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TEDxIndianaUniversity releases speaker names

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TEDxIndianaUniversity released the names of the final two speakers Friday for its Oct. 29 event “All Too Human.”

In the week leading up to tickets going on sale, TEDxIU released the names of its speakers two at a time. Tickets for the event went on sale through the IU Auditorium Friday.

The TedXIU speakers are Robert Walker, Simon Dedeo, Dr. Adam Fisch, Alexander Karagiannis, Euna Lee, Leah Savion and Dr. Anantha Shekhar.

The speakers for the event range from an IU alumnus to a journalist to a physician.

One speaker, Robert Walker, president of the Population Institute, will discuss the history of population and trends in society. Another, Simon Dedeo, Carnegie Mellon professor, will talk about the effects of technology on the structure of society.

Dr. Adam Fisch, an IU alumnus, will discuss Deep-Learning Strategies and how they affect long-term 
memory.

Two speakers were born outside the U.S. Born in Greece, Alexander Karagiannis is the current foreign service officer for the State Department. He will discuss diplomacy and the difficulties of dealing with sovereign powers. Born in South Korea, Euna Lee, an American journalist, will share the story of when she was held captive in North Korea.

A few speakers are currently at IU: Leah Savion, philosophy lecturer and Dr. Anantha Shekhar, associate vice president for research and director of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.

“The goal behind this theme is to encourage, in our peers, the motivation to understand and solve our most pressing problems,” TEDxIU Vice President Christopher Podlaski said in the release.

TEDx is an independently licensed event through TED, a global set of conferences that brings speakers together to promote intelligent and insightful conversations.

“We strive to bring outside perspectives to Indiana University, and make sure that students are exposed to a myriad of real world situations so they are ready to tackle them on once out of school,” TEDxIU President Dmitry Simakov said in the release.

All speakers will use their previous experience to talk about what it means to be human, according to a press release.

The event will touch on ideas that affect all of humanity, the release said. The theme is based on the book Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche.

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