FAIRFIELD — Fairfield University will host a diverse line-up of speakers at a TEDx program on October 28.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design — topics that combined in 1984 to form the first “TED Talk” in Monterey, Calif.
Today, the idea has been expanded to sharing “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx, programs launched in 2009 to share TED-worthy ideas on a smaller scale.
Featured in the Fairfield U event at Wien Experimental Theatre of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will be a current student, an alumna, an honorary degree recipient, and a faculty member, as well as individuals in health care, education, business, and technology.
Doors open at 2 p.m. and the event is free but registration is required. While TEDx audiences are capped at 100 to promote an intimate live experience, overflow attendees will be invited to watch the presentations via live-stream in the adjacent Kelley Theatre.
The theme for the event will be “Innovation and Inspiration,” in honor of the 25th anniversary of the university's School of Engineering.
The nine speakers include:
* Dr. Stephen F. Badylak, deputy director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
* David C. Banks, president and CEO of The Eagle Academy Foundation, Inc.
* Cindi Bigelow, the third-generation president and CEO of Bigelow Tea, headquartered in Fairfield.
* Dr. Donna Coletti, scholar-in-residence at the Egan School’s Kanarek Center for Palliative Care.
* Lilliana Delmonico Class of 2020 and a bioengineering major in the School of Engineering and co-founder of the Biomedical Engineering Society at Fairfield University.
* Dr. T. Sloane...
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Innovation-TED-Talks-coming-to-Fairfield-14556950.php
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