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About TEDxWomen
Last December, the first-ever TEDWomen conference (hosted by Pat Mitchell) took a curated look at women through the lens of change agent, intellectual innovator, and idea champion; from twenty-six countries we gathered more than seventy speakers—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Somali mother-daughter doctors Hawa Abdi and Deqo Mohamed, Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams, Egyptian-American blogger Mona Eltahawy, media mogul Ted Turner, and young roboticist Cynthia Breazeal, to name a few. On those days, more than 100+ self-organized TEDx events connected to the TEDWomen conference, enabling the live participation of over 10,000 people on every continent and in every time zone.
The conversation continues on On December 1, when TEDxWomen will reunite these vibrant communities to hear leading-edge innovators and powerful ideas from women and girls—and a few men too. Organizers of TEDxWomen events will watch the livestream of the Paley Center mainstage events, and have the opportunity to host their own local speakers on women’s issues. Speakers this year include Jane Fonda, Lamis Zein, the woman who heads an all-female bomb-disposal unit in Lebanon, Barbara Walters, the amazing singer-songwriter Morley; social-media maven Tiffany Shlain, Vietnam refugee and tech entrepreneur Tan Le, documentarian Jennifer Newsom, and cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson.
The TEDxWomen stages in New York and Los Angeles will be connected and the speaker sessions simulcast to both locations so that attendees can experience an extraordinary program of speakers from both coasts. And of course, the dialogue will continue long after the conclusion of the conference, as the talks get released to the world online.
TEDxWomen will stream live from our stages to a global network of TEDxWomen events happening around the globe. TEDxVictoriaWomen will broadcast live TEDxWomen, and also provide for facilitated discussion with participants during the breaks in between the speaker sessions.
Session times (PST) and themes:
Session 1 · 8:00 am - 9:30 am Resilience
Resilience, and the way women regroup, rebound, and rbuild after experiencing setbacks or loss, always moving forward
Session 2 - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Relationships
Relationships, and the ties that bind us—to each other, to our communities, and to our most important institutions Session 3 - 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Rebirth
Rebirth, and how women compose and recompose their lives, especially in life’s ‘third-act’ as women continue to live better, longer Session 3 - 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm Reimagine Reimagine, and the new way women and men are viewing and shaping our world through science, art, and politics Full details on the TEDxVictoriaWomen event will be emailed to registered participants. 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 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, 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 organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows 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.
Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.
TED2011, "The Rediscovery of Wonder," will be held February 28-March 4, 2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs, California.
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