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TEDXIIT is back!

By Utsav Gandhi
CAMPUS EDITOR

tor Hugo once said “There
thing more pow erful than all the armies
'orldr It’s an idea hose time has come" s
1at TED conferences are about: ideas that
stretch the dime ions otthe human mind Each
TED speaker has about 70 minutes to present
an ‘idea rtl preadin Speakers on the TED
'ebs1te have ranged from Google founders
L Page and S ‘gey Brin, to a Young man
hung in a remote illage in Ma . iorat the
age of 147 built a windmill for h tam
an old textbook
A group of pa onate llT
undergraduates are organizing a TEDx

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conference at llT’s Downtown Campus in
Ma hi TEDx events are independently
organized TED events 7 students have the
license from TED to use th logo and ac
their organizational mater al, and TEDx
ructured in' to actual
TED cont ences 7 except, of cour e, for their
independent organization Putting together
'ul TEDx event is a deeply filling
experience, simply because of the exposure
rece led to some phenomenal brains and the
la ethanelife feeling that a iccompan'
a TED conference
The idea for TEDxllT \
by the organizing students’ mot . ion to give
the members of the HT communit tudents,
faculty, and alumn a place to share their

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ideas with each other and the world The
inaugural TEDxllT organized around
the theme “Break Through," and building up
on that, organizer are looking to revolve the
next conference . ound the theme of “Gaining
Momentumr" Speake at last ea ’ e ents
included Michael Hett g apher \ th
N; 1onal Geograpl and Leonard Reittel,
a \ 1dely recognized s ientist, educator, and
inventor/entreprene r

Preparations ‘ TEDxllT 2012 are
cu ‘ently unde l\ irch ma eem far
' Y but an event o th scale needs a lot of
work behind it If 3 u e interested in helping
out, the TEDx team s looking for committee
member \ieekly meetings vill occur e\
Friday beti een Z and 3 pm in the l\ TCCr S

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regardless of how much or ho\ ‘er little you
11 cont bute, feel free to take p t in
this ende. for You V ill not be obligated to attend
ev I meeting The organizer int you to
help out in your 0V 1 V\ 1 \ 1atever time
you feel you can commit to the event
Becoming a member on the TEDicom
we e i free, and gi ss to hundreds
of complete TED Talks Mobile Apps are ; to
available
To view last year’s TEDxllT videos,
search for the “TEDxllT” pla on Youtube
For more in inform. ion on TED and
t
tedx respect1 ‘elyr To get more inv ,
TEDxllT 2012, email texiit gmailicomr