Ex-comedian, actor, business person and now genetically modified organism David Downs shares his hilarious account of his cancer journey.
David has a powerful message on the power of of positive thinking, optimism and the hope brought by breakthrough cancer technologies like "chimeric antigen receptor" CAR-T therapy.

David is a published author on New Zealand Innovation with two highly successful books; No.8 Re-wired and No.8 Recharged. He's also documented his cancer journey in his book " A Mild Touch of the Cancer".

LinkedIn: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/daviddowns In his ‘day job’, David Downs is a General Manager at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), working with the Technology sector to help fast growing tech companies grow internationally, and leading a cross-government project for the Agritech sector. David has held various roles at NZTE, in the Services, Customer and Corporate Services teams.

David spent 13 years at Microsoft, in New Zealand and as regional director for South East Asia and has set up and run successful businesses of his own. David is a published author on New Zealand Innovation, with two highly successful books – No.8 Re-wired, and No.8 Recharged.

He’s an ex-comedian, TV and Radio actor, and a genetically modified organism who documented his battle with cancer in the book A Mild Touch of the Cancer. David regularly presents and gives talks on his cancer journey and on the power of positive thinking and optimism. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx