TEDx comes to Roma on the 22nd of February
TEDxRoma: “Out of the Box” Rethink, refresh, renew yourself : get out of the box! In the spirit of ideas worth spreading TEDxRoma debuts in the Capital. The first of TEDx events in Rome to be associated with the name of the city hosting it, to d
There is a Rome that reveals itself every day in new forms, paths and contemporary ideas. This is the city to which TEDxRoma is talking to, to show how in the Eternal city historical paths coexist together with new directions for the future. Paths that are innovative and transversal and much more Out of the Box than one would think.
TEDxRoma Out of the Box is a unique opportunity to meet examples of the most interesting thinking coming from different worlds , through the talks of international and national speakers. This is the nature of the event, with its engaging and inspiring spirit : listening and sharing experiences of the speakers can in itself become an inspiration for a new way to look at the future.
Emilia Garito, TEDxRoma Organizer says: “TEDxRoma is a non profit cultural project that has as objective the diffusion of ideas worth spreading: TEDxRoma is already becoming a community of people who believe in the possibility of creating a better future, particularly sensitive and attentive to the themes of creativity and innovation, art and science, society and environment, from technology to design.
The attention therefore is put on the great strength of creating , inventing and “playing seriously” to renew oneself that mankind possesses, as each individual, and that, if oriented towards a common wellbeing, can have the power to determine a concrete route of evolution for our society.
Through the experiences and the ideas told by the speakers, the participants will be invited to participate in a positive experience that they themselves will want to spread and potentially become drivers of a global innovation process of our third millenium”.
Technology, entertainment and design are the great themes that will be the backdrop to the single talks. During the day, which will be divided into three sessions (3D Visions, Day Dreams e Beyond Passion), on the stage of TEDxRoma will appear as speakers:
- Peter Lunenfeld, Professor in Design|Media Arts department atUCLA, critic and theorist of digital media.
- Vinton Cerf, one of the “fathers of Internet”.
- Giovanni Corazza, founder of the MIC (Marconi Institute for Creativity) of Bologna and Professor in the area off science of creative thinking.
- Yadin Kauffmann, venture capitalist and one of the major influencers of Israeli economy
- Miltos Manetas, master of multi media aesthetics.
- Pasquale Fedele, scientist who has invented a technology to allow SLA syndrom patients to communicate with the external world.
- Athanassia Athanassiou, Physicist and researcher at the Italian Department of Nanophysics of Genova who, together with her research team, has developed a revolutionary “sponge” to clean the seas.
- The Buried Life, for the first time in Italy the four young Canadians on the road who travelled across America helping people realize their dreams.
- Domenico Prattichizzo, robotics professor from the University of Siena leading a reseach team on tactile communication.
- Kristin Jones, founder and artistic director of TEVERETERNO, multidisciplinary project on the relationship between natural phenomenon and environment created by man, with the contribution of an extraordinary video of William Kentridge, one of the most prominent South African artists, reknown worldwide for his art, films, and theatre productions.
- Stefano Pujatti, architect and designer and founder of Elastico Spa, a thinking project uniting designers, engineers, architects, photographers .
- Davide Scabin, Michelin Star chef defined by the Times as “one of the ten chefs in the world who will change your life”.
- Mario Tronco and the Little Orchestra of Tor Pignattara; Mario Tronco is a famous musician who in 2002 gave life to the Piazza Vittorio Orchestra, multiethnic experiment that gives value to unknown and precious musical reportoires.
- Maria Vittoria Rava, from the Fondazione Francesca Rava, giving hope and future to the children of all over the world,from Haiti to Italy.
- Andrea Vitaletti, Thirty five year old researcher, founder of W-Sense, spin-off dell’Università La Sapienza di Roma, specialized in wireless sensors for environmental monitoring.
- Oscar Di Montigny, Manager and communicator of an important Italian banking group in which he is
currently Marketing and Communications Director and CEO at the Corporate University.
- Maurizio Galimberti, instant artist, he uses the Polaroid to decompose and compose images in mosaics to recreate the same, reinterpreting it. This technique has made him reknown nationally and internationally.
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Presenting the initiative will be Antonella Broglia, TEDx Senior Ambassador for Europe and Giorgio Pacifici, RAI journalist. All roads lead to TEDxRoma, to be part of it, join us.
TEDxRoma Out of the Box – 22nd February 2014 at the Teatro Olimpico
TEDxRoma
Roma 22 febbraio 2014 – 10:00. Registration from 9:30
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17
Ticket €27 comprehensive of lunch, coffee break and a coupon worth €20 for UBER transportation, a discount for an entry to the MAXXI museum on the 23rd February 2014.
Student reduction :15 Euro
Further information on the program and reservations :http://www.tedxroma.com.
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