From: Lauren Rubenstein
Wesleyan University
(860) 685-3813
Middletown, Conn. – A group of students is organizing the
first-ever TEDx conference to be held on the Wesleyan University campus. It
will take place April 7, 1–6:30 p.m. in the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
at Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts.
Launched in 2009, TEDx is
program of locally organized events that bring the community together to share
a TED-like experience. Some of the best talks from TEDx events have gone on to
be featured on TED.com and garnered millions of views from audiences across the
globe.
The event is open to the public. Tickets go on sale at
midnight on March 1; ticket information is available at TEDxWesleyanU.com.
The event will feature talks by many high-profile Wesleyan alumni,
local leaders and others. Speakers include Maria Santana ’98, correspondent for
CNN en Español; Connecticut State
Representative Matthew Lesser ’10; Middletown Mayor Dan Drew; National
Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita ’71; national radio host Angela Yee
’97, and many others.
"The conference is composed of incredible speakers who have
such great passion for their work and will be sharing their thoughts with the
Wesleyan and greater Middletown communities,” said Melisa Olgun ’20, one of a
team of six Wesleyan students who is
organizing the event.
Lead organizer Eunes Harun ’20 notes that tickets are extremely
limited due to official TED rules, and urges community members to secure
tickets at their earliest convenience.
Press are welcome at the event with
advance notice. No photography, audio or video recording is permitted, per TED
rules, but Wesleyan will provide photography upon request.
About TEDx, x =
independently organized event
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, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark
deep discussion and connection. 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.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth
Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer)
delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given
at TED's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available,
free, on TED.com. TED speakers have
included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson,
Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel
Kahneman.
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas
include TED.com, where new TED Talk
videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides
subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of
volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds
exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in
the world; TEDx,
which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local,
self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program,
which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their
remarkable projects and activities.
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