If you would like to help run TEDxMcGill 2010 then check out the volunteers page. We are eager to hear from you as we build up our executive team!
Hello everyone,
Our new website is finally up, we’ll be filling out all the sections in the weeks to come. Look here for information on volunteering, sponsorship and speakers for next year’s event. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy all of our talks from 2009!
Jan Florjanczyk
TEDxMcGill Team
Search “TEDxMcGill” to find the talks or visit http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks to view them and watch talks from other TEDx events from all over the world!
Check out photos from our conference by clicking here.
TEDxMcGill was an absolute success! We cannot thank everyone enough for their support and participation! The countless hours put into this event were more than worth it.
The talks are in the process of being edited and will be posted on our website and on a youtube channel shortly.
We cannot wait to start planning for next year, but we need your help! We want to hear your comments and suggestions so please fill out our quick survey here.
Please do not hesitate to stay in touch. Become a fan of our Facebook Page (“TEDx McGill”) and feel free to drop us a line at tedxmcgill@gmail.com.
We’ll see you all next year!
We are very excited for TEDxMcGill! So many people have worked so hard to make this happen and we are so confident that it will be fantastic!
Please be sure to watch our livestream here.
Also, after the event be sure to fill out our quick survey here. The success of next year’s event depends on your feedback!
Here is the official schedule for TEDxMcGill: Talks for Tomorrow on November 5th, 2009.
| 12:15 – 12:45 | REGISTRATION
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| 1:00 – 1:05 | Introduction
& TED Video |
Austin Hill
& Chris Anderson |
(CEO | Akoha) |
| 1:05 – 1:15 | “To Be Like, Or Not to Be Like” | Adam Stikuts | (Undergraduate | Linguistics) |
| 1:15 – 1:25 | “Outside in the city together, no matter what the weather” | Ellen Bleiwas | (Masters student | Architecture) |
| 1:25 – 1:35 | TED Video | Joachim de Posada | (TED speaker 2009) |
| 1:35 – 1:55 | “Subverting the Mapping Machine” | Renee Sieber | (Professor | Geography & Environment) |
| 1:55 – 2:05 | “Renegade Recycling” | Daniel Shiner | (Undergraduate | Management) |
| 2:05 – 2:25 | “4 Reasons why we’re not as screwed as we think we are”
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Paul Kedrosky | (Analyst | CNBC) |
| 2:25 – 2:40 | BREAK
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| 2:40 – 2:55 | “Black Holes in your Backyard” | Jan Florjanczyk | (Masters student | Computer Science) |
| 2:55 – 3:15 | “Is a ‘Safe Vaccine’ an Oxymoron?” | Brian J. Ward | (Professor | Microbiology) |
| 3:15 – 3:25 | “Start-ups: The Final Frontier” | Max Finder | (Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering) |
| 3:25 – 3:35 | “Something from Nothing” | Katherine Skonsik | (Undergraduate | Philosophy & Biology) |
| 3:35 – 3:55 | “Pow! Profiting from the Power of Surprise”
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Andy Nulman | (McGill alum & President | Airborne Mobile) |
| 3:55 – 4:10 | BREAK
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| 4:10 – 4:15 | “A Mesmerizing Commute” | Sana Saeed | (Masters student | Islamic Studies) |
| 4:15 – 4:25 | “Evolving Cooperation” | Artem Kaznatcheev | (Undergraduate | Physics) |
| 4:25 – 4:45 | TED Video | Ken Robinson | (TED speaker 2009) |
| 4:45 – 4:55 | “Reviving a Musical Consciousness” | Aaron Kahn | (Undergraduate |Trumpet & Psychology) |
| 4:55 – 5:15 | “Postmodern Leadership” | Karl Moore | (Professor | Management & Neurology) |
| 5:15 – 5:25 | “Rethinking Old Adages about Old Age” | Mohammed Ashour | (Masters student | Neuroscience) |
| 5:25 – 5:30 | Closing Remarks | Austin Hill | (CEO | Akoha) |
| 5:30 – 6:30 | RECEPTION | ||
For those who want to watch the event online, please visit www.ustream.tv/channel/tedx-mcgill .
TEDxMcGill sold out in just two hours last Monday! Over the next two days, we received three-times as many attendee applications that we could accommodate. Overwhelmed with this response, we have now changed venue location on McGill campus.
TEDxMcGill will now take place on November 5, 2009 from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., including a reception, at the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre in the Montreal Neurological Institute at 3801 University, north of Pine Avenue.
TEDxMcGill will still be streamed live from our web site.
Thank you to everyone for applying! The response we’ve gotten has been absolutely overwhelming! We will be reviewing the applications and will be sending confirmation emails next week. We look forward to seeing you on November 5th!