10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

In recognition of the 10th year of TEDxAustin College, past speakers returned on October 4, 2025, to share new information, perspectives, and experiences that they have acquired since they last appeared on the Austin College stage.

Mackenzie Bolen, Ph.D. ’21

Machines Learning Medicine: Artificial or Intelligent?

Laura J. Lawson ’10

Why Artists Should Go To Space

Ann Crews Melton ’03

How To Solve Our Accountability Crisis

Casie Rivas, J.D. ’03

How to Lose Without Being a Loser: Reimagining Life’s Disappointments

Aly Tharp ’12

What Grows in a Food Forest?

David Whelan, Ph.D.

What Fills Space

See all 2025 TEDxAustinCollege talks: www.austincollege.edu/tedx