Fri 4/20 @ 9AM – 2PM
Cleveland’s third official TEDxCLE event is happening on Fri 4/20 from 9AM – 2PM @ Cleveland Museum of Art. Mark your calendars for a day of innovative presentations from some of the area’s most fascinating thinkers/doers.
Check out the list of confirmed speakers:
– Tom Benson (NASA) – “A New Frontier of Creativity”
– Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie (Paleontologist/The Natural History Museum) – “Searching for Our Ancestors in the Afar Desert of Ethiopia: An Incessant Affair”
– Dr. Lisa Damour (Laurel School for Girls’ Research Institute) – “The Difference Between Adults & Grown Ups”
– David Rabinsky (Director of Catering, Ritz Carlton Cleveland) – “Seeing So Much More”
– Josh Taylor (Twist/formerly of Downtown Cleveland Alliance), Genna Petrolla (has worked for several CDCs including University Circle & Detroit Shoreway) & Justin Bibb (Cuyahoga County – works closely with County Commissioner Ed FitzGerald) – “Citizens & the Next Evolution of Cities” (3 short talks)
– Mort Epstein (Epstein Design Partners) – “A Designer & The Community”
– Dr. Brian Grimberg (CWRU, Professor of International Health) – “Buzzkill: How Malaria Has, and Is, Changing The World We Live In”
– Phil Niles (TED Fellow 2009) – “Where New Ideas Come From: Growing Up (& Down) Euclid Avenue With the Help of Open Data”
– Dar Caldwell (Shaker Launchhouse) – “Bootstrapping an Entrepreneurial Movement: The Founders, Funders & Mindset Behind a New Generation of Job Creators”
– Musical performance by Lolah Brown (Ms. Brown tours the world as a back up singer for Beyonce, Sade, Nikki Minaj, John Legend, etc.)
– Musical performance by the Cloud Nothings (A local indie-rock band garnering global attention)
Snag your tickets now!