Theme: Showing Up

TEDxIndianapolisWomen is a TEDWomen event that will simulcast some content live from TEDWomen 2018 in Palm Springs, as well as provide some live local speakers and performers as well. TEDxIndianapolisWomen is produced in partnership with Infosys, a TEDx Global Partner.

SHOWING UP: WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Showing up is … knowing your worth.
Showing up is … empowering others.
Showing up is … being present.
Showing up is … taking responsibility.
Showing up is … believing in others.
Showing up is … how women are living, inspiring and making a difference in 2018.

TEDxIndianapolisWomen celebrates SHOWING UP … featuring diverse individuals in business, technology, art, science, and humanities meeting challenges head on while empowering each other to shape the future.

Speakers who are “Showing Up” include:
- Claudia Angeli, Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Tamika Catchings, WNBA Champion / 4x Olympic Gold Medalist - Finding Your Voice
- Tapati Dutta, Public Health Policy Research for Marginalized Groups
- Molly Ford, Diversity and Inclusion
- Melissa Spitz, Storytelling through Photography
- Kate Lamont, Composer, Performer, Musician, Collaborator
- Mariah Ivey, Spoken Word Poet, Performer
- Jhanak, Bollywood Fusion Dance Team

Many of the talks will address topics such as research, inspiration, equality, technology and life stories. Talks will be 15 minutes or less in length.

Like all TEDx events, TEDxIndianapolisWomen is a self-organized, local platform to share big, TED-like ideas. Organized by Chris Carpenter and Neelay Bhatt with the incredible support of partners, sponsors, and volunteers, the annual event features live speakers, unique performances, TEDTalks videos, and activities. Combined, these experiences spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

The Center | The Heritage Group
6320 Intech Blvd
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46278
United States

Claudia Angeli

Assistant Professor @ Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center

Claudia Angeli was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to the U.S.A. to attend college. After completing her PhD, she started her career at Frazier Rehab Institute. In 2006, she became involved in spinal cord injury research and focused on activity-based retraining of the nervous system following SCI.

Jhanak Dance Group

Bollywood Fusion Dance Troop from Indiana University

Jhanak is an emerging Bollywood fusion dance team at Indiana University, Bloomington. We combine different Indian dance forms and add a modern touch. Our purpose is to learn new cultures, meet new people and create connections through a common language – dance. Essentially keeping the Indian spirit intact, we aim to spread cultural awareness and create a platform for budding dancers.

Kate Lamont

Performance Artist

Born in the UK, singer Kate Lamont had trouble embracing her Indiana roots until later in her career. But the heartland inevitably laid the groundwork for her songwriting and love of collaboration. She recorded 7 collaborative works as well as 2 solo albums during her tenure in the midwest, and spent a decade working in and building the Indianapolis arts and music community. Arriving in the Bay Area in 2012 with a folk foundation and a larger than life spirit of soul, Lamont’s sound was pushed even further. Kate’s writing style and work ethic is influenced by mentors like Sade, Prince, and Lauryn Hill: artists whose ability to bleed pure emotion set them apart as much as their sky high technical skills. Lamont’s vision of music as a unifying force continues to fuel songs about truth, empowerment, and vulnerability, with lyrics connecting the dots from personal experiences to the great social issues of our time.

Mariah Ivey

Performance Artist

By day, Ivey serves at Kheprw Institute as the 2018 Artist in residence, synergizing art and culture within community based initiatives such as food inequity, climate resilience, social entrepreneurship, and youth development. Most evenings and weekends she is the Lead Artist and MC of TribeSouL, a popular genre-bending hip-hop, soul, and spoken word collective. She is also the founder and host of local performing arts space, That Peace Open Mic.

Melissa Spitz

Instagram Photographer of the Year

Melissa Spitz is a working artist in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from the University of Missouri - Columbia and her MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Spitz is the recipient of Magnum’s 2018 Inge Morath Award, given each year to a woman photographer under the age of 30 to support a long-term documentary project.

Molly Ford

Senior Director, Global Equality Programs @ Salesforce

Molly Ford is the Senior Director of Global Equality Programs at Salesforce, the World’s Most Innovative Company according to Forbes and one of Fortune’s Best Companies to Work for eight years in a row. In this role, she is responsible for shaping and sharing the company’s core value of Equality and evangelizing the Salesforce culture.

Tamika Catchings

Director of Player Programs & Franchise Development @ Pacers

Tamika Catchings is a 4X Olympic Gold Medalist and Indiana’s “do-everything” forward who retired after 16 seasons with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. Author, Speaker, Philanthropist, ESPN Basketball Analyst, Director of Player Programs for Pacers Sports & Entertainment and owner of Tea’s Me Café.

Tapati Dutta

Public Health Policy Researcher

Tapati Dutta is a social scientist in community health with professional experience of 20 years in Indian nonprofits and their bilateral collaborators in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. Her life's tryst from victim-hood to emancipation has been the principal driver for her scholarship and service in ensuring that efficacious biomedical tools become effective among communities-especially women and girls who need them the most.