Due to last-minute circumstances beyond our control, Josh Sommer and Miguel Nicolelis unfortunately are no longer available to speak at Saturday's event. However, we're excited to welcome to our line-up Rachel Lichte, a graduate student here at Duke's Fuqua School of Business and the founder of The Clarity Project which sources only fair diamonds, gems, and metals, and invests all profits back into mining communities.
Information
The 2013 TEDxDuke Conference will take place Saturday, April 20th in Schiciano Auditorium on Duke's West Campus 4M to 8PM. Stick around for a complimentary dinner and mingle with the speakers and fellow attendees. Please email Chris Dall or Carter Suryadevara if you would like to be involved with creating the event!
Duke students can purchase tickets at: http://events.duke.edu/TEDxDukeStudent2013
All non-students interested can order tickets at: http://events.duke.edu/TEDxDukePublic2013.
Featured TEDtalk
Speakers
We've finalized the line up for TEDxDuke 2013! The event will include talks from Mike Schoenfeld, Todd Sears, Brian OliverSmith, Scott Huettel, Femi Sokoya and Eric Scott, John Broadbent, Shikha Nayar, Sherryl Broverman, Jia Lang, and Rachel Lichte. Find more information about our speakers on this page.
Unfortunately we are no longer accepting speaker nominations for TEDxDuke 2013. If there is someone you would like to see speak at next year's event, keep an eye on this page for updates regarding the nomination process.
Sponsors
There are many different ways to collaborate with and support TEDxDuke whether you are a business, student organization, or any other interested person or group. If you are interested in being a sponsor for TEDxDuke 2013 please contact Neby Teklu.
Updates
Minor Change in Line-Up
Apr 18 2013 - 1:51am
Tickets Now On Sale
Apr 6 2013 - 4:52pm
TEDxDuke 2013 will be taking place on Saturday, April 20th from 4-8pm! This year’s selected theme is “A Shrinking World” and will feature an incredible group of speakers: Mike Schoenfeld, Todd Sears, Bryan Oliver-Smith, Scott Huettel, Josh Sommer, Femi Sokoya and Eric Scott, John Broadbent, Shikha Nayar, Sherryl Broverman, Jia Lang, and Miguel Nicolelis.
Students can order tickets at http://events.duke.edu/TEDxDukeStudent2013 and others interested can order tickets at http://events.duke.edu/TEDxDukePublic2013.
We look forward to seeing you there!
2013 Speakers Announced
Apr 6 2013 - 4:50pm
We've finalized the TEDxDuke 2013 lineup and ready to share it with you. For more information about each speaker, you can check out the speakers page here. Without further ado, we are please to introduce the wonderful speakers of TEDxDuke 2013: Mike Schoenfeld, Todd Sears, Brian OliverSmith, Scott Huettel, Josh Sommer, Femi Sokoya and Eric Scott, John Broadbent, Shikha Nayar, Sherryl Broverman, Jia Lang, and Miguel Nicolelis.
2013 Lineup finalized!
Mar 21 2013 - 3:58pm
Great news! We've finalized out lineup of great speakers for TEDxDuke 2013 A Shrinking World! Soon we will release more information about who we have coming for you all, so keep checking back for more information!
TICKETS FOR TEDXDUKE2012 ON SALE TODAY!!
Mar 19 2012 - 12:26pm
The link for student tickets ($15) is: http://evm.auxserv.duke.edu/iebms/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&ct=TEDXSTUD...
and non-students tickets ($25): http://evm.auxserv.duke.edu/iebms/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&ct=TEDXPUBL...
Lunch and and attendee gift are included in the price. It is a smaller event this year than it was last year so definitely register as soon as you can and answer all the questions in registration form and you’ll hear back shortly.
New Featured TEDtalk
Mar 19 2012 - 12:25pm
Susan Cain, speaking at TED 2012 in Long Beach, California.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS
Oct 31 2011 - 3:33pm
Students may apply to speak themselves, non-students must be nominated by someone else. See www.tedxduke.com/speakers for more information.
Updates
Sep 26 2010 - 2:36am
TEDxDuke 2012 theme announced - "Losing Your Way"