Thursday, October 20, 2022 
The Science of Teams  

In this session, you'll learn how to: 

• Start a conversation with anyone and build immediate rapport using the conversation blueprint.  

• Start conversations that break down barriers and social scripts, encouraging openness and trust.  

• Understand the powerful psychological concept “The Swan Effect” and how it helps stimulate connectedness through openness and vulnerability. 

Vanessa Van Edwards is the national bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People and Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication which have been translated into over 16 languages. As founder of Science of People, Vanessa’s YouTube videos have been seen by over 50 million people. For over a decade she has worked with top brands, government entities, nonprofits and companies to increase their effectiveness by improving their communication.

Friday, October 21, 2022 
From Patients to Patents: Driving Systemic Change in Our Medicines System
 

Priti Krishtel, JD, is a health justice lawyer and co-founder and co-executive director of I-MAK, a non-profit building a more just and equitable medicines system. She has spent nearly two decades exposing structural inequities affecting access to medicines and vaccines across the Global South and in the United States. That includes advocating for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines across the globe to ensuring that the Biden-Harris administration is prioritizing equity in the Patent and Trademark Office.

To improve equity in the patent system, she and I-MAK have developed a new tool called Participatory Changemaking that will provide an assessment of the patent system and bring together stakeholders from across the spectrum, from patients to investors and policymakers, to drive sustainable, long-term change into what has long been an exclusionary process. Krishtel and I-MAK have also put out a 10 point plan for the Biden-Harris administration to bring equity into the patent system, and their work is highlighted in the New York Times Editorial Board’s recent endorsement of patent reform. She is a TED speaker, Presidential Leadership Scholar, and Ashoka Fellow, and a frequent contributor to leading international and national news outlets on issues of domestic and global health equity.

Mark McLaughlin is a neurosurgeon and can be reached at his self-titled site, Mark Mclaughlin, MD. He is the founder of Princeton Brain and Spine Care where he practices surgery focusing on trigeminal neuralgia and cervical spine surgery, and is also a thought leader in performance enhancement and physician-hospital relations.

His interests extend beyond medicine and speaking engagements. Mark coaches youth wrestling, and he co-founded and funded Trenton Youth Wrestling, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing inner-city boys and girls with skills gained through wrestling and working with mentors.

Mark also has a special interest in educating and assisting in the training of United States Military Academy cadets. In his father’s honor, he endowed the Annual Albert C. Wedemeyer Strategic Leadership lecture series designed in collaboration with the Modern War Institute to foster the interests of America’s future military leadership.

He served as medical director for Princeton Brain and Spine from 2005 to 2015 before focusing on teaching, writing, and speaking. He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He resides in Princeton, New Jersey.