CHANGE
Deerfield
SPEAKERS AND PERFORMANCES
THE TEDX TEAM
Welcome to TEDxDeerfield 2017
GUITAR AND PIANO PERFORMANCE
Christina Li and Tai Thongthai
MARK BEAUBIEN
What Hath God Wrought:
Chasing the Western Hemisphere’s
Biggest Hurricane Ever
JOSHUA FANG
The Keys to Meaningful
Improvisation
FERNANDA PONCE
What Being Hispanic and Latinx
Means in the U.S.
SARAH JANE O’CONNOR
What it Means to Be American
TEDTALK: JAMES VEITCH
This is What Happens When You Reply
to Spam Email
FIRST INTERMISSION (~7:30PM)
LILIA BROOKER
Humanizing Palestine
HOLT THRASHER
How to Stop Global Warming:
One Meal at a Time
TEDTALK: MARWA AL-SABOUNI
How Syria’s Architecture Laid the
Foundation for Brutal War
SECOND INTERMISSION (~9PM)
ERIC KOLOSKI
Yo-Yo Extraordinaire!
NEIL NIE
Understanding Artificial Intelligence
and Its Future
MARK OTT
Hemingway: So Ugly, So Beautiful
KISHOR BHARADWAJ
Fairness Epidemic: Colorism in India
THE TEDX TEAM
Closing Remarks
TEDxDeerfield
2/18/2017 — 6pm
Hess Center for the Arts, Deerfield Academy
EXHIBITIONS:
HESS CENTER LOBBY
Studio Art and Architectural Drawings
VON AUERSPERG GALLERY
Art and Activism Gallery Show
(GUIDED GALLERY TOURS AVAILABLE FROM 6:45–7:15 AND 7:45–8:15)
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS (DOWNSTAIRS)
Human Impact Photography Exhibit
HESS 123 (SECOND HALL PAST MAIN EVENT)
Innovation Lab: Create Your Own Notebook
TED-IQUETTE
Four hours of talks? Yikes! This is a long event, and you’re
welcome to come and stay—or to stop in for just a talk
or two. Please don’t enter or leave the room during a talk
though, out of courtesy for the speakers, the audience,
and the film crew.
Consent to Film
This event is being filmed and streamed live online. Talks
will eventually be posted on Youtube and TED.com as well.
By participating in this event, you consent to your image
being captured and posted in our materials.
InteresTED?
If you’re interested in joining TEDxDeerfield, email
[email protected] and we’ll hook you up.
Also: check out the TEDx Western Massachusets Meetup!
group for information about how to get involved throughout the region. Check TED.com for other events nearby.
Deerfield
TEDxDeerfield Team:
» Sarah Du
» Nadia Jo
» Abby Lupi
» Kiana Rawji
» Heather Sharpes-Smith
» Karen Tai
» David Thiel
Special Thanks:
Four hours is not enough
time to showcase all the
amazing people who
applied to speak. Thank
you for offering ideas worth
spreading, and we hope
you’ll apply again for TEDx.
Extra Special Thanks:
Many thanks to Brian
Barbato, Margarita Curtis,
David Dickinson, John
Laprade, Henry Pan, David
Payne, Emily Richardson,
Phil Snow and the whole
Security Gang, Lilly Salmon,
Mercedes Taylor, Tim
Trelease, and Bradley
Woodward and the folks
in Dining Services. Thanks
also to the many ushers
and production assistants.
Sound and Video
Our event is filmed by
590Films. Check out their
amazing documentary The
Trees on Amazon, Google
Play, and iTunes.