Fourth-year student Michael Cheng has organized SFU's first TEDxSFU event. To participate, apply before Nov. 6.
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TEDxSFU speakers to share bright ideas
A collection of gifted storytellers will give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less Saturday, Nov. 26 at the Surrey campus during the first ever TEDxSFU, broadcasting live via streaming video at www.tedxsfu.com.
TEDxSFU, a licensed independently organized spinoff of the international Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference, is meant to give imaginative minds a receptive setting in which to spread their great ideas.
The speakers—a dozen so far, and counting—will immerse the event’s 100 invited attendees in lively conversations around the theme of community engagement. To obtain one of the 100 invitations, apply until Nov. 6 at http://at.sfu.ca/lRfWXR.
More speakers are expected in the coming weeks, but so far they include:
- VANOC CEO John Furlong
- Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu
- B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS director, Julio Montaner
- Ten-year-old Sliammon First Nation environmental activist, Ta'kaIya Blaney
- SFU student engagement and recruitment manager, Sam Thiara
- Vancouver film producer and Internet entrepreneur, Colleen Hardwick
- SFU student and Five Hole For Food founder, Richard Loat
- CityStudio Vancouver co-founder Duane Elverum
- SFU communication prof Martin Laba
- Global Agents for Change president Shawn Smith
- Health researcher and social activist Ajay Puri
- Concerto Marketing vice-president Nick Black
“Community engagement can be interpreted in many different ways,” says TEDxSFU founder and licensee, Michael Cheng, a fourth-year student in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology.
“And we’re thrilled to have leaders from our own backyard offering their unique perspectives.”
The original TED Conference started in California in the mid-1980s, dedicated purely to “ideas worth spreading,” with speakers given only 18 minutes to convey their thoughts.
The organization began allowing independent organizers to start their own TEDx conferences in 2009 and since then organizers say more than 2,400 events have been held in more than 100 countries. For more info visit: www.tedxsfu.com.
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