always because of force, fraud, or coercion, exploiti..

How can you imagine technology 30 years ahead? Daniel Franklin took the tactic of crowd-sourcing among subject matter experts to think about the trends and drivers of technology, to give us a sense of what could be coming, with a particular lens on the future of science and jobs. With increasingly sophisticated computing and capacity to calculate, and knowledge about gene sequencing, change is com..

The focus of the Smithsonian is immersion in American's cultures, science, history, and art. The national collections include more than 155 million objects of all kinds. There are 216 museums throughout the United States and territories that affiliate with the Smithsonian. A true national treasure, the Smithsonian institutions are essential in furthering an understanding of the past, but also of w..

Dr. Ken Anderson is one of the foremost experts on the cancer of multiple myeloma. He opens his talk with two tenets on which he bases his work: to undertake research in service of improving patients' experience of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, and to take care of patients like family. Research is necessary to advance the treatment of any disease. Medical research requires its own kind of c..

Dr. Olufunmilayo I. Olopade is a force to be reckoned with in healthcare and oncology. She starts by sharing her optimism that, with the pace and scope of current breakthroughs, cancer will become a manageable, chronic disease before too long. The study and application of genomics are allowing the speed of progress to continue to accelerate. What's more, we will have better tools available to us t..

Laura Galante is a recognized expert on cyber security, knowing just how much the digital world can enhance our lives, as well as the depth of the associated risks. What is the internet we signed up for, and how do we understand and use cyberspace for optimal benefit and minimal danger? The primary threats, by and large, aren't about bots and spams. The biggest threats are global, and at times mas..