Theme: Moving Beyond the Status Quo

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. 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).

Education University of Hong Kong
10 Lo Ping Road
Tai Po, Hong Kong, 0000
Hong Kong

Arnett Edwards

Since August 2011, Arnett Edwards has been working as Principal of Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong. Arnett arrived in Hong Kong in 1998 from England working in two International Schools before his association with Lu Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong.

Janus Tiu

Janus Tiu is the founder of OpenRoom, an online media source that focuses on sex and gender issues in Hong Kong. Her goal is to repackage sex education based on the latest research into something fun and easily accessible by the public. She is a fourth year student at the Education University of Hong Kong who is majoring in English Education and Counselling & Guidance.

Nicholas Wong

Nicholas Wong is a poet from Hong Kong writing in English. His poetry collection Crevasse (Kaya Press) won the Lambda Literary Award. He is the first non-American to take home the award in his category. Nicholas is also the Vice President of the newly revived PEN Hong Kong. He teaches in the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.

Rachel Frost

Rachel Frost is the founder of Secret Island Party, which won Best Event by Hong Kong Clubbing readers. Her goal is to be a global influencer by taking her passion of bringing people together around the world and inspiring more genuine and healthy connections between communities in this digital age.

Scott Edmunds

Scott is the executive editor of the open science journal and repository Gigascience, working out of the Tai Po offices of BGI, the world's largest genomics organization. He is passionate about open data, and also works as an executive committee member of Open Data Hong Kong to promote the fight for open knowledge.

Sean Cain

Sean Cain received his MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Hong Kong. Additionally, he has been teaching university and secondary school students since 2007, and was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2008-2009 from Zhejiang University.

Tai Lok Lui

Professor Lui Tai-Lok is the Vice President (Research and Development) of the Education University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining EdUHK, he was a Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) where he was also an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and the Head of the Department of Sociology.