TEDMED2014: in San Francisco

"The time is now to leverage San Francisco's unique entrepreneurial spirit and rich history in life sciences as a gateway to health and innovation globally" -Major Edwin M. Lee 

Our Global Partners


We thank our Global Partners, who not only help us power a world-wide TEDMED event each year, but also enable us to have an impact in Health and Medicine year-round. From fueling our global event, to powering innovation in The Hive, to engaging our community on the Great Challenges of Health and Medicine, to sharing our program complimentary with academic, medical, and government institutions around the world via TEDMED Live – Global Partnerships are essential to driving TEDMED’s mission.


Interested in joining TEDMED's mission? Contact us at Partner@tedmed.com

MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION PARTNERS

TEDMED is is honored to have the support of Stanford Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco as its medical research institution partners on the west coast.

 

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Stanford Medicine, comprised of Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, is leading the biomedical revolution through discoveries that result in practical improvements to human health.  As profound and far-­reaching as the digital revolution, the biomedical revolution is resulting in an explosion of knowledge about life and how it works.  Breathtaking advances in imaging, genomics, bioinformatics, and stem cell medicine are offering up possibilities that were unimaginable just a few years ago. New tools that will allow us to not only heal disease, but to predict and prevent it, are finally within our reach.  This is more than just a revolution in science and health care - it’s a revolution in the human condition - and Stanford Medicine, amplified by the astounding intellectual and technological capital of Silicon Valley, is leading the charge.


At Stanford Medicine breakthroughs are being made every day.  From fueling disruptive innovation in order to solve life’s deepest mysteries, to building two new hospitals that will be models of what health care can and should be in the 21st century, we’re shaking up the science and practice of medicine to help families here, and around the world, stay healthy.

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UC San Francisco is the nation's leading university exclusively focused on health. Now celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding as a medical college, UCSF is driven by the idea that when the best research, the best education and the best patient care converge, great breakthroughs are achieved. 


The birthplace of biotechnology, UCSF's faculty includes five Nobel laureates who have made seminal contributions to advancing the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cell research. All four UCSF professional schools  — dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy — as well as virtually all UCSF graduate programs, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, consistently rank among the best in the nation, according to the latest surveys by US News & World Report. The graduate-level university also leads the nation in biomedical research and is the top public recipient of highly competitive research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Together, this research, education and patient care contribute to UCSF's public mission of advancing health worldwide.

San Francisco

Host City Partners

Partner participation is an essential component of TEDMED, and no two partnerships are alike. We work with partners committed to innovation and multidisciplinary collaboration as a means to creating a better future in health and medicine. TEDMED provides a unique platform for partners to create experiences that express their identity, values and imagination.


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Impact Investors

TEDMED believes that at the current of pace of innovation in health and medicine most of us will run out of time to create the lives we want for our children, for our parents, and for ourselves. To inspire and accelerate progress in humanity’s health, TEDMED is forming a partnership with prominent, local investors of similar heart and mind, making it possible to permanently stage TEDMED in San Francisco and bring together extraordinary people and ideas.  


Ralph Bahna (1942-2014)

Eileen Walker

Ian & Nancy Ashken

Jeff C. Tarr, Sr.

Tan Sri "KT" Lim

Dan Feldstein

Mark Brodsky

Ric Elias

Harry Peden, III

Ford Farabow (1938-2016)

Joann Neth

Nancy Peretsman

Joon Yun & Kimberly Bazar

Richard Merkin

Jose & Trish Suarez

Jon & Suzanne Ellenthal

 

A World Class Venue

We select iconic, historic and important venues reflecting the culture and heritage of each city to host the event locally and broadcast it globally.  These world-class venues provide a setting for the TEDMED stage program, for The Hive’s innovation showcase, and for partner experiences and social interactions that are such an important part of TEDMED.  

The Palace of Fine Arts is an important part of San Francisco’s rich history and a symbol of the spirit that makes San Francisco “the city that knows how.“ It is the last reminder of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition that welcomed the world back to San Francisco, and it continues to hold a special place in the hearts of Bay Area residents and visitors. The Palace is truly a landmark to love.

We thank the many partners that have supported TEDMED throughout the years, and continue to support us.