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TEDxConstitutionDrive - Menlo Park, CA - May 4.  "On Time"

4/15/2013

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In the spirit of "ideas worth spreading," TED has created TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxConstitutionDrive, where x = independently organized TED event. At TEDxConstitutionDrive, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

Learn about previous years' events at:
http://www.tedxconstitutiondrive.com/
http://tedx.posterous.com/tedxconstitutiondrive-2010-an-intimate-event

The themes of previous years have been TRUST [2010] and IDENTITY [2012], respectively. This year will be TIME!  We're excited about the possibilities of this theme to explore how human beings experience their time, the science of it, how we manage it (and how it manages us sometimes), and stories of the stuff of our lives. Again, we're gathering amazing speakers to talk on this topic from diverse angles - -

Isa and Ana Stenzel
cystic fibrosis / lung transplant survivors
“The Power of Two”

Michael Santos
writer, consultant and former inmate
“9,135 Days In Prison”

Cello Joe
beatboxing cellist & international bicycle-touring vagabond troubadour
“Cello Joe: Cello & Beatbox”

Sam Lessin
director of product, Facebook
“bending time: what happens when identity and technology mix"

Mort Grosser
venture investor and inventor of human-powered airplanes
“The Time of Your Life”

Red Hot Chachkas
new American klezmer band
“Klezmer Music - Tradition & Future”

Lisa Solomon
professor of design strategy, CCA
“Designing Time: Meaning, not Management”

Chuck Darrah
anthropology department chair, co-founder of the Silicon Valley Cultures Project & the Human Aspirations and Design Laboratory (HADLab)
“Technology and Time”

Blaine Dehmlow
TechShop San Francisco
“Making Time for Making Time”

Abbas Milani
director of Iranian studies, Stanford
“The Trauma of Time in Modern Iran”

Kelly McVicker
founder, McVicker Pickles
“Pickling & The Art of Time Travel”

Jonathan Ly
fitness trainer, Body Mechanix
“Fitness & Making the Most of Your Time”

Buff Giurlani
entrepreneur and founder of the unique classic car warehouse and winery Auto-Vino
“Cars & Wine – Getting Better Over Time”

We try to make this an intimate and low-key event where people who are deeply interested in the topic can engage with each other on a personal level. Please come with an open mind and a sincere desire to connect with the ideas and the other attendees.

Our venue is the phenomenal classic car warehouse and winery (yes, both!) Auto-Vino. If you love one-of-a-kind fabulous cars and wine-tasting, in addition to great ideas and people, this is the TEDx for you. After we finish the speaker sessions at 4pm, we will transition to the winery counter for an optional wine-tasting flight (included in your ticket).

TEDxConstitutionDrive is a non-profit program fiscally sponsored by Philanthro Productions, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – Tax ID: 20-8695723.  Ticket fees will go towards event planning and speaker expenses. Fees cover speaker sessions, snacks, lunch and one wine-tasting flight.

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani,Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program,helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED

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