Check out the intriguing lineup of TEDxJHU speakers

The TEDxJHU website is under construction, but that’s by design in this case.
It’s the theme of the independently-organized TED event held at Johns Hopkins University, which is back this weekend with plenty of tech-connected talks.
The March 11 event at Mudd Hall on Hopkins’ Homewood campus has the theme of “Under Construction.”
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The event will feature artwork by Baltimore’s Daniel Stuelpnagel, and local musicians performing during intermission. It’s open to everyone.

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— TEDxJHU (@TEDxJHU) February 10, 2017

Here’s a quick look at the speakers, the majority of whom have tech ties:

• Natalia Trayanova is director of Johns Hopkins’ Computational Cardiology Laboratory, where the team is working on a personalized virtual heart.
• Nicola Fox is the principal space scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. (You may remember its mission to Pluto.) If that isn’t enough, her work focuses on developing a spacecraft that can touch the frickin’ sun.
• Braphus Kaalund is foreign service officer at the U.S. State Department focusing on internet connectivity and cybersecurity.
• Seal Bin-Han founded Baltimore startup FitMango while an undergrad at Johns Hopkins. The startup went through Accelerate Baltimore in 2015.
• Michelle Geiss is executive director of Impact Hub Baltimore, the Station North incubator that opened last year.
• Joshua Sharfstein, former secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is an associate dean of Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health.
• Shipla Alva is cofounder of Surge for Water, a nonprofit looking to provide clean water and sanitation to undeserved communities.