TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh Programme

TEDx UniversityofEdinburgh
x = independently organized TED event
Global challenges, grounded solutions.
welcome to TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh We are all presented with global challenges. This afternoon, our speakers will equip us with the grounded ideas to face some of these challenges. We hope you enjoy and feel inspired by them, as we are. Organising TEDx has been an experience. Since students Olga Bloeman and Justina Adomaviciute mentioned the idea, the planning process has been a real act of care and collaboration. Our team includes partners from across the University and thanks to EUSA Volunteering we have a great group of volunteers from a range of disciplines and nationalities postgraduate and undergraduate. I have learned a lot from our team stage management, @ versus #, breathing with your diaphragm, but most importantly, what students care about. This team has demonstrated that people truly are at the heart of any grounded solution. TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh shows us that this campus is bursting with ideas, not all from academic research. Our students are passionate and hope to inspire change. They study medical sciences but want to change the way we learn. They study linguistics but organise hundreds of shows in their spare time. They study philosophy but 2
want to be police officers so they can help people who really need it. TEDx proves that passion breeds passion. Today, we hope to inspire and empower you to continue these conversations as a community both at the University and beyond. We thank all our sponsors for their support in doing something a little different. We are grateful to the speakers for the work they do to confront these global challenges and for sharing their passion with us today. Most of all, I would like to thank the team behind TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh. Thanks to Jake Broadhurst and Sarah Anderson for their leadership and creativity. Its been an absolute pleasure working with the student organisers I have learned a great deal from Maggie, Tommer, Elyse, Hannah, and Celia. You have reminded us that students are change makers. You play a large role in grounded solutions, both here at the University of Edinburgh and all over the world. Johanna Holtan Co-curator, TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh
speakers
Dr Neil Thin Social Anthropology
Peak Happiness
Prof Lesley McAra Law
How to create an inclusive and respectful society

Dee Isaacs Music
Music is the Garden
Dr Michael Shaver Chemistry
Saving the World One Plastic Fork at a Time
Dr Andrew Murray GP & Ultra Runner
The Couch is the Killer
Jessica Boucher Student Choice
Development by Design
Frances Barclay Student Choice
Finding Common Ground - What Ive learned sitting down

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Andrew Burnie EUSA Vice President
Chris Speed Digital Spaces 5
We live in an interconnected world where grounded connections help solve global problems. In the spirit of TEDx and the expansion of global knowledge, we will explore links between people, between communities, between the Global North and South, between the intellectual and the practical world.
Lets connect.
event curators Johanna Holtan Jake Broadhurst speaker coordinator Sarah Anderson
1.30pm Doors Open 2pm Welcome Dr Michael Shaver Jessica Boucher Dee Isaacs 3pm Halftime Break Prof Lesley McAra Dr Andrew Murray Frances Barclay Dr Neil Thin 5pm Drinks & Reception
about the design Our aim in designing our TEDx event at the University of Edinburgh was to celebrate the massive success that TEDx has had in spreading ideas around the globe in a few short years, all at the hands of motivated creatives, educators, and collaborators.
The result was this geometric map, which actually connects the locations of every TEDx talk to date, starting in February 2009.
Were excited to see what this map looks like after another four years.
about TEDx Created in the spirit of TEDs mission, ideas worth spreading, the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.
streaming Blaise Boulton volunteers Isabelle Meyle Shiau Haln Punit Bhudia Rushi Mehta Ivan Paspaldzhiev Alastair Wright Rachel Milloy Noor Maraghy volunteers Joanne Lim Arjun Dutt Atluri Payal Khamar Kasifa Khalid Lewis White Rim Raneem Seffar Sandra Spanikova Lauren Yk Christina Cai Ryan James Morrison Rugile Skvarnaviciute Madhurima Chakraborty Signe Madara Vainius Kristupas Glinskis
Rounaq Khoja Raquel Costa Payal Khamar Yii Foong Tien Foo Van Lynn Greta Maciuleviciute Anni AdausBear Varvara Bashkirova Tom Doll Ruth Luckins Jessica Santi Sophie Selby Laura Barrington Prerna Gupta
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organizing Elyse Jamieson committee Hannah Clapham-Clark Tommer Spence Maggie Sloan Tash Frost Creative Producer Clia Dugua Stage Manager Adam Alton Animation Design Amy Shields Event Photographers Daniel Harris & Mihaela Bodlovic, Fraser Cameron Set Design Stacy Jansen Graphic Design JD PETER sponsors EUSA and EUSA Global Innovative Learning Week Institute for Academic Development Beltane Public Engagement Global Academies Communications and Marketing ESRC Innogen Centre special thanks Bedlam Theatre, Richard Cape, Roger Walpole, Michael Hargreaves, Katie Thorne, James Smith, Stuart Bennett, Zoi Kantounatou
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All programme proceeds will be donated to TEDx in a box The idea for TEDx in a Box came from TEDxKibera, a TEDx event held in the slums of Nairobi. Despite a lack of quality local resources, the event was a resounding success. With TEDx in a Box, individuals in developing communities are delivered all the resources they need in order to organize a TEDx event, packaged in a portable box.
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x = independently organized TED event

Global challenges, grounded solutions.

Dr Neil Thin Social Anthropology

Prof Lesley McAra Law

How to create an inclusive and respectful society

Music is the Garden

Dr Michael Shaver Chemistry

Saving the World One Plastic Fork at a Time

Dr Andrew Murray GP & Ultra Runner

The Couch is the Killer

Jessica Boucher Student Choice

Frances Barclay Student Choice

Finding Common Ground - What Ive learned sitting down

Andrew Burnie EUSA Vice President

Chris Speed Digital Spaces 5

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