TEDxYork 2011 Programme of Events

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Thursday 7th July 2011

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Theme: A NEW STEAM AGE 7th July 2011

VENUE AND DETAILS The Ron Cooke Hub York University Heslington East York, YO10 5GE United Kingdom July 7th 2011 11.30am - 8.00pm

York About this event Science Technology Engineering Arts Maths - STEAM A new STEAM age We will be looking at how the Arts can make a creative impact within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subject areas to deliver a new STEAM age of innovation and creativity.

This event has been supported by Pilot Theatre, Arts Council England, York City Council, Science City York, University of York and York St John University.

Find us online TEDxYork.com #TEDxYork pilot-theatre.com Watch the Live Stream of TEDxYork on pilot-theatre.tv

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Programme of Events 11.30 – 1.00 Access All Areas Welcome to TEDx Marcus Romer and Heather Niven DK Charles Cecil Abhay Adhikari Kristin Alford Alexander Kelly Mariem Jamme Roger Burrows Yatterbox

4.15 – 4.45 Tea break and cupcakes KMA live in The 3D demo space Third Angel phone / stories Video booth TFTV JamJar – build your own hydrogen powered car and race it 4.45 – 6-00 Shift Happens Alan Lane Julien Smith Maria Arinbjarnar Amit Sinha Bill Thompson Alexander Kelly

1.00 – 2.15 Lunch and activities Yatterbox live in The 3D demo space Third Angel phone / stories Video booth TFTV 6.00 – 8.00 JamJar – build your own hydrogen Wine and snacks powered car and race it 2.15 – 4.15 Playing to Win Tassos Stevens Sarah Gibbon Baba Israel Hannah Nicklin Peter Gregson Kit Monkman Daniel Bye

TEDxTalks to be shown will include: Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter...

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

Cupcakes provided by: www.curiositeashop.blogspot.com

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Speakers DK mediasnackers.com Founder of MediaSnackers, live from Christchurch New Zealand.

Charles Cecil revolution.co.uk Managing Director for UK based company Revolution Software.

Abhay Adhikari dhyaandesign.com Setup Dhyaan Design in 2003 and has since worked on a range of global web-based projects with private, public and voluntary sector organizations.

Kristin Alford bridge8.wordpress.com Established Bridge8 in 2004 following careers in engineering, human resources and product development.

Alexander Kelly thirdangel.co.uk Co-Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed, Sheffieldbased performance company Third Angel.

MariĂŠme Jamme africagathering.org CEO, blogger, technologist and social entrepreneur with a passionate commitment to helping empower her fellow Africans.

Prof Roger Burrows york.ac.uk Head of the Department of Sociology for the University of York.

Yatterbox yatterbox.co.uk Founded in 2010, it provides users with an unprecedented level of transparency and access to Members of Parliament in the UK and Politicians in the US. Tassos Stevens youhavefoundconey.net Co-director and runner of Coney.

Sarah Gibbon huntingtonschool.co.uk International Baccalaureate student from Huntington School York.

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Baba Israel babaisrael.com Artistic Director Contact Theatre.

Hannah Nicklin hannahnicklin.com Emerging writer/ artist/ academic from the West Midlands.

Peter Gregson petergregson.co.uk Cellist and pioneer of contemporary music.

Kit Monkman kma.co.uk KMA is a collaboration between UK media artists Kit Monkman and Tom Wexler, focused on illuminating, encouraging, and developing, interactions in public spaces using projected light.

Daniel Bye danielbye.co.uk Playwright, theatre director and occasional performer.

Alan Lane web.me.com/slung.low Co-founder and artistic director of Slung Low, a new-work installation company based in West Yorkshire.

Julien Smith juliensmith.com New York Times bestselling author, consultant and speaker.

Maria Arinbjarnar york.ac.uk CEO of a new spin-out from UoY and in her final year towards a PHD in Artifical Intelligence for Games, Computer Science.

Amit Sinha amitsinha.co.uk Co-President of Students for a Smarter Planet (SFSP) in York as well as being SFSP Executive Director, Europe and member of SFSP Global Advisory Board.

Bill Thompson andfinally.com Journalist, commentator and technology critic.

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About us: Pilot Theatre is the award-winning national touring theatre company currently in residence at York Theatre Royal. We offer a strong support network of educational resources, workshops and interactive opportunities.

Artistic Director Marcus Romer attended TED in 2007 and was inspired to develop a series of Shift Happens conferences in York as part of our commitment to develop digital opportunities for the Arts sector. Attending again in 2011 he became a TEDx organiser and was part of the social networks research group at TEDActive. He is delighted to be able to bring TEDx to York, and would like to thank all the Speakers, the TED team as well as The University of York, Arts Council England, Science City York, The Press, York Theatre Royal, York St John University and Pilot Theatre for making this event possible.

Coming soon: Pilot will be working in partnership with York Theatre Royal in October when their coproduction of David Harrower’s Blackbird premieres in York before starting a UK tour.

Blackbird will be directed by our Associate Director Katie Posner and approaches the hard-hitting questions of what is abuse and what can be a relationship between a 40 year old man and a 12 year old girl.

Work has also begun on the company’s large scale production for 2012, a new adaptation of Alan Sillitoe’s The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Roy Williams. This will premiere at York Theatre Royal before a large UK tour.

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