Local fans of the TED conference present TEDxAsheville, an independently organized TED event, Sunday, August 30, 7–11 p.m. at The Orange Peel.
Mix your favorite mind-blowing lecture in college with a hot night out at a club, add a few beers, and you've got TEDxAsheville, where smart is sexy and great ideas are the name of the game. Five Asheville visionaries join a sprinkling of all-local performance talent for a night of fun for your head that promises inspiration, excitement and ideas worth spreading.
Confirmed 2009 TEDxAsheville speakers include: Dee Eggers, UNC Asheville professor of environmental science Drew Jones of the Sustainability Institute, creator of interactive climate simulations David McConville of the Elumenati, media artist, entrepreneur, inventor and community activist
Caroline Yongue, Buddhist minister and director of Asheville’s Center for End-of-Life Transitions
Robert Zimmerman, Bug Logic coder, designer and illustrator
This late-summer conference event is FREE, seats will fill QUICKLY. Arrive early if you can.
TEDxAsheville official website: tedxavl.com
TEDTalks sample videos: tedxavl.com/videos
Facebook: search TEDxAsheville
Twitter: follow @TEDxAVL
ABOUT TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED created a program it calls TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxAsheville, where “x” = an independently organized TED event. At TEDxAsheville, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection within the audience.
The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
