Jan-Emmanuel De Neve: Tax Incentives

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“If we can make the tax form slightly less frustrating and perhaps raise compliance, we can do a lot of good.” Jan-Emmanuel De Neve shares some data that suggest some interesting ways to incentivize people to pay their taxes.

Nicole Stubbs: Lending data

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“How do you build real economic security in a cash economy?” Learn how Nicole Stubbs is reducing lending and borrowing costs across the developing world through cloud technology by aggregating big data and producing recommendations about products and loan sizes. www.first-access.org

Donnel Baird: Energy financing

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“We create jobs, energy savings, carbon emission reductions, financial returns for our investors.” Donnel Baird explains his online platform that connects investors concerned about climate change with inner city solar and energy efficiency projects. www.blocpower.org

Jessica Richman: Citizen Science

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“Citizen science is the process of involving the public in science, and it is desperately needed.” Jessica Richman shares the importance of crowdsourcing scientific research, such as to explore the human microbiome. More at: ubiome.com

Prabhjot Singh: Mobile health

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“Train people in their communities to take an active part in their health care outside the walls of a hospital or clinic.” Prabhjot Singh is the co-chair of the One Million Community Health Worker Campaign, an initiative that designs and tests how community health workers can be more effective using mobile tools in the developing world. More at: 1millionhealthworkers.org

Rodney Mullen: Getting back up

Rodney Mullen is widely considered to be the most influential skateboarder in skateboarding history. Mullen is a professional skateboarder, company owner, inventor, and public speaker who practices freestyle and street skateboarding. Mullen is credited with inventing numerous skateboarding tricks, including the flatground ollie, kickflip, heelflip, impossible, and 360-flip. More at: rodneymullen.net

Jim Olson: Tumor Paint

“In a few years, surgeons will have a hard time going back to surgery as they did it in the past.” Jim Olson invented a potentially revolutionary “tumor paint” that locates and lights up tumor cells to show surgeons exactly what to excise. More at: www.fhcrc.org