ideacity 2015 First Speaker Announcement

Our first speakers have been announced for 2015! Check out the first round of speakers below and find out what some of the greatest minds have in store for you for 2015.

Aubrey de Grey

Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist, a Fellow of the IEET, and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation. The editor of Rejuvenation Research, the world’s only peer-reviewed journal focused on intervention in aging, he is an advocate of research seeking answers to how molecular and cellular metabolic damage brings about aging and ways humans can intervene to repair and/or obviate that damage. Read More

Jack Andraka

Jack Andraka was just a fifteen year old Maryland high school sophomore when he invented an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers. Now, at eighteen, Jack’s groundbreaking results have earned him international recognition, most notably a 2014 Jefferson Award, the nation’s most prestigious public service award, 1st place winner in the 2014 Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, the 2012 Intel ISEF Gordon Moore Award, the 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Youth Award, a spot on Advocate Magazine’s 2014 40 under 40 list, and he’s also the 2014 State of Maryland winner of the Stockholm Water Prize. Read More

Deborah Devine

Deborah Devine is a trusted teacher and TV Host of Healing Yoga, an innovative Restorative Yoga series, designed to ease the symptoms of chronic issues for every age and fitness level.
Making Yoga accessible to all ages and all fitness levels, she advocates a gentle and restorative approach to Yoga that everyone can enjoy, regardless of experience or ability. Read More

Keep checking back to find out who all of our 2015 speakers are.