List+of+Speakers

(All times are **Eastern Standard Time**)
 * Wednesday, February 29th, 2012**

Click here for Official list of speakers


 * PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING TIMES **HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO EASTERN STANDARD TIME FOR OUR PURPOSES** - THE ORIGINAL SPEAKER LIST IS IN **PACIFIC STANDARD TIME**. PLEASE CROSS-REFERENCE FOR INACCURACIES BEFORE FINALIZATION.*

BLOCK ONE (9:30 - 11:30) Not a live stream, videos from previous conferences will be shown. Bobby McFerrin - Music Is Universal J.J. Abrams - Power of Story Julian Baggini - Sense of Self Salman Khan - Reinventing Education Einstein the Parrot - Animal Talk Malcolm Gladwell - Secret to Happiness Jeff Han - Touchscreen Technology Demonstration Seth Godin - Standing Out Julian Treasure - How to Listen Better

Session 4: The Lab (11:30 AM - 1:15 PM **EST**) Henrik Schärfe, //Roboticist// Regina Dugan, //Director of DARPA// Jack Choi, //Technologist// Marco Tempest, //Techno-illusionist// Donald Sadoway, //Materials engineer//

Session 5: The Earth (2:00 PM - 3:45 PM **EST**) Sharon Beals, //Photographer// Wade Davis, //Anthropologist, ethnobotanist// James Hansen, //Climatologist// T. Boone Pickens, //Entrepreneur, energy theorist// The Civilians Investigative Theatre Co., //Theater company//


 * //"The sessions that will be available for streaming at TEDxLive 2012 events are on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012.//** **//Most people are organizing their TEDxLive events on that day, but you can host your event a day or two after that if it is more convenient for you and your attendees."//**