TEDx Melbourne Schedule
The TEDx Melbourne schedule has been published:
Schedule
09:30 – Get checked off the list and get your name tags
10:00 – Introductions
10:30 – ‘Do schools kill creativity?’ – Ken Robinson (2006)
11:00 – ‘Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?’ – Dan Gilbert (2004)
11.30 – BREAK (30 minutes)
12:00 – ‘My stroke of insight’ – Jill Bolte Taylor (2008)
12:30 – ‘How ordinary people become monsters … or heroes’ – Philip Zimbardo (2008)
Bonus video: ‘A 3-minute story of mixed emoticons’ – Rives
13:00 LUNCH (1 hour)
14:00 – ‘Our priorities for saving the world’ – Bjorn Lomborg (2005)
14:30 – ‘The art of collecting stories’ – Jonathan Harris
15:00 BREAK (30 minutes)
15:30 – ‘Sliced bread and other marketing delights’ – Seth Godin (2003)
16:00 – GUEST SPEAKER: Ninian Peckitt – ‘Rebuilding the Face’ + Q&A
16:30 BREAK (30 minutes)
17:00 – ‘The mystery box’ – J.J. Abrams (2007)
17:30 – ‘Why we age and how we can avoid it’ – Aubrey de Grey
18:00 – Wrap-up + Bonus video: ‘How I built my family a windmill’- William Kamkwamba
Further details
More details on the TEDx Facebook Event page. Oh, and we’re up to 83 confirmed guests :)
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Hey Ameel, great to meet you and Nadia at the TEDx event on Saturday. I’m impressed that you stayed the whole day, that’s sure some stamina! See you again soon.
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