First TEDxCeiba event. The main theme was cooperation for research and development.

Bogota
Colombia

Jorge Reynolds

is credited with having helped in the design of the first successful internal pacemaker in 1958. He has been researching the whale's heart for 25 years. More than 200 publications, this includes journals and books. More than 80 videos have been made around his research. Electric Engineer from Trinity College Cambridge, Uk, Honoris Causa Doctorate degree from Fundación Universitaria San Martín. Honoris Causa doctorate degree from Universidad Simón Bolivar and Honoris Causa doctorate degree in Bioengineering from Universidad Manuela Beltrán.

Stephen Ferry

Stephen's work has received two World Press photo awards, and many prizes in the Photo of the Year and Best Photojournalism contests. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Geographic Expeditions Council, the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, the Alicia PAtterson Foundation, the Howard Chapnick Fund, the Knight International Press Fellowship, and the Getty for Good grant.

Jairo Giraldo

s a physicist. He leads an interdisciplinary team on BUINAIMA (http://www.buinaima.org) a foundation created to improve the quality on the science education in Colombia. They help children and teachers improve their education.

Nathalie Charpak

is a pediatrician who has been spreading the Kangaroo Mother Care method around the world.

Juan Camilo Cárdenas

Ph.D. Environmental and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst Ingeniero Industral, Universidad Javeriana. El interés central de mi trabajo es el análisis y diseño de instituciones (reglas del juego) que promuevan la cooperación entre individuos y la solución de dilemas sociales de la manera mas eficiente, equitativa, democrática y sostenible posible.

Alfredo Vargas

Profundo conocimiento en tecnología musical, historia de la música popular y derecho autoral. Cuenta con una amplia red de contactos en el medio de la música independiente en Bogotá. Actualmente haciendo desarrollo web, mercadeo, llevando contabilidad y gerenciando Audiotecna (http://audiotecna.info) Audiotecna comercializa los productos de Native Instruments y Moog Music en Colombia. En los próximos meses también hará producción de contenido alrededor de la tecnología musical.