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TEDxWaterloo

Post #24160 01-30-2011 12:48 PM natcordev Hamlet Member	TEDxWaterloo www.tedxwaterloo.com Second TEDxWaterloo looks to the future Jan 30, 2011 \| Melissa Tait \| KW RECORD \| LINK KITCHENER — You haven’t met TED? You’re missing out. Around the world, at least 300 million people have had an intimate relationship with TED. They’re sharing inspiring conversations late at night in bed, and secretly at work — when their boss isn’t looking. TED — Technology, Entertainment, Design — is an annual conference of fascinating people sharing “ideas worth spreading” through short talks. First held in California in 1984, the conference has expanded to any subject. It has become so popular through the online “TED Talks” videos available on the TED website — and viewed by 300 million people as of last July — that hundreds of local independent events, called TEDx, are organized each year. On March 3, the second annual TEDxWaterloo, one of the largest of its kind in North America, will bring 12 diverse speakers to the stage at Centre in the Square to present a TED Talk. Not all of the speakers’ names have yet been announced.
Post #25946 02-15-2011 12:22 PM loveskitchener Hamlet Member Joined Feb 2011 10 posts	Anyone else excited that Tedx is coming to Waterloo?! It's going to bring such great media and attention to the Waterloo region, and I hear City Centre is one of the sponsors which is great!
Post #25962 02-15-2011 03:21 PM Waterlooer Youth Moderator Waterloo, ON Joined Apr 2010 568 posts Visit my Youth Blog: wonderfulwaterloo.com/youth & email me at: youth@wonderfulwaterloo.com	Welcome to Wonderful Waterloo! Yep, I am excited as well!!
Post #25979 02-15-2011 05:21 PM benjaminbach Town Member Kitchener Waterloo Joined Oct 2010 270 posts Benjamin Bach, Sales Rep & Director at KW Commercial \| Read my real estate investment blog Not intended to solicit clients or properties under contract.	Originally Posted by loveskitchener Anyone else excited that Tedx is coming to Waterloo?! It's going to bring such great media and attention to the Waterloo region, and I hear City Centre is one of the sponsors which is great! Yes, Andrin is one of the sponsors, and TEDx will be awesome. I'll be there and would love to chat with any other WonderfulWaterloonitics (hmmm - almost has a ring to it!). Anyone else going?
Post #26020 02-16-2011 10:47 AM ramynassar Hamlet Member Joined Aug 2010 2 posts	I'll be there. But I'm running the event, so I kind of have to be. Andrin Homes & City Centre Condo is a Presenting Sponsor for the event which is very exciting! More information about the event can be found at http://www.tedxwaterloo.com (event now sold out) and the After Party (which will be the party of the year for this region and is open for anyone to attend) at http://www.tedxwaterloo.com/afterparty (a handful of tickets still available) If you have any questions, drop a line to info@tedxwaterloo.com
Post #26025 02-16-2011 02:56 PM loveskitchener Hamlet Member Joined Feb 2011 10 posts	After party? sounds good to me! Are the TedxWaterloo speakers attending that?
Post #26077 02-16-2011 07:48 PM panamaniac Town Member Joined Mar 2010 414 posts	I have never heard of TEDx before the last few posts. I take it that it is a sort of revival meeting for the techie set?
Post #26079 02-16-2011 08:09 PM DHLawrence Town Member Joined Mar 2010 455 posts	They're a series of seminars in which big ideas are shared for the future in every discipline: technology, medicine, sociology, even land use. One speech a while back discussed adaptive reuse in suburbia. You can see/hear one a day on The Daily Exchange's website.
Post #26095 02-16-2011 11:31 PM mpd618 City Member Waterloo, ON Joined Jan 2010 944 posts	Originally Posted by panamaniac I have never heard of TEDx before the last few posts. I take it that it is a sort of revival meeting for the techie set? TED is a yearly conference with many interesting and provocative speakers, whose (short) talks are then made available online for everyone. It's also a networking event for important people in science, business, etc. TEDx are smaller, local events that try to do something similar. You actually have to apply to be able to attend.
Post #26102 02-17-2011 12:05 AM ramynassar Hamlet Member Joined Aug 2010 2 posts	Many of the speakers will be sticking around during the after party and there will be a couple of really cool exhibits to touch and play with during the party. Oh - and AMAZING food.
Post #26140 02-17-2011 01:34 PM loveskitchener Hamlet Member Joined Feb 2011 10 posts	That's awesome. Should be a great night!
Post #26157 02-17-2011 05:10 PM loveskitchener Hamlet Member Joined Feb 2011 10 posts	Which speakers are you guys most excited to hear from? Roberta Bondar - the world's first neurologist in space - is my top interest!
Post #26178 02-17-2011 10:50 PM Brenden Village Member Kitchener Joined Jan 2010 78 posts	I have my ticket, has anyone else been selected to go?
Post #26180 02-17-2011 10:58 PM natcordev Hamlet Member Hespeler, Cambridge ON Joined Oct 2010 43 posts	My wife and I got tickets (thank-you Ramy), we can't wait! Look forward to meeting some "Wonderful Waterloonitics" at the after party!