NATICK — In two short years, TEDxNatick has evolved from an audacious idea to a community tradition. The feeling grew that this idea meant too much to the community to be confined to one month of the year, and the notion of an evening “Salon” style event was born. Smaller and more intimate than a TEDx event, the TEDxNatick Salon will take place at The Center for Arts in Natick. At the Salon, which will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 31, attendees will have the opportunity

TEDxNatick has become overwhelmingly popular in town, and a number of fans have expressed the opinion that once a year is just not enough. A solution is at hand. Over the past few months, the TEDxNatick organizing committee has developed a smaller, more intimate program, one that offers a new way to interact with speakers and fellow attendees. TEDxNatick calls this a “Salon” event, and the first one will take place at The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), the venue known acro

On January 21, the second TEDxNatick opened at Natick High School in front of a packed auditorium. Co-curators Rosemary Driscoll and Steve Gullans greeted the audience with a summary of what to expect. “TEDxNatick is a local event,” Gullans stated. “You are now all TEDsters.” Driscoll thanked the corporate supporters of TEDxNatick, starting with MathWorks as lead sponsor. Henry Lewis of Natick, a student at the Rivers School, started the event with a piano jazz medley. Kathle

Rudy Tanzi, PhD, a Harvard professor, author and neuroscientist, will take center stage at TEDxNatick 2017 on January 21. Rudy is the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He has co-discovered many genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Rudy has published nearly 500 research papers and has received the highest awards in his field. He was named to the 2015 list of TIME100 Most Influential People in the World. With Deepak Chopra he

Ned Brooks will take center stage at TEDxNatick 2017 on January 21. Ned is a retired businessman, avid sailor and newly-minted grandfather who recently started a nonprofit foundation. He never imagined that a simple idea would change his life and the lives of others. An all-volunteer, community-driven initiative, TEDxNatick brings together 800 community members, civic leaders, business leaders, technologists, artists, educators, and other professionals for a full day of thoug

Monika Weber PhD, Physicist and Startup CEO, will take center stage at TEDxNatick 2017 on January 21. Monika is an entrepreneur and inventor who founded Fluid-Screen, Inc. based on her PhD research at Yale to develop a simple life saving device. Monika was honored with the Grand Prize in the NASA Create the Future Design Contest and her company won the Gold Prize in MassChallenge, the largest startup accelerator in the world. An all-volunteer, community-driven initiative, TED

Alan J. Plattus, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Yale University, will take center stage at TEDxNatick 2017 on January 21. Alan teaches architectural history and theory, urban history and design, and directs the school’s China Studio. He founded and directs the Yale Urban Design Workshop, a community design center that undertakes complex community-based planning projects throughout the world, at scales ranging from the neighborhood to the region, in response to pro

In the Boston Globe's Up Close column, reporter Cindy Cantrell profiles Kathleen Tullie, a speaker at TEDxNatick on January 21, 2017. A Natick resident, Kathleen has built BOKS (Build Our Kids’ Success) from a local to a national nonprofit organization addressing childhood inactivity and obesity. For the full article, click here. An all-volunteer, community-driven initiative, TEDxNatick brings together 800 community members, civic leaders, business leaders, technologists, art

Natick High School sophomore Maeve Sheehy will take center state at TEDxNatick on January 21. Maeve is an honors student, athlete, and advocate for those with disabilities. When not busy with school, she enjoys horseback riding, coaching for Strivers Running Club and reading. #MaeveSheehy #Speakers #TEDxNatick2017

Brain scientist, engineer, and professor, Caterina Stamoulis PhD will take center stage at TEDxNatick on January 21. Caterina, a researcher at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, uses novel computational technologies to study neural networks in the brains of infants and children. Having trained in engineering and applied physics (underwater acoustics) at MIT, she applies big data approaches inspired by the physical sciences to understand the organization of