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Chicago Ideas Week

Chicago Ideas Week (www.chicagoideas.com) is week long celebration of ideas and innovation with mega-speakers, 15 themed public events, 20 exclusive tours, TEDx Midwest and TEDx Midwest/Youth. The fifteen CIW public themed events will include 4-5 world class speakers centered around a major topic such as:

Chicago Ideas Week – ARCHITECTURE
Chicago Ideas Week – SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Chicago Ideas Week – HACKERS
Chicago Ideas Week – PHOTOGRAPHY
Chicago Ideas Week – HEALTH & WELLNESS
Chicago Ideas Week – INVESTING
Chicago Ideas Week – HEROES
Chicago Ideas Week – TALENT / MUSIC
Chicago Ideas Week – FOOD
Chicago Ideas Week – FILM
Chicago Ideas Week – TECH / WEB
Chicago Ideas Week – SPORTS & COACHING
Chicago Ideas Week – GAMES & GAMING
Chicago Ideas Week – FASHION
Chicago Ideas Week – EDUCATION

Final events, speakers, private tours and megaspeakers will be announced as they are booked.

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Speakers

TEDxMidwest is known for its world class speakers, including inventor Dean Kamen, psychologist Phil Zimbardo, hacker Pablos Holman and National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen.
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Attendees

There will be over 1000 amazing attendees including 500 CEOs and Presidents, 200 artists and performance professionals, heads of major cultural institutions, 40 top high school students, and dozens of MacArthur, Pulitzer, Polk, Peabody, and Nobel prize winners.
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Volunteers

Interested in helping make TEDxMidwest great or helping with TEDxYouth@Midwest?
Visit our Volunteers page to view volunteer opportunities and let us know how you would like to help.