TEDxMidwest
The Oriental Theatre (Formerly The Ford Theater)
24 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60601
TEDxMidwest 2011
| Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
| Registration |
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM |
| Session: Courage |
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM |
- Alison Levine: Lessons From the Ledge
- Jerry Mitchell: Lives That Matter
- Kevin Bacon: Six Degrees: From Cultural Sensation to Action
- Amory Lovins: The Reinvention of Fire
- Bill Strickland: The Manchester Bidwell Story
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| Reception |
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM |
| Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| Registration |
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM |
| Session: Discovering Our Nature |
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
- Tony Schwartz: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
- Nancy Etcoff: Science of Beauty
- Jason Salavon: Three Things About Art
- John Hodgman: The End is Nigh
- Paul Nicklen: From Pole to Pole: Diary of a National Geographic Photojournalist
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| Break |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM |
| Session: The Future |
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
- Pablos Holman: Inventing for the World’s Biggest Problems
- Edie Wiener: Not Recession but Transformation
- The Interrupters: Interrupting Violence
- Alexis Ohanian: How to Make the World Suck Less
- Dean Kamen: The Future Belongs to theInnovators-Part I
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| Lunch |
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM |
| Session: From Fear to Love |
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM |
- Wes Craven: The Nature of Fear
- Phil Zimbardo: The Nature of Evil and the Making of Heroes
- Rob Warden: Wrongful Convictions
- Deb Fallows: The Linguistic Genius of Adults
- Helen Fisher: Biology of the Mind
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| Break |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
| Session: Anything’s Possible |
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
- Daniel Hernandez: An American Hero
- John Hodgman: That is All
- Dean Kamen: The Future Belongs to the Innovators-Part II
- John Ondrasik: Where Songs Come From
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| Reception |
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM |
TEDxYouth@Midwest 2011
| Saturday, October 15, 2011 |
| Registration |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM |
| Session: Fearless |
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM |
- Wes Craven: Find What You Love and Write Your Name All Over It.
- Zoë Damacela: Building a Business Around What You’re Good At
- Chirinjeev Kathuria: Space Travel and Owning the MIR Space Station
- Jerry Mitchell: Lives that Matter
- Dean Kamen: The Future Belongs to the Innovators
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| Break |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
| Session: From Me to We |
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM |
- Sandra Day O’Connor: Civics
- Allison Cuddy: Interview with Sandra Day O’Connor
- Daniel Hernandez: An American Hero
- Phil Zimbardo: Heroes
- Jullien Gordon: Driving School for Life
- Tsi-tsi-ki Félix: Greater Challenges Mean Greater Opportunities
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| Break |
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM |
| Session: Anything is Possible |
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM |
- Nova Venerable: Dirty Dishes
- Pablos Holman: Inventing for the World’s Largest Problems
- Gordon Gill: Supertall and Super Sustainable
- Paul Sereno: Science: Adventure with a Purpose
- Mark Ecko: Awe!thenticity
- Paul Nicklen: Pole to Pole: Diary of a National Geographic Photojournalist
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About TEDxMidwest
TEDxMidwest seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together top innovators and amazing speakers from Chicago as well as the rest of the world. It will be a 1¼ day event featuring 25 main speakers following the standard TED 18-minute format, along with a smaller group of contributing speakers doing shorter presentations. Speakers will include business icons, great authors, provocateurs, renowned scientists, chefs, musicians, designers, actors, and artists, among others.
1000 people will be attending the event at The Oriental Theatre Thursday afternoon, October 13, and all day Friday, October 14, with a reception to follow. There is only a small charge ($99) for attendees because of our great sponsors, and lunch will be provided. There will be ample time to connect and meet with the speakers and other members of the audience.
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
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