EL PASO, TEXAS – Organizers announced today that 10 speakers have been confirmed for TEDxElPaso 2017 which will take place on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at the El Paso Museum of Art.
The speakers are:
Will Bengtson - Senior Security Engineer at Netflix
Bruce Berman - Photographer, Author and Professor at New Mexico State University
Tracey Bryan – President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bridge of Southern New Mexico
Nevena Christi – Artist, Designer and Partner at Rocketbuster Boots
Edgar Lopez, AIA, CNU-A – Principal at In*Situ Architecture
Andrew Joseph - Designer and Futurist
Claudio F. Lai – President and Chief Executive Officer of FluidCast Technologies, LLC and Chief Executive Officer of Implied Motion
Alan Ledford – President of MountainStar Sports Group and Leg Up Entertainment
Truman Packard - Lead Economist at the World Bank
Jessica Resler - Co-Founder and Creative Director at The Participation Agency
The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will also feature two TED Talks videos. This highly anticipated day-long event, under the theme of “Your city. Your design.” will bring together over 200 TEDx enthusiasts for a marathon of networking and passionate idea exchanging in Downtown El Paso.
“This year’s lineup is an ideal cross section of speakers who have a unique perspective on the concept of place. The theme ‘Your city. Your design.’ lends to so many different conversations for our community,” said David Jerome, Curator of TEDxElPaso 2017. “We trust that attendees will be inspired.”
For more information, please visit www.tedxelpaso.com. TEDxElPaso is a volunteer organization and all ticket revenue goes directly toward creating the highest quality event possible.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.
About TEDxElPaso
TEDxElPaso is an annual, freethinking conference held in downtown El Paso. This event brings together the region’s brightest minds to spread ideas and inspire change. TEDxElPaso believes in creating an authentic TED experience, providing the region’s greatest minds with a powerful venue to share with the community. In 2017, TEDxElPaso will bring together compelling speakers and over 200 leaders from all walks of life to foster talks on cultural, intellectual, and socially-minded issues – all helping to propel El Paso’s idea revolution. Follow TEDxElPaso on Twitter https://twitter.com/TEDxElPaso
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED or Instagram at https://instagram.com/ted.