Karen Kersting developed a passion for examining the tough decisions women face when trying to balance career and family. Karen's doctoral dissertation examined one of these issues -- How do women really feel about the ticking of their "biological clocks"? -- what she found should make us reconsider how we see women's desire of having babies at any age.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)