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Environmental Sustainability in Electricity

Featuring Frank A. Wolak

Professor Frank Wolak considers how different utility rate structures might accelerate or delay the vision of an intelligent energy supply/demand nexus in the home.

Venkatesh Mannar, 2010 Tech Award winner in Health, on social entrepreneurship and health

Innovations in Global Health

Featuring Venkatesh Mannar

Venkatesh Mannar, 2010 Tech Award winner in Health, discusses the large-scale social impact double fortified salt has brought to improving health and nutrition.

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City Hall 2.0

By Suzie Boss

Code for America enlists young tech talents in a year of service at city halls across the country.

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Richard Jefferson

By Johanna Mair

Richard Jefferson believes that biotechnology can be used to benefit the poor and disenfranchised, but only if the R&D process is democratized.

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A Witness to the Egyptian Revolution

Featuring Doug Kaye

Conversations Network Executive Direct Doug Kaye share the story of his trip to Egypt as the country began its possible revolution

Jeannie Stamberger of the Disaster Management Institute at Carnegie Mellon University on using social media to foster social responsibility

Crowd-Sourcing Disaster Relief

Featuring Jeannie Stamberger

Jeannie Stamberger discuss how to write retweetable messages, how to separate legitimate helpers from posers and how to use social media to prevent loss of life.