ColumbiaSIPA
Theme: A Better World
New York, NY, United States
February 15th, 2013
About this event
TEDxColumbiaSIPA is an open-source self-organized event to stimulate dialogue around the common mission dear to SIPA: How to make a difference around the world. The first TEDxColumbiaSIPA event was centered around the theme “A Better World” and was held at the SIPA building on the Columbia University campus on February 15th, 2013. The event was representative of the diversity of SIPA student body and faculty, and gathered speakers from around the world featuring innovative ideas on how the world can be Healthier, Safer, Fairer and Happier.
Confirmed Speakers
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Joel Klein
Vice President, NewsCorp, former Chancellor of NYC Dept. of Education -
Christopher Emdin
Professor, Columbia University -
Phil LaRocco
Founder, E+Co Inc., and SIPA professor -
Eliza Griswold
Poet and Author, The Tenth Parallel -
Paul Krugman
Nobel Prize-winning Economist, Princeton University -
Yvonne MacPherson
Executive Director, BBC Media Action USA -
Leila Makarechi
COO, MicroClinic International, and SIPA alumni -
Andrew Rasiej
Founder, Personal Democracy Media -
Sahar Ullah
Founder, The Hijabi Monologues, and current Columbia student -
Joseph Stiglitz
Nobel Prize-winning Economist, Columbia University - SIPA Professor -
Mitchell Reiss
President, Washington College, former Director of U.S. State Department Policy Planning -
Dipali Mukhopadhyay
Professor, Columbia University SIPA -
Nancy Barry
President, Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, Former President, Women's World Banking -
Jordan Kassalow
Founder, VisionSpring -
PigPen Theatre Co.
Award-winning actors and musicians -
David Dini
Founder, Umuzi Photo Club, and current SIPA student -
David Kortava
Returned Volunteer, Peace Corps, and current SIPA student -
David Dieudonné
Journalist, Agence France Presse, and current Columbia student -
Adam Scher
Captain, U.S. Army, and current SIPA student -
Victor Casanova Abos
Filmmaker, Route 2 Happiness, and SIPA alumni -
Michael Francis Craft
Filmmaker, Route 2 Happiness, and SIPA alumni -
Kwesi Daniels
Professor, NYU, and current Columbia student
Additional Links
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Venue and Details
420 W 118th Street
New York, NY, 10027
United States
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February 15th, 2013
9:00am-6:00pm (GMT -5hrs)
Event Type (what is this?) University
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Team
- Tabitha Snowbarger
- Finance
- Ethan Wagner
- Co-orgnizer
- Audrey Hanard
- Sponsorship
- Danielle Renwick
- Student Speaker Selection
- Jamiah Harris
- Logistics
- Dhwanni Bafna
- Socia Media
- Christia Panizales
- Logistics
- Jessi Jou Tseng
- Student Speaker Selection
- Cecilia Dosal
- Sponsorship
- Giuliana Carducci
- Sponsorship
- Lindsay Litowitz
- Speaker