TED@Johannesburg – Thursday May 3, 2012
TED@Johannesburg, May 3
TED TED, in partnership with TEDxSoweto, is hosting the Johannesburg leg of TED Worldwide Talent Search here in the heart of Soweto. We are thrilled that TED curator Chris Anderson will co-host the event with TED content director Kelly Stoetzel and our very own Kelo Kubu, TEDxSoweto convenor. This event is exciting not just for us at TEDxSoweto, but also for the entire TEDx community and TED enthusiasts in this part of the world.
An extraordinary auditions and selection process has yielded a lineup of exceptional speakers, across disciplines and backgrounds, from all over South Africa, and also some from elsewhere on the continent. The event is a great opportunity to showcase African ingenuity but it also represents a chance to reset the bar on what it will take to effect meaningful change – locally and globally – through the power of ideas.
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Venue: MIAGI Centre for Music, Soweto
Time: 14:00 - 19:30
TEDxSoweto 2012, 29 September
The inevitable future is here; for the first time in living history much of what we thought impossible now seems totally doable. New technologies have given us a plethora of possibilities, which in turn have allowed us to experiment with the most improbable ideas – in the arts, media, health services, communications, transportation, education and in every other facet of life. The results are often delightful, occasionally challenging and consistently surprising. But the inertia of tradition, convention and habit remains persistent.
Will Africa seize the moment and find new ways to close the gaping wealth gap? Will we harness renewable energies to develop in a more sustainable trajectory? Will we build a digital Ubuntu and export our ideas to the world?
This September, TEDxSoweto will invite you to close your eyes, open your mind, take a deep breath, and Leapfrog!
Date: Saturday, September 29, 2012
Venue: TBC
Time: 10:00 - 20:00
