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TEDxProvidencia will be a TEDxLive event that will screen live from California (in HD quality) the TED event, hosted by Chris Anderson.
Also, in the TEDxProvidencia stage will be a talk of Tomás Recart, founder of Enseña Chile a proyect that seeks to transform young professionals into teachers for the pupils of the country’s most vulnerable schools.
It will be done in Santiago de Chile (Candelaria Goyenechea 3820 / 201, Vitacura)
Free admission (RSVP on Facebook or in Meetup.com)
Come and get inspired by some of the brightest minds of our generation!
After the talks an "after talks party" will be hosted in the same club.
You can see TEDxProvidenciaLive on Ted.com page here http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/5185
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13:30 - 15:30 - Live from TED California |
Session 1: The Lab
Hosted by Chris Anderson |
Henrik Schaerfe
(Roboticist / geminoid.dk)
How will we walk, talk, work with robots? Henrik Schaerfe and his robot double, Geminoid-DK, want to know.
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Regina Dugan
(Director of DARPA / darpa.mil)
Regina Dugan directs the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the US Department of Defense innovation engine responsible for creating and preventing strategic surprise.
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Jack Choi
(Technologist / anatomage.com)
Jack Choi is the CEO of Anatomage, a company specializing in 3D medical technology.
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Marco Tempest
(Techno-Illusionist / marcotempest.com)
A magician and illusionist for the 21st century, Marco Tempest blends cutting-edge technology with the flair and showmanship of Houdini.
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Donald Sadoway
(Materials Engineer / sadoway.mit.edu)
Donald Sadoway is working on a battery miracle -- an inexpensive, incredibly efficient, three-layered battery using “liquid metal".
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Vijay Kumar
(Roboticist / grasp.upenn.edu)
At the University of Pennsylvania, Vijay Kumar studies the control and coordination of multi-robot formations.
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16:00 - 18:00 - Live from TED California |
Session 2: The Earth
Hosted by Chris Anderson |
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18:00 - 19:00 - TEDxProvidencia Stage |
Session 3: Enseña Chile
Hosted by Horacio Melo |
Tomás Recart
(founder of Enseña Chile: Teach for Chile)
In 2007, inspired by Teach For America, Recart, together with Universidad Católica gave life to “Enseña Chile”, a project that seeks to transform young professionals from different areas into teachers of excellence for the pupils of the country’s most vulnerable schools.
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19:15 - 21:00 - Live from TED California |
Session 4: The Crowd
Hosted by June Cohen |
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