Session One
John Donoghue & Tim Westergren

John Donoghue isn't into telekinesis; he's a professor of neuroscience at Brown University and director of its Brain Science Program. But the answers he's finding to the question of how we move from thought to action could help people with spinal cord injuries, Lou Gehrig's disease or other conditions that impair movement to communicate and better control their world using only their thoughts. read profile >

A musician's musician, Pandora.com Chief Strategy Officer & Founder Tim Westergren is obsessed with helping talented emerging artists connect with the music fans most likely to appreciate their music. Tim is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 10 years of experience in the music industry. He has recorded with independent labels, managed artists, scored feature films, produced albums, and performed extensively. Prior to co-founding Pandora, Tim owned and operated Nightfly Studios, a commercial digital recording studio.
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John Donoghue isn't into telekinesis; he's a professor of neuroscience at Brown University and director of its Brain Science Program. But the answers he's finding to the question of how we move from thought to action could help people with spinal cord injuries, Lou Gehrig's disease or other conditions that impair movement to communicate and better control their world using only their thoughts. read profile >

A musician's musician, Pandora.com Chief Strategy Officer & Founder Tim Westergren is obsessed with helping talented emerging artists connect with the music fans most likely to appreciate their music. Tim is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 10 years of experience in the music industry. He has recorded with independent labels, managed artists, scored feature films, produced albums, and performed extensively. Prior to co-founding Pandora, Tim owned and operated Nightfly Studios, a commercial digital recording studio.
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