Press Release
TEDxHongKong Launches First Asia Pacific’s Education Stream Event
TEDx ED
Hong Kong, 9 May 2013 – Over 1,000 people will be converging to hear the most exciting developments in education at Asia Pacific’s first TEDx ED event on 15 June 2013. Educators, parents, innovators, and people from all walks of life will be coming together to share and learn what is next for education and learning.
Themed “School’s Out” TEDxHongKongED 2013 speakers will range from leaders of both traditional and unconventional education, to educators who engender learning beyond the classroom, and successful entrepreneurs speaking on the strengths and shortcomings of a traditional education.
This year’s TEDx ED will provide an experience that consists not just of lectures but also of opportunities for synergies to exist. The event will feature curated discussion time for community building, to promote discussion and meaningful networking beyond the event.
Dubbed the world’s best and most exciting conference, TED launched TEDx events to bring local communities together who share the same passion for innovation and change in the world. TEDxHongKongED will, for the first time in Asia Pacific, bring together some of the world’s experts in learning and education.
The event will take place at 1F and 2F, 633 King’s Road, Quarry Bay on Saturday, June 15 2013 from 10am to 4pm.
For more information please go to www.tedxhongkong.hk
Tickets are available from: http://TEDxHongKongED2013.eventbrite.com
Contact
Please contact us at [email protected].
Gino Yu is the official license holder and spokesperson for TEDxHongKong.
Please note that the TEDx event organizers are not able to speak for the TED Conference.
Any inquiry regarding TED should be sent to:
Melody Serafino
TEDx Media Liason
While we appreciate any coverage, we kindly ask that all journalists and/or bloggers be respectful of the difference between the TED and TEDx brands.
The ‘x’ in ‘TEDx’ stands for “independently organized events.” Any headline or text which implies “TED” is coming to Hong Kong is misleading.
For more information on TEDx, visit http://www.ted.com/tedx.
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 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At TED, the world’s leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Two major TED events are held each year: The TED Conference takes place every spring in Long Beach, California (along with a parallel conference, TEDActive, in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily; the new TED Conversations, enabling broad conversations among TED fans; and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.
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.
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