TEDxToronto is taking place on September 10, 2009 at the Theatre Passe Muraille in downtown Toronto. The only problem is that the theatre holds 100 people. From what the TEDxTO organizers have mentioned on their blog as well as on Twitter, they have had an overwhelming response to the event, with over 500 applicants vying for the 100 seats.
I knew earlier on that they would be live streaming TEDxTO and in the true spirit of TED and ideas worth spreading, the organizers have encouraged people to organize live webcast meet-ups in their local communities to experience a TED-like event.
That being said, please feel free to join us for a live webcast meet-up at the Kitchener Public Library for those of you in the area. As far as I know, this seems to be the only live webcast meet-up happening in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Other live webcast meet-ups are also taking place at the Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto Public Library and the Manifesto Community Project, all of which are locations in Toronto.
You can register to attend the TEDxTO live webcast meet-up at the KPL here.
TEDxTO Speaker Line-up:
Waawaate Fobister
Playwright, choreographer, dancer, and producer
“Telling Very Personal Stories”
Mathew Ingram
Journalist, Editor
“Five Ways New Media Will Save Old Media”
Min Sook Lee
Writer, Director
“Raising My Toxic Baby”
Peter MacLeod
Principal, MASS LBP
“Imagining 2017 and Why it Begins Now”
David Makepeace
Eclipse Guy
“Understanding Ourselves in an Epic Universe”
Michael McClelland
Architect
“Renewing Concrete Communities: Tower Renewal”
Richard St. John
Success Analyst
“Success is always asking ‘What’s Next?’”
Gavin Sheppard
Co-ordinator, REMIX Project
“Creative Education”
Don Tapscott
Author
“The Future of Education”
Tom Rand
Entrepreneur
“Planet Traveler: The Green Hotel”
Steven Woods
Google Canada Engineering Site Director
“Google’s Vision for a Mobile Web”
Dr. Charlotte Yates
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University
“The Future of Unions”
D’bi Young
Dubpoet
“What’s Next?”
Full speaker bios can be found here.
Posted via email from Renjie Butalid
