Join us on Tuesday, February 16, as we stream the second day of the TED Conference from Vancouver B.C. right into the heart of the Darrington Library. The theme of this year's conference is "Dream", and the Darrington Library will be hosting a 3-session simulcast of TED talks throughout the day, with refreshments and lively discussions in between speakers.
First Session: Radical Repatterning
8:30am-10:15am PST
Hosted by Chris Anderson.
First Speaker:
Adam Savage
Maker, critical thinker
Second Speaker:
Cédric Villani
Mathematician
Third Speaker:
Haley Van Dyck
Disrupter
Fourth Speaker:
So Percussion
Percussion ensemble
Fifth Speaker:
Joe Gebbia
Designer, cofounder, Airbnb
Sixth Speaker:
Travis Kalanick
Problem solver-in-chief, Uber
BREAK
Session 2, 11:00am-12:45pm PST
Imagination. Invention. Ingenuity.
Hosted by Jedidah Isler and José Gomez-Marquez.
First Speaker:
Wanda Diaz Merced
Sonic astrophysicist
Second Speaker:
Holly Cohen
Occupational therapist, tinkerer
Third Speaker:
Mae Jemison
Astronaut, engineer, entrepreneur, physician and educator
Fourth Speaker:
Joseph Ravenell
Men’s health advocate
Fifth Speaker:
Ameera Ahmad
Fixer
Sixth Speaker:
Franz Freudenthal
Pediatric cardiologist
Seventh Speaker:
Blitz the Ambassador
Afrobeat/hip-hop artist
BREAK
Session 3, 2:15pm-4:00pm PST
Lifehacks
Hosted by Kelly Stoetzel.
First Speaker:
Tim Urban
Blogger, cartoonist
Second Speaker:
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist
Third Speaker:
Brian Little
Personality researcher
Fourth Speaker:
John McWhorter
Linguist
Fifth Speaker:
Noah Zandan
Data scientist
Sixth Speaker:
Kio Stark
Stranger enthusiast
BREAK and DISCUSSION
We look forward to seeing you!
1005 Cascade Ave
Darrington, Washington, 98241
United States
- Event type:
- TEDxLive (What is this?)
Organizing team
