Oklahoma State University hosting TEDx event on Thursday
Monday, October 29, 2012
Boone Pickens among the 19 speakers and three musical performances
Oklahoma State University alumni, faculty members, students and friends will share ideas worth spreading on Thursday, November 1 during thefirst-ever TEDxOStateU. The event, themed “IGNITE,” will cover important topics we face today as a society, including issues related to sustainability, food production and problems faced by individuals in third-world countries.
TEDxOStateU will be held in front of a capacity crowd at the Seretean Center Concert Hall on the Stillwater campus. It will also be streamed live on OSTATE.TV and in the Student Union Ballroom.
Members of the media wishing to attend the event should contact Carrie Hulsey-Greene (405) 744-6260 or carrie.hulsey_greene@okstate.edu to obtain passes, or you’re welcome to cover it by watching the live feed. The event will run from 1-3 p.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m.
To see a full list of the speakers, go to www.tedxostateu.com/talks.html. For information about when a speaker will make their presentation, contact Jim Berscheidt at (405) 338-5117 or at jberscheidt@osugiving.com.
All TEDxOStateU talks will be available on OSTATE.TV or TEDxOStateU.com within 2-3 weeks after the event.
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-likeexperience. 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.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At TED, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende andformer UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Two major TED events are held each year: The TED Conference takes place every spring in Long Beach, California (along with a parallel conference, TEDActive, in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily; the new TED Conversations, enabling broad conversations among TED fans; and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.
TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world; and the TED Fellows program,helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration
Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED.