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Garrett Brown, Inventor of Steadicam and Skycam & Chris Fawcett, Inventor (EG12) - 2020 Edit
May, 2018: Garrett Brown and Chris Fawcett discuss their seminal inventions in the movie business and beyond. Garrett Brown invented the Oscar-winning Steadicam® stabilizer and used it on nearly 100 movies beginning with ‘Rocky’. Chris Fawcett’s numerous inventions are aimed at increasing human mobility and functionality.
Garrett Brown, Inventor of Steadicam and Skycam & Chris Fawcett, Inventor (EG12) - 2020 Edit
Amy Tan, Writer (Novelist, Librettist, Essayist, Screenwriter (EG2)
February, 2007: Amy Tan discusses imagination, and centuries-old traditions and hardships, faced deep in rural China. Amy Tan is an award-winning novelist and creative force in television, cinema and (in the fall of 2008), opera. Following the success of The Joy Luck Club, her books have enjoyed translation into dozens of languages and have garnered numerous major awards and accolades.
Amy Tan, Writer (Novelist, Librettist, Essayist, Screenwriter (EG2)
John Abele, Founder-Chairman, Boston Scientific, Leader; Grunion Expedition (EG2)
February, 2007: John Abele shares a personal decades-long search, an expedition of adventure and discovery in the deep sea. John Abele is Cofounder and a Director of Boston Scientific Corporation. His Dad’s submarine, The Grunion, was lost in WWII and recently found.
John Abele, Founder-Chairman, Boston Scientific, Leader; Grunion Expedition (EG2)
Jared Diamond, Author, Professor of Geology and Physiology at UCLA (EG2)
February, 2007: Jared Diamond discusses the number 32, and how it strangely relates to economics, and environmental issues, among others. Pulitzer Prize Winner, MacArthur Foundation Fellow and Genius grantee, recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the Dickson Prize in Science, and many other awards, Jared is a professor at UCLA and author of the acclaimed Guns, Germs and Steel.
Jared Diamond, Author, Professor of Geology and Physiology at UCLA (EG2)
Richard Saul Wurman, Impresario (EG2)
February, 2007: Richard Saul Wurman deftly illustrates the importance of connection and conversation, and discusses his Super City project,19.20.21. Richard Saul Wurman has published 80 books over the last 50 years; founded the TED & TEDMED conferences; and founded EG.
Richard Saul Wurman, Impresario (EG2)
Carolyn Porco, Astronomer; Imaging Team Leader, Cassini Saturn Mission (EG2)
February, 2007: Carolyn Porco discusses the aspirations and the astonishing achievements of us earthlings. Carolyn Porco has a Caltech PhD in Planetary Sciences. She participated in the Voyager mission as a member of the imaging team from 1984 through the end of the mission, and now is the leader of the Imaging Team on Cassini.
Carolyn Porco, Astronomer; Imaging Team Leader, Cassini Saturn Mission (EG2)
Todd Rundgren, Composer, Software Artist, Synthesist. Utopia. Pee Wee’s Playhouse (EG3)
February, 2008: Todd Rundgren speaks on music’s struggler to remain a service, rather than a product. Spent the last 42 years writing, recording, producing and engineering over 100 albums for myselfand other more noteworthy artists.
Todd Rundgren, Composer, Software Artist, Synthesist. Utopia. Pee Wee’s Playhouse (EG3)
Ralph Osterhout, Inventor (EG3)
February, 2008: Ralph Osterhout discusses his work for the military, and several somewhat less dominant clients. His major customers: Department of Defense, major Toy Companies and performance-oriented Product Companies- worldwide. The common thread: high performance, low cost and meaningful innovation.
Ralph Osterhout, Inventor (EG3)
Joshua Bell, Violinist (EG3)
February, 2008: Joshua Bell, joined by Michael Hawley, discusses and performs Bach’s Chaconne for solo violin. Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era, and his restless curiosity, passion, and multifaceted musical interests are almost unparalleled in the world of classical music.