TEDxDarringtonLibraryLive

Join us on Tuesday, February 16, as we stream the second day of the TED Conference from Vancouver B.C. right into the heart of the Darrington Library. The theme of this year's conference is "Dream", and the Darrington Library will be hosting a 3-session simulcast of TED talks throughout the day, with refreshments and lively discussions in between speakers. First Session: Radical Repatterning 8:30am-10:15am PST Hosted by Chris Anderson. First Speaker: Adam Savage Maker, critical thinker Second Speaker: Cédric Villani Mathematician Third Speaker: Haley Van Dyck Disrupter Fourth Speaker: So Percussion Percussion ensemble Fifth Speaker: Joe Gebbia Designer, cofounder, Airbnb Sixth Speaker: Travis Kalanick Problem solver-­in-­chief, Uber BREAK Session 2, 11:00am-12:45pm PST Imagination. Invention. Ingenuity. Hosted by Jedidah Isler and José Gomez-Marquez. First Speaker: Wanda Diaz Merced Sonic astrophysicist Second Speaker: Holly Cohen Occupational therapist, tinkerer Third Speaker: Mae Jemison Astronaut, engineer, entrepreneur, physician and educator Fourth Speaker: Joseph Ravenell Men’s health advocate Fifth Speaker: Ameera Ahmad Fixer Sixth Speaker: Franz Freudenthal Pediatric cardiologist Seventh Speaker: Blitz the Ambassador Afrobeat/hip-hop artist BREAK Session 3, 2:15pm-4:00pm PST Lifehacks Hosted by Kelly Stoetzel. First Speaker: Tim Urban Blogger, cartoonist Second Speaker: Adam Grant Organizational psychologist Third Speaker: Brian Little Personality researcher Fourth Speaker: John McWhorter Linguist Fifth Speaker: Noah Zandan Data scientist Sixth Speaker: Kio Stark Stranger enthusiast BREAK and DISCUSSION We look forward to seeing you!