TEDxRedmond brings TED like experience to youth

September 8, 2011 - The second annual TEDxRedmond conference will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2011, at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA. The conference is organized entirely by youth and targeted towards a youth audience comprising of students aged 10 to 18. The theme of TEDxRedmond is "The Spark in All of Us," acknowledging the latent potential in every person. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) September 07, 2011 - TEDxRedmond brings TED like experience to youth

TEDxRedmond brings the magic of 'ideas worth spreading" to youth at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA.

REDMOND, WASHINGTON - September 8, 2011 - The second annual TEDxRedmond conference will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2011, at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA. The conference is organized entirely by youth and targeted towards a youth audience comprising of students aged 10 to 18.

The theme of TEDxRedmond is "The Spark in All of Us," acknowledging the latent potential in every person, regardless of age. This year, the conference boasts almost 30 speakers and performers, all 18 years old or younger.

"With the beginning of the school year, TEDxRedmond is a perfect opportunity to engage students and get them excited about learning," says Priya Ganesan, one of the co-hosts this year. She is also a member of the all-youth organizing committee and spoke at TEDxRedmond 2010. "At last year's event, both students and teachers were so excited about the unique learning experience that TEDxRedmond offers."

TEDxRedmond's mission is to inspire students to pursue their passions and take action in their own communities. The event works towards this by providing speakers from all backgrounds and ethnicities, showing that there truly is a "spark in all of us."

"There are speakers that everyone can relate to," says Adora Svitak, age 13. After speaking at TED 2010 in California on "what adults can learn from kids," Svitak was inspired to create a TED-like event for youth and founded TEDxRedmond in 2010. "There's something here for everyone."

For example, for the technologically-savvy, there is a TEDxRedmond app for iPhone.The app is loaded with the agenda and speaker lineup for this year's event well as details about TED, TEDx, and TEDxRedmond. It also contains videos and speaker bios from last year's event.

In addition to Appbaker, several companies and organizations have supported TEDxRedmond. The event is made possible by fiscal sponsorship from Microsoft, Kids Helping Kids, Dighu, AT&T and Dell,

TEDxRedmond will be held on September 10, 2011, at Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA. The event runs from 1:00 - 7:30 p.m., with a free catered dinner (sponsored by Microsoft) served to all registered attendees immediately following the event.

Aspiring attendees can register at www.tedxredmond.com. Although tickets are free of charge for students, anyone over the age of 18 must pay an entrance fee of $10.00.

The first 400 registered students will be seated in the main theater, where speakers and performers will present. All other students, and all parents, will be seated in different rooms, watching the event via high-quality live telesync. TEDxRedmond will also be streamed live on the website, starting at 1 p.m. PST.

TEDxRedmond is a licensed TEDx event. In the spirit of "ideas worth spreading," notable non-profit TED (www.ted.com) has created TEDx--a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At TEDxRedmond, live speeches and performances and pre-recorded TED Talks combine to spark deep discussion and connection. Speakers share their important visions for the future, and the audience gets involved in the big picture, addressing new perspectives and spreading inspiration. Though the TED conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

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 former 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.

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