TEDxPeacePlaza is coming soon.
The promotional code “MIKE” is still working to save you 50% off the $100 list price, FYI.
(Here’s what I’ve had to say about the star-crossed 1865 Post location, which I used to repeatedly call Kabuki Chicken when Robert Redford owned it, cause I’m not wired right. And it used to be a Pasta Pomodoro, back in the day.)
(And of course the eponymous Peace Plaza pagoda should be destroyed, you know, due to the concrete and clay and general decay. IMO)
All the deets:
“Join us on Nov. 9 for TEDxPeacePlaza! Register on Eventbrite.com.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxPeacePlaza, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxPeacePlaza event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized
TEDxPeacePlaza is a new TEDx event taking place on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at Pa’ina Lounge in San Francisco’s Japantown.
Tweet us @TEDxPeacePlz for a chance to receive discounted tickets.
Our speakers include:
- David Chiu, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- Lateefah Simon, Director of California’s Future Program at the Rosenberg Foundation
- Jon Osaki, Executive Director of the Japanese Community Youth Council
- Nwe Oo, CEO of Weaving Through Change (helping refugee women from Burma preserve their tradition while creating economic opportunity)
- Tulio Cardozo, Founder of Collaborative Benefit (helping the formerly incarcerated get hired)
- Katherine Woo, Vice President of Product at Kiva
- Gary Chou, School of Visual Arts MFA in Interaction Design
- Valerie Luu & Katie Kwan, Co-Founders of Rice Paper Scissors (pop-up Vietnamese street food)
- Mark Baugh-Sasaki, Sculptor and Photographer (exploring the link between the natural world and industrial world)
- Akiko Aspillaga, immigration rights advocate
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, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. 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. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
Got an invite to TEDxPeacePlaza? Register with your promo code for up to $50 off the regular admission.
Theme: “What’s Possible”
Seemingly intractable problems. Surprisingly ingenious solutions. In a world full of inequality, conflict, and hardships, there are remarkable examples of what actually can be done. What innovations are possible that can help create a world that we want to live in? The theme of the first TEDxPeacePlaza event on November 9, 2013, is “What’s Possible” — which can be interpreted as both a bold statement and an inviting question. ~ Glenn Fajardo, co-curator, TEDxPeacePlaza
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, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. 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. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Long Beach, California, along with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs; the annual TEDGlobal conference is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, the recently launched TED-Ed platform for students and educators, the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide, and TEDBooks, short e-books by speakers that elaborate on a single idea originally presented on TED’s stage. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter or on Facebook.
