TEDxZurich 2012
We are happy to announce that the next TEDxZurich will take place on October 25th 2012. Our team is working hard to create another unforgettable experience with one mission: making ideas worth spreading. We have already started contacting speakers with impressing visions and ideas – so do mark the date in your calendar!
Audience Applications for TEDxZurich 2012 will open in summer. Sign up to our newsletter or connect to us via Facebook or Twitter to be the first to know when we start accepting applications.
All talks from TEDxZurich 2011 can be watched in our speakers 2011 section, or, if you prefer to watch them all after each other, as a playlist right below.
TEDxZurich worth spreading
We’re doing TEDxZurich because we believe in the power of ideas well spread. It looks like TED agrees with us that the ideas presented at TEDxZurich are worth spreading.
Today, two of our speakers are featured on the home page of TED: Sebastian Wernicke with his talk from TEDxZurich 2011 in which he compressed 1000 TED talks into 6 words; and Karen Tse, who was one of our speakers at TEDxZurich 2010 about how to end torture.
You can watch both their talks on TED.com.
That was great. That was TEDxZurich 2011.
Thank you all for coming to TEDxZurich 2011 yesterday and making it the great conference it was.
A special thanks to our team member Carola Ettenreich who took care of the great catering and could not be on stage when the TEDx-team was on there.
All talks from TEDxZurich 2011 can be watched in our speaker section, or, if you prefer to watch them all after each other, as a playlist right below.
Also, we’ve collected the best tweets throughout the day in one document, included links to all speakers, embedded some music and the TED talks that were screened. So here’s your chance to re-live TEDxZurich 2011.
TEDxZurich: How to get there
Tomorrow, TEDxZurich will be all about sharing ideas, today it’s about sharing the directions on how to get there. Just to make sure nobody gets lost on the way tomorrow morning. We’ll have coffee ready for you as of 8am, we’ll start at 8.30am.
Address: Fernsehstrasse 1-4, Zürich. Tram stop Fernsehstudio (NOT Leutschenbach). We strongly advise you to come by public transport as there are no parking spaces on site.
- Coming from Zurich Main Station (approx 25 mins): Tram 11 from «Bahnhofquai» in direction of «Auzelg». Exit at «Fernsehstudio».
- Coming from train station Oerlikon (approx 7 mins): Tram 11 from «Bahnhof Oerlikon» in direction of «Auzelg». Exit at «Fernsehstudio».
Follow TEDxZurich 2011 live on the web
Even though the TEDxZurich 2011 edition is fully booked, that doesn’t mean you can’t follow the event as it happens. We’re trying hard to make TEDxZurich a great experience for those you can’t be there in person. Here’s what we will offer:
- We will have a live stream of the entire event on tedxzurich.com where you can watch all the talks as they happen.
- Using the hashtag #tedxzh, you can see all the tweets about the event. Judging from last year’s TEDxZurich, there will be tons of tweets.
- We will collect the most interesting tweets and feedback in a Storify document.
All those elements will be embedded to www.tedxzurich.com on October 4. Check our website and tune in to a virtual day at TEDxZurich 2011.
Two and a half music acts, three times awesome
We’re very happy to announce this year’s music acts at TEDxZurich.
Oy: Applauded as “Switzerland’s most innovative female singer”, Joy Frempong aka OY plays a wild mix of styles, making it hard to put a label on her, making it easy to be fascinated by her sounds. More on Oy.
Foto by Patrick Principe / schrillerille.ch
All Hands: A newly formed project of highly talented Basel-based musicians. We’re lucky to get to prelisten three songs of their upcoming first release. Their sound: Spherical pop tunes, roughend by electronical effects. More on All Hands.
Jojo Mayer: A Swissman in New York, probably one of the best drummers in the world. At TEDxZurich, he will give a talk on “Exploring the distance between zero and one” and will treat us to two live samples of his incredible drumming skills. More on Jojo Mayer.
More speaker profiles published
TEDxZurich 2011 will take place three weeks from now. While we’re busy getting everything ready, we recommend you have a look at the speaker profiles we have published. It will give you a nice overview of who our speakers are and what they will talk about at TEDxZurich. We’re pretty sure this will make you look forward to the event even a bit more.
There are still a few more speaker that will be added to the list, so check back once a while. Also, we’ll have music again like we had the wonderful James Gruntz play last time. The music acts will be announced soon.
Applications for TEDxZurich 2011 now closed
The deadline for applications for TEDxZurich 2011 is now over. These are the next steps:
1. We will review and discuss all applications and select attendees for TEDxZurich. We make our selection based on diversity of industries and backgrounds and of the quality of the application.
2. We will send out confirmation emails to all attendees by September 5. Please understand that there won’t be a place for everyone who applied, we received over 500 applications.
3. You confirm your place by paying the attendence fee of 50 CHF.
We’re looking forward to seeing you at TEDxZurich 2011.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxZurich, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxZurich event, 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.