Schedule of Speakers, Performers, and Events (2011)

TEDxBuffalo Schedule

October 11, 2011

8:00-8:40 a.m.

Breakfast & Registration

8:40-9:00 a.m.

Welcome Talks & Video Introduction
Kevin Purdy, event MC: Welcome to TEDxBuffalo 2011
Video: Chris Anderson, TED curator: TEDx Intro

9:00-9:20 a.m.

Ethan Cox: Embeer Your City for Fun & Profit

9:20-9:40 a.m.

Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold & Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram, Ph. Ds: “Uncrowned Queens, Uncrowned Communities”

9:40-10:00 a.m.

Remy DeCausemaker: Open Data, Open Government, and the Open Source Way

10:00-10:20 a.m.

Performance: Poverty Hymns

10:20 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

Video: TED/TEDx talk screening

10:40-11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00-11:20 a.m.

Patrick Lango: What Are You Eating?

11:20-11:40 a.m.

John Bordynuik: Plastic to Oil

11:40 a.m.-12:00 (noon)

Eric Walker: Sustainable Communities

Noon – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch by Lloyd Taco & Whole Hog trucks, with TED/TEDx videos screened

1:00-1:20 p.m.

Brandon Kessler: Can We Solve Huge Problems Through the Internet?

1:20-1:40 p.m.

Stacey Watson: Rebooting Education in Our Urban Core

1:40-2:00 p.m.

Performance: Alfred Brown

2:00-2:20 p.m.

Patrick Finan: A Small House with Nice Things

2:20-2:40 p.m.

Chuck Banas: Buffalo’s GreenCode: Making Zoning Smart & Sexy

2:40-3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00-3:20 p.m.

Video: TED/TEDx talk screening

3:20-3:40 p.m.

Performance: Ken Keech

3:40-4:00 p.m.

Karen Armstrong: Future Cities

4:00-4:20 p.m.

Drew Kahn: Tell Your Story—Stop Waiting!

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Cocktail reception at The Eights (for select guests)