TechColumbus is proud to be the promotional partner for TEDx Columbus kicking off on October 20. TEDx Columbus: Global is a program that seeks to highlight the talents, inspirations, and innovations of those in Columbus that have touched the globe.
Through a series of talks the evening of October 20, attendees will hear from some of our area’s most idea-centric people. We guarantee they each have an idea worth spreading, and in many cases, ones that have already spread.
TEDx Columbus, an independently organized licensee of TED, is organized by a local group of volunteers and graciously hosted at the Wexner Center.
We’ll be announcing speakers here in the next week. In the meantime, if you would like more details on the event or would like to apply to attend, click the register now button below.
You must fill out an application to be considered for tickets to this event.
Speaker Details:
For more information on each speaker, click on their name.
John Glenn has been there and back. Twice. The first man to orbit the earth will share some of his more memorable stories in a first-generation technology, along with thoughts on his other passions like education.
Art Epstein has valuable pearls to share, but not the jeweled kind. His future projections on how plastics, created by strands of molecular pearls, will impact things like pharmaceuticals. Makes you wonder what won’t be plastic in our world to come.
Reade Harpham has a challenge for you. The way he has been ‘protoyping change’ may help you stop talking and start doing something to make change in our world.
Chrystie Hillis not your mother’s librarian. Assuredly, we have shifted how we access information, but have libraries really shifted their role in our communities? You’ll want to hear Chrystie’s compelling perspective.
John Mueller will demonstrate true obsession. He argues one of our most poignant technologies is grossly overstated and asks, what really is the role of Atomic weapons in our world today?
Ann Pendelton-Jullian wants to play with your mind. Her many years of teaching design through gaming may help re-wire the future instruction of architects across the world.
Norah Zuniga Shaw will be pointed with you. Her research on dance and its intersections with animation will make you think about how counterpoint is present everywhere we look.
And offering an inspiring opening to the evening, Matt Slaybaugh holds forth on the charms and trials of the imagination, the difficulties of creativity, and the absurdity of writing poetry.
Date: | Oct 20 2009 5:30pm - 10:00pm |
Location Name: | Wexner Center for the Arts |
Location URL: | |
Address: | 1871 N High St |
City: | Colmbus |
State: | Ohio |
Zip: | 43210 |
Phone: | (614) 292-3535 |
Event Sponsor: | TechColumbus, Wexner Center for the Arts |
Registration Fee: | $50.00 |
Deadline Date: | 10/29/2009 |
Links: | |
Contact Info: | Ruth Milligan www.tedxcolumbus.com |
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