TEDxAmsterdam, an independently organized TED event, will take place November 20, 2009, at the Hermitage Royal Tropical Institute, featuring TED Talks videos, original speakers, and music.
“It’s a great honor to host a TEDx event in The Netherlands”, says organizer Jim Stolze. “TED has been around since 1984, but only a handful of Dutch people actually attended a TED conference. Many more of them will be able to experience the effect of this ‘ultimate brain spa’ thanks to TEDx program.”
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.
Stolze sought the assistance of twelve people, each with his or her own specialty, in forming a foundation, Stichting TEDxAmsterdam; the board also includes Monique Dusseldorp and Marian Spier. Others involved in TEDxAmsterdam are Hans Wijers (Akzo Nobel), Robbert Dijkgraaf (KNAW), Don Levy (VP at Sony) and TED speakers Louise Fresco, Theo Jansen and Siegfried Woldhek.
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