John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Hosts TEDMED 2012 Conference

TEDMED..today announced that the 2012 edition of the conference will take place in Washington, DC at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from April 11-13, 2012.

From 2009 to 2011, San Diego hosted TEDMED, drawing strong attendance from regional biotech companies and technology developers. The move to the Nation's Capital and the Kennedy Center will place TEDMED in the center of healthcare policymaking, regulation, and research funding and will accelerate collaboration among government, science, industry, academia, technology, media and the arts...

TEDMED is the annual conference where cutting-edge science and technology leaders "connect, understand and inspire" to advance the art of health and medicine with new ideas, the latest science and innovative technology. A total of 52 speakers and 850 attendees are gathered at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California from October 25 -28 for the 2011 edition of TEDMED's annual conference.

This year the TEDMED stage features presentations by Nobel Prize winners, the Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Regina Benjamin and superstar athletes Lance Armstrong and Diana Nyad, among many other impressive leaders from medical and non-medical fields...

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