We’ve been spoiled for choice for awesome events in Sydney lately, and there’s now another one to stick in your calendar - TEDxNSW. I’m sure everyone has heard of TED talks (and if you haven’t, stop reading this now and go and check them out). Sam Whiteman (former colleague, good friend and awesome all round) is bringing TED to Sydney on Tuesday 15 September.
The night is going to be a mix of unseen videos from TED, as well as inspiring local speakers. The local lineup looks great, with personal hero John Allsopp talking about augmented reality, the director of Earth Hour speaking about setting up the event, as well as a couple more that sound really interesting.
Andy Ridley - executive director of Earth Hour, the global climate change campaign that was held in more than 370 cities, towns and municipalities around the world in 2008, with tens of millions of people taking part.
Paul Gilding - served as CEO of a range of innovative NGO’s and companies in his 35 years as a social entrepreneur. His commentary on The Great Disruption has been picked up by numerous outlets including Pulitzer-winning Thomas Friedman in the New York Times.
John Allsopp - Web pioneer John Allsopp explores how this collapsing of the virtual and the real is creating an “augmented reality”. Software developer, long standing speaker, writer, evangelist and self proclaimed expert on all things web development related, John has spent the last 15 years working with and developing for the web.
David Malin - world renowned astrophotographer involved in scientific imaging for over 45 years, initially as a microscopist and later as photographic scientist and astronomer with the Anglo-Australian Observatory.
I’m really excited about the event, and the best part is all proceeds are going to be donated on KIVA so will help entrepreneurs in the developing world. Tickets are selling quickly so head over to the site and get yours now. We’ll see you there.
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