TEDxAtlanta: Begin at the Beginning (Virtual)

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Friday, Apr 16, 2021  9am - 4pm

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Details

We're back! The 2021 edition of TEDxAtlanta will be streamed live to living rooms everywhere on April 16, 2021. If you've attended a conference in the past, you know that there is always a surprise or two and the 2021 edition will be no exception!

 

Theme

The TEDxAtlanta 2021 Mainstage event, themed “Begin at the Beginning,” will spotlight 12 speakers with ideas that epitomize the human spirit and celebrate innovations from Georgia and beyond.

 

Format

In addition to the twelve 6-to-12 minute talks delivered in the signature TEDx style, we're thrilled to introduce virtual workshops, called Discovery Sessions and 1:1 virtual networking made possible by the Hopin Virtual Event Platform. The Discovery Sessions will take place during the conversation breaks between the speaker segments and will be led by the speakers themselves and members of the TEDx community in Atlanta and from around the world.

 

Speakers

Ebony Glover, Neuroscientist- Talk Topic: severe stress and PTSD

 

Elizabeth Strickler, Imagineer- Talk Topic: Creating a stronger creative economy

 

Deb Lavoy, Disinformation Fighter- Talk Topic: Fighting disinformation is a team sport

 

Geoff Livingston, Photographer, Storyteller- Talk Topic: A window into the pandemic lockdown

 

Neha Shukla, Inventor- Talk Topic: A call to arms for her generation to innovate

 

John A Lanier, Climate Champion- Talk Topic: we can fight climate change but it’s not the way you think

 

Shivani A. Patel, Social Epidemiologist- Talk Topic: COVID-19 forces public health professionals to rethink the tenets of effective care

 

Joey Womack, Catalyst, Convener- Talk Topic: The biggest challenge for founders of color and social enterprises is not access to capital but access to a network

 

Kristin Moody, Empathy Researcher- Talk Topic – We are physiologically wired to empathize. Let’s harness it to bridge the divide

 

Neale Martin, Author- Talk Topic: How to Begin

 

Aurora Robson, Debris Artist- Talk Topic: Rethinking Junk Mail