TEDxNASA, TEDTalks come to Hampton Roads
Posted By HR Partnership on November 15, 2009
Coming November 20, 2009 at Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Center!
What is TED? Conferences that gather the world’s leading thinkers and doers to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Unexpected connections are made, extraordinary insights and powerful inspiration abound. TED is about riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world, about ideas worth spreading.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as art, science, business, development, politics, space and more. TED was first held in Monterey, California, in 1984. In 2001, TED expanded to include an international conference, TEDGlobal.
Featured speakers have included Al Gore on ways to avert a climate crisis, Nicholas Negroponte on his One Laptop per Child project, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Sir Kenneth Robinson on whether schools kill creativity, Robin Chase on the world’s biggest car-sharing business and road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. (x=independently organized TED event)
TEDxNASA is Hampton Roads first TED event, sponsored by NASA Langley Research Center and National Institute of Aerospace.
At TEDxNASA, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connections in a small group. At TEDxNASA attendees will be just as extraordinary as the speaker line-up; they will include internet pioneers, local technology leaders, movie producers, architects, creative directors, CEOs, entrepreneurs, authors, engineers, investors, celebrities, scientists and leading opinion formers of every kind.
Some of the local presenters include:
- DR. PAUL ARAVICH, a Neuroscientist and professor of neuroscience at Eastern Virginia Medical School;
- BRENDA BARROW, The Math Lady from Outer Space, an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University;
- DR. JOEL S. LEVINE, a Planetary and Atmospheric Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center;
- ANNA MCGOWAN, an Aerospace Engineer and leader in adaptive technologies for flight at NASA Langley Research Center.
General seating for the public is limited and available first-come, first serve.
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NASA WEBSTREAMS TEDx EVENT LIVE
HAMPTON, Va. – NASA is holding its first-ever TEDx event Friday, Nov. 20, at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News — and you can be a part of it without ever leaving your easy chair.
TEDxNASA will be streamed live and closed captioned on the Internet from 10 a.m. to its conclusion at 7 p.m. courtesy of LiveStream, a leading broadcast platform for streaming media. LiveStream also allows the webcast to be embedded anywhere, including Facebook and Twitter, to enable users of social media tools to engage in the ongoing conversations generated by TEDxNASA. Via this capability, the NASA event adds a new dimension to the event and offers viewers immediate interaction with the live broadcast while helping emerging discussions reach many thousands of viewers online.
To participate virtually, go to http://www.TEDx-NASA.org and click on the LiveStream tab on the left-hand side, or watch on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TEDxNASA, or follow on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tedxnasa09 or go to http://www.livestream.com/tedxnasa2009.
To be there in person, register for free tickets at http://www.TEDx-NASA.org. The Ferguson Center is accessible for the disabled and the event is open to all.
Organized by NASA’s Langley Research Center and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) and dubbed “Space to Create,” TEDxNASA is a daylong immersion in topics that range from science and technology to entertainment and the arts. Scheduled presenters include:
• Langley Research Center Director Lesa Roe
• celebrated author Mitch Albom
• experimental artist Chakaia Booker
• creativity and innovation coach Gregg Fraley
• robotics inventor Dr. Dennis Hong
• astronaut Leland Melvin
• humorous guitar virtuoso Mike Rayburn
• space illustrator and designer Pat Rawlings
• Oprah & Friends radio host John St. Augustine
• motivational entertainer Jana Stanfield
• neurosurgeon Dr. Paul Aravich
• aspiring actor Tyler Cole
• the math lady from outer space Brenda Barrow
• aeronautical engineer Anna-Maria McGowan
• America’s intrigue expert Sam Horn
• planetary and atmospheric scientist Dr. Joel Levine
• bio-energetics practitioner Dr. Sue Morter
• talk-radio personality Steve Shapiro
• jazz pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and trumpeter Dave Ballou
• Yuri’s Night co-creator Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
TEDxNASA is an independently organized event in the spirit of TED that will connect innovators from NASA and around the world with the Hampton Roads audience.
For more information about TEDxNASA, visit
http://www.TEDx-NASA.org
For more information about NASA’s Langley Research Center, visit
http://www.nasa.gov/langley
For more information about the National Institute of Aerospace, visit
http://www.nianet.org
About TEDx
In the spirit of “ideas worth spreading,” TED has created TEDx where x = an independently organized TED event that brings people together to share a TED-like experience. At TEDx-events TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. The TED Conference provides general guidance for TEDx programs.