TEDxEdmonton fans to get together to connect, interact with TEDxEdmonton speakers, hear quick talks from selected local speakers and have an evening of fun before the big day!

Everyone is welcome!

Date: Friday, June 10, 2011
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Suede Lounge, 11806 Jasper Avenue NW
Tickets: $15 (includes cover, appetizers and speakers), $20 at the door

Buy tickets at http://www.tedxedmonton.com/preparty

Featured speakers:

Meagan Kelly - Meagan is a journalist and filmmaker with a mission to cultivate compassion in others. Her directorial debut film, Grace, shares the story of one young girl’s struggle to escape poverty on a garbage dump in the Philippines. The film won ‘Best Short Documentary’ at the 2011 Monaco Charity Film Festival, and is an official selection for the 8th annual Artivist Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Gregg Oldring – Gregg is a serial entrepreneur that’s co-founded several tech startups including GSNet, one of the first classified advertising websites for the heavy equipment industry, Mailout Interactive, an email marketing and communications company, and most recently, Inkdit, a new startup that borrows from the mental model of social networks and applies to it the signing, sharing and storing of contracts.

Thank-you for joining us today for TED Talks@Lunch.  We are taking a summer break but join us again in September!!!

TEDxEdmonton is about bringing together the best and brightest that our community has to offer, locally and internationally, from the fields of technology, entertainment, and design. Under this year’s theme, “Seeds of Innovation”, we sought out stories, visions and passions of emerging and bold artists, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who are transforming seeds of new ideas into bold new works, companies, and products.

After reviewing numerous speaker applications, videos, proposals and interviews, today we’re excited to unveil some of the presenters we’ve invited to share the TEDxEdmonton 2011 stage this year.

• Todd Babiak – Best-selling author, writer and entrepreneurial storyteller
• Minister Faust - Natural-born interviewer and life-long storyteller
• Aaryn Flynn – Studio head of one of the world’s most acclaimed video game companies
• Veer Gidwaney - Serial tech entrepreneur who’s gamifying good deeds
• Laura McIlveen – Engineer and researcher in the field of green material alternatives
• Sheetal Mehta Walsh – Champion of microfinance in developing and developed countries
• Jessie Radies – Social entrepreneur and champion for shopping, eating and living locally

Find out more about our presenters here, and stay tuned for more announcements about our speaker lineup over the coming weeks!

The next TED Talks @ Lunch will be taking place on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Avenue in Room 2-926 from Noon to 1pm.

Join in the discussion!

Space is limited; pre registeration is required.

Register HERE!

Share your thoughts!  Next TED Talk @ Lunch is on Wednesday, May 25!

The next TED Talks @ Lunch will be taking place on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Avenue in Room 2-922 from Noon to 1pm.

Join in the discussion!

Space is limited; pre registeration is required.

Register HERE!

Share Your Thoughts!!! Next TED Talk @ Lunch on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.