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Doors: 10:30 a.m.
Conference: 11 a.m.
Our hosts: Richard Handy and Allan Wolf
11 a.m. Session 1: Breaking boundaries (90 minutes)
performance: Liam Kelley Black, slam poet
TED intro video with TED Curator Chris Anderson
a word from 2012 TEDxAsheville organizers
Jeffrey Kluger, Space: Why we go
special appearance: The 7th & 8th-grade near-space balloon launch team, Tom Robertson’s class, Francine Delany New School for Children
talk and fiddle performance: Casey Driessen, The singularity
TED video: Charlie Todd, The shared experience of absurdity
Michael Fishbach, The awe-inspiring world of the giant blue whale
Rev. Brian Combs, Privileging the poor: Why we need the disinherited
Meal break, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Please return on time.)
1:30 p.m. Session 2: The edge of our limitations (90 minutes)
Dr. David Ostergaard, Ph.D., M.S.G., A.V.L., Finding your vortex
Katie Spotz, Rowing the Atlantic
demonstration: Avi Goldberg, The present and future of brain-computer interfaces
Joe Minicozzi, The city shaped
TED video: Tony Porter, A call to men
Anne Heck, A road to the heart
3:15 p.m. The edge of Asheville: A 45-minute break to explore
4 p.m. Session 3: The edge of existence (80 minutes)
performance: Adama Dembele; Drew Heller and Justin Perkins of Toubab Krewe
TEDx video: Brene Brown, The power of vulnerability
Hutton Kearney, Diagnosing the genome
Thomas M. Calloway, Why the end of the world?
Tina Staley, Lemon meringue pie & other great recipes for how to die
a word from our 2012 TEDx license-holder, Brett A. McCall
Please join us for the TEDxAsheville 2012 after-party at Aloft, 5:30 p.m.!
Disclaimer: I’m a TEDxAsheville 2012 organizer. Our event is a nonprofit conference that does not pay its presenters or volunteers, and I do not have a financial interest in the event.