TEDxAuckland 2017
Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
Auckland
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174.76240180000002
TEDxAuckland is back! Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd of December.
This year we’re back at the Aotea Centre for our 2nd multi-day festival. Join us for 21 talks from local and international speakers, food, fun and partner activations.
TEDxAuckland is an Ideas Festival. Get ready to be inspired and challenged by local and international people changing the world with their unique ideas, and in the breaks get chatting to the equally incredible attendees around you. Food and drink during the event is included in your Multi-Day Pass.
The Program
The Festival opens at 3pm Friday for registrations and activations. The first talks start at 5.00pm through to 7pm.
The Friday night Burger Banquet is made by: Tiger Burger / Wise Boys / Judge Bao / Got Pasta / Ralphs / Bird on a wire
On Saturday the Festival opens at 9.30am with the first talks beginning at 10am.
Lunch on Saturday is made by Eat My Lunch, thanks to Fonterra.
The talks will conclude around 5pm on Saturday. Those attending the sold out VIP Social Dinner will jump on a bus (provided) for a 5 course dinner produced by some amazing local chefs. Matched with more local beer and wine.
Those keen to kick on are invited to join TEDx crew, speakers and friends at Degree Bar in the Viaduct after 9pm.
The Speakers and Performers are:
Liam Malone - New Zealand’s blade runner.
Angie Judge - Kiwi technology entrepreneur revolutionising the museum experience.
Alex MacDonald - Senior economic advisor at NASA and the founding program executive for NASA’s Emerging Space Program.
Lisa King - Founder of Eat My Lunch she wants to ensure no child goes to school hungry.
Shaveer Mirpuri is in the business of disruptive startups with the purpose of driving innovation.
Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom - Space entrepreneur.
Chris Pemberton - An electrician by trade, but his real passion lies in helping people lead more creative lives.
Pete Bethune - Takes conservation to the extreme.
Juliet Arnott - The Founder and Director of Rekindle.
Yoseph Ayele - Co-founder and CEO of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship.
Mai Chen - Thought leader, direction setter and a futures thinker.
David Razowsky - Los Angeles-based improv guru.
William Watson - an international documentary maker changing the way we think about creating peace in times of conflict.
Cam Sims - a ‘hemp chef’ pioneering the revival of hemp in New Zealand.
Cather Simpson - an entrepreneurial academic and Director of Photon Factory.
Sam Stubbs - pushing the boundaries of traditional finance to create an industry equally as profitable as it is socially good.
Jahra ‘Rager’ Wasasala - a choreographer and poet using her multi-cultural heritage to change modern contemporary dance.
Nigel Parker - How Machine Learning can benefit your health decisions
Andy Crowe and Rui Peng are opening the world of technology to the children in their communities and their neighbours
Michael Corballis - emeritus professor at the Department of Psychology at The University of Auckland is one of the foremost global experts on the evolution of human language.