Sat.Jun 02, 2018 - Fri.Jun 08, 2018

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property, Products and Brand

Daniel Burrus

The technology change curve continues to steepen, with an increasing number of entrepreneurs developing innovative processes, services and products. When you create and drive growth on a global basis, it’s imperative that you capture and protect your intellectual property (IP). In fact, how well you protect your intellectual property could ultimately be a major key to success.

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The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone | Heidi M. Sosik

TEDxInnovations

What will we find in the twilight zone: the vast, mysterious, virtually unexplored realm hundreds of meters below the ocean's surface? Heidi M. Sosik of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution wants to find out. In this wonder-filled talk, she shares her plan to investigate these uncharted waters, which may hold a million new species and 90 percent of the world's fish biomass, using submersible technology.

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Leaving No U.S. City Behind: The 2018 U.S. Cities SDGs Index

Sustainable Development Network

Second Annual ‘U.S. Cities SDG Index’ Ranks American Cities Based on Sustainability Performance BOSTON – Today, at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 86 th Annual Meeting, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released the 2 nd Annual U.S. Cities Sustainable Development Goals Index. The report, titled “ Leaving No U.S. City Behind ,” shows that all U.S. cities, even those at the top of the Index, have far to go to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global framework

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Why California gets to write its own auto emissions standards: 5 questions answered

Green Technology

Rush hour on the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, September 9, 2016. AP Photo/Richard Vogel. Nicholas Bryner , University of California, Los Angeles and Meredith Hankins , University of California, Los Angeles. Editor’s note: On April 2, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the Trump administration plans to revise tailpipe emissions standards negotiated by the Obama administration for motor vehicles built between 2022 and 2025, saying the standards were set “t

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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing

Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire | Olga Yurkova

TEDxInnovations

When facts are false, decisions are wrong, says editor and TED Fellow Olga Yurkova. To stop the spread of fake news, she and a group of journalists launched StopFake.org, which exposes biased or inaccurate reporting in order to rebuild the trust we've lost in our journalists, leaders and institutions. Learn more about the fight against misinformation as well as two critical ways we can ensure we're not reading (or sharing) fake news.

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Let's turn the high seas into the world's largest nature reserve | Enric Sala

TEDxInnovations

What if we could save the fishing industry and protect the oceans at the same time? Marine ecologist Enric Sala shares his bold plan to safeguard the high seas -- some of the last wild places on earth, which fall outside of any single country’s jurisdiction -- by creating a giant marine reserve that covers two-thirds of the world's ocean. By protecting the high seas, Sala believes we will restore the ecological, economic and social benefits of the ocean.

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What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people? | Brett Hennig

TEDxInnovations

If you think democracy is broken, here's an idea: let's replace politicians with randomly selected people. Author and activist Brett Hennig presents a compelling case for sortition democracy, or random selection of government officials -- a system with roots in ancient Athens that taps into the wisdom of the crowd and entrusts ordinary people with making balanced decisions for the greater good of everyone.

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Why theater is essential to democracy | Oskar Eustis

TEDxInnovations

Truth comes from the collision of different ideas, and theater plays an essential role in showing us that truth, says legendary artistic director Oskar Eustis. In this powerful talk, Eustis outlines his plan to reach (and listen to) people in places across the US where the theater, like many other institutions, has turned its back -- like the deindustrialized Rust Belt.

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