Past TEDx event

TEDxZhujiangNewTown

Let's talk Diversity

Took placeDecember 8, 2019
LocationGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
FormatStandard
As as it means differently in different contexts, the all-purpose Cantonese idiom 「讲呢D」 could be a unique saying to epitomize Diversity. It could be used to ease the unease in a challenge, bring back hope in despair, moderate the overflowing joy, or echo life with peace. That’s why when we want to talk about Diversity, we choose ‘讲呢D’. Carrying diverse meanings, this Cantonese idiom is probably the best coverall portrait of the value and character of Guangzhou. Picking this theme marks a Phase 2(inspired by the Marvel Universe) that TEDxZhujiangNewTown ushers in. In the wake of a serious discussion on economy in Phase 1, we decide to step forward into a new stage - to unfold Guangzhou’s diversity in intriguing ways, probing into its nature and worth, including both its economy and business transition. More importantly, we begin to think of how to make aborigines, newcomers and migrants all embrace Guangzhou with love out of job opportunities, prosperity, or noticeable charm that it houses, as we witness the city has ranked the 1st in economic growth (among the tier-one city group) over the past three quarters of 2019.

Speakers

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  • Keliang Liu

    在风变科技 CEO 刘克亮眼中，目前的在线教育资源看似多且便捷，但模式上除把内容从线下往线上搬，完成了更大量级的传播外，不仅未消弭教育的不平等，反而造成了割裂和加深 —— 个体知识迭代更新的马太效应愈发明显：智力上的强者愈强，弱者愈弱。 而他认为，教育本身就是一个信息传递的过程，他希望在科技的助力下，完成「网络协同生产、课程数据智能」在个体教育上的探索，最终实现「自我教育」，一如水、电等基础设施一样，成为人类的日常，从而真正实现教育的平等。 In the eyes of Liu Keliang, CEO of Fengbian Technology, current online educational resources seem abundant and convenient. However, in terms of model, apart from moving content from offline to online to achieve larger-scale dissemination, they have not only failed to eliminate educational inequality but also caused division and deepened it—the Matthew Effect in individual knowledge iteration has become increasingly obvious: the intellectually strong become stronger, and the weak become weaker. He believes that education itself is a process of information transmission. With the help of technology, he hopes to explore the application of "networked collaborative production and course data intelligence" in individual education, and ultimately realize "self-education"—which, like infrastructure such as water and electricity, becomes a part of human daily life, thereby truly achieving educational equality.

  • Lider Chang

    Principal Timpani of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and an associate professor in the Orchestral Department of Xinghai Conservatory of Music

    Mr. Zhang Lide is the Principal Timpani of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and an associate professor in the Orchestral Department of Xinghai Conservatory of Music. His life experience is full of "drama": he is a "dynamic drummer" with a double master's degree—a Master of Economics from New York University and a Master of Percussion from Carnegie Mellon University; he deeply loves classical music and is also passionate about jazz performance; he is a Taiwanese person living in Guangzhou, having moved from Taipei to New York, from Taiwan to the Chinese mainland, from Guiyang to Beijing, and finally settling in Guangzhou.

  • Yimei Mao

    毛怡玫，来自第一财经周刊・新一线城市研究所的数据分析师，被称为城市数据的「福尔摩斯」。每一年，她所在的新一线城市研究所都会收集 170 个主流消费品牌的商业门店数据、18 家各领域头部互联网公司的用户行为数据和数据机构的城市大数据，按照商业资源集聚度、城市枢纽性、城市人活跃度、生活方式多样性和未来可塑性五大维度指数来评估 337 个中国地级及以上城市。 Mao Yimei, a data analyst from Yicai Weekly · City Research Institute, is known as the "Sherlock Holmes" of urban data. Every year, the New First-Tier Cities Research Institute where she works collects data on commercial stores of 170 mainstream consumer brands, user behavior data from 18 leading Internet companies in various fields, and urban big data from data institutions. It evaluates 337 prefecture-level and above cities in China based on five dimensional indicators: concentration of commercial resources, urban hub status, urban population activity, diversity of lifestyles, and future flexibility.

  • Yingzhang Liu

    广州土著 / 公益人，「拾房子」和「不老心房」项目发起人。有人说她是广州的「梦想改造家」，因为她发起了为低收入群体和独居老人改造生活空间的「拾房子」(Ten House) 和「不老心房」(Ever-green House)。 Initiator of the "Ten House" and "Ever-Green House". Some people call her Guangzhou's "Dream Renovator" because she initiated the "Ten House" and "Ever-Green House" projects, which renovate living spaces for low-income groups and elderly people living alone.

Organizing team