Pentagon
Theme: The Human Stories
Washington, DC, United States
November 19th, 2010
About this event
The Department of Defense is continuing its public outreach efforts by hosting TEDxPentagon: “The Human Stories” next Friday November 19, from 10 AM – 3 PM EST. Speakers from all over the world will be coming to the Navy Memorial to tell their stories, including MSgt. Julia Watson, prior member of the Marine’s Female Engagement Team, Lt. John Pucillo, EOD technician from the Navy (think The Hurt Locker), COL Geoff Ling, Program Manager of DARPA's upper extremity prosthesis program, and Gen. William E. Ward, combatant commander for AFRICOM.
TEDTalks shown
- Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks)
- Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives
- Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
- Rives: A story of mixed emoticons
- Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns
- Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music
- Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
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Venue and Details
Navy Memorial Heritage Center
701 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC, 20004
United States
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November 19th, 2010
10:00am-3:00pm (GMT -5hrs)
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Team
- Babette Seve
- Manage Army and Marine Corps Speakers. Timing/Program Flow/Slides
- Joelle Zarcone
- Manage Air Force and Navy speakers. Day-of speaker lead and management.
- Liz Lopez
- Technical/Social Media/Livestream
- Katie Ingebretson
- Organizer Team Lead