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Welcome to TEDxLive!
Greeting from TED curator Chris Anderson
What is TED? Non-profit organization from California arranging
multidisciplinary conferences around the notion
Ideas worth spreading
First conference in 1984, annually since 1990
Famous speakers include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall,
Bill Gates, Al Gore, etc.
Strict format: 18 minute Talks
Over 1000 Talks available online for free
What is TEDx? x = extension Officially licensed, independently
organized events in over 60 countries Mix of local speakers and recorded
Talks
Today: TEDxLive
Aalto on Tracks (2010)
Aalto on Waves (2011)
Aalto on Waves (2011)
English Talks only (TEDxHelsinki has Talks in Finnish)
Open to anyone, not only Aalto
community
Can be held in Finland or as a part of
major international excursions
Multidisciplinary, academic focus
How is it different?
TEDxAalto in Figures
752 Facebook page followers
358 applications
200 selected participants for Feb
29th
40+ different universities/schools
University affiliation
Applicant type
Attended TEDx before?
Interested in speaking?
Presentation, performance, song…
Share your own ideas to the world!
18-minutes
Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Send a proposal to [email protected]
Your own TED Talk
Juhani Polkko | Main organizer– MBA Alumni, School of Economics/AaltoEE
Anna Vavilova | Program Officer– Master’s student, School of Science (IDBM)
Tommi Vatanen | Communications Officer– Master’s student, School of Science
Mikelis Studers | Facility & A/V Officer– Master’s student, School of Electrical
Engineering
Organizing team
Build international, interdisciplinary community for sharing world-changing ideas
within Aalto University community and beyond.
TEDxAalto Vision
May 2012Helsinki, Finland
Next TEDxAalto …
Twitter hashtags: #tedxaalto / #ted
Twitter account: @tedxaalto
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Register with TED: www.ted.com/users/new
www.tedxaalto.com
Communications
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