Theme: #hashtag

#hashtag
Hashtag is used for tagging or searching information by putting hash (#) next to the keyword like ‘#something’. This simple hash symbol is now the most influential and convenient tool that connects the world.
#JeSuisCharlie, #icebucketchallenge, #instagood, #instadaily, etc

Hashtag was used as a means of civil protest against the terror that struck the offices of French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and as a form of challenges that spread among the people by someone like yourselves through Facebook or Instagram. As such, hashtag has transcended its usefulness in categorizing and searching and has become its own unique tool of expressing personal emotions and ideas or showing support on whatever events that are happening around the globe.

This small and insignificant mechanism that was created to tag information under certain keywords changed into something special by users who voluntarily share posts and relate to each other. It is possible to say that hashtag is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Furthermore, its potential is beyond its former function and is implicating a bigger influence.

Ideas and experiences that we share in TEDxSNU event will be spread throughout the world and will connect people like hashtag, bringing its boundless potential for bigger movements and influence to the society.

9th TEDxSNU event #Hashtag
People, Ideas, and Story will come together

#people, #ideas, #me, #you, #we, #TEDxSNU, #9th, #Hashtag, #funtogether, #beginsnow

Cheongdam Cinecity
323, Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 06021
South Korea

Noella

Violinist + Author

Noella is a violinist who has tried to communicate with the public, saying that artists have expressed emotions we feel in daily life as paintings, music and writings. Also, she says music and paintings are not distinct from each other, existing together in the essence of arts. Especially, she has showed a new perspective about artistic connection between music and paintings through writing and playing the violin which is appropriate for the old master and their paintings.

Hoyoung Lee

Student + Representative of “Tenspoon”

“Tenspoon” is a volunteering project designed for socially disadvantaged university students. Here’s how it works. First, students do some work during the time between classes at the school cafeteria. Then they get meal coupons for their work. Finally those coupons are secretly delivered to socially disadvantaged university students. “Tenspoon” achieved collecting 2,460 meal coupons in a year. It started first at Hanyang University and now 7 universities including SNU, Yonsei University are participating in this project. As the representative of "Tenspoon", Hoyoung Lee is trying to spread the virtue of “sharing” in Korea society.

Hyun Joon Yoo

Professor of Hongik University school of architecture + Head of Hyunjoon Yoo Architects

Hyun Joon Yoo is an architect who wants to make a space that is fulfills the needs of the people. He believes if an architect does not understand the actual needs of the people, how beautiful or fancy the architecture is useless. Based on these thoughts, he has made spaces that attracts people. Professor Yoo was awarded Korean Young Architect Award and got a Korea President Grand Prize awardfrom Good Place Award, achieving recognition as a good Korean architect. Professor Yoo's main studies are finding out the main elements of a space that people would like to stay.

Hyunsook Lee

Professor of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University

Professor Hyunsook Lee is a leading Korean woman scientist in the field of cancer cell biology, who researches the mechanism of breast and pancreatic cancer and the structures of the cancer cell’s DNA. She has revealed that cancer cells are created when normal cells go through endless abnormal duplication by malfunctioning of the genes. She is currently making further research in the field at the Seoul National University’s Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology.

Sophie Eom

Co-founder & Business Lead of Solidware

Sophie Eom is the co-founder of Solidware which is a prominent pioneer of FinTech industry in Korea. Fintech, a new model in the finance industry, which intertwines finance with technology, is getting attention while surprising us with its fast growth. She has been building Machine Learning-based predictive models to operate risk managements of clients.