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What does Brazil have to offer to the world now?
TEDx São Paulo, Ideas worth spreading. WebCitizen is proud to sponsor the first TEDx São Paulo and to be part of this movement to change Brazil.
On November 14th, the first TED event in Brazil will take place: TEDx São Paulo. At the event, around 600 thinkers from various areas of knowledge and practice will get together to discuss “What does Brazil have to offer the world now?”, a theme that will guide the presentations of 28 speakers, each one of them lasting up to 15 minutes.
The meeting form surpasses criticism or contemplation. The breaks between the presentations will also be extremely important, for the approximation between the attendees. The intent is for the audience to be encouraged to materialize innovative ideas, from many perspectives. Therefore, the same care the organization board took to select the speakers, it is taking in the selection of the attendees, who can apply until October 31st, free of charge, through the community channel.
More than a conference, the date marks the formation of an community of achievers in the country, a link between the dissemination of innovative ideas and their practical execution. Always under the perspective of the collective benefit.
“The first motivation is always individual, but the compensation is collective. We have started to notice that there is a critical mass that seeks its fulfillment through something that reflects positively on society. This behaviour is transformational”, explains Helder Araújo, member of the international TED community, licensee for TEDx São Paulo, and co-founder of WebCitizen.
To be a patron of TEDx São Paulo is to participate actively of a shift based on the exchange of knowledge and the study of new educational formats. It’s our duty as citizens to discuss and practice transformational ideas, and that’s why it is our great pleasure to be a TEDx São Paulo patron.
About TED
TED started in 1984 as a yearly conference in California, and already has had among its speakers, names such as Bill Clinton, Paul Simon, Bill Gates, Bono Vox, Al Gore, Michele Obama and Philippe Starck. Despite the one thousand available seats, the applications are sold out a year in advance. Today, the official TED website streams free of cost more than 500 lectures performed until now, watched by more than 50 million people, from 150 different countries.
Through 4 actions: TED Conference, TED Talks, TED Prize and TEDx, the organization has been changing its motto “Ideas worth spreading” into real accomplishments. Every year TED Prize, for instance, elects a thinker and grants him or her 100 thousand dollars, helping materialize yet another “Wish that Will Change the World”.
TEDx São Paulo
Where: Moóca Theater
When: November 14th, 2009
Application: free of charge here.
2 Responses to “What does Brazil have to offer to the world now?”
Sucesso aos organizadores, inspiração aos pensadores e feliz audiência aos presentes.
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O Brasil têm jovens, que devido à todo tipo de acesso, acabam superando expectativas e surpreendendo, sempre.
Silvana Marmo