TEDxUND 2014 to explore ‘Creating Knowledge Together’

The University of Notre Dame will present TEDxUND 2014, featuring a diverse lineup of
speakers exploring the topic “Creating Knowledge Together,” on Jan. 21
(Tuesday) in the Patricia George Decio Theatre of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Admission to TEDxUND 2014 is free, but tickets
are required. Applications are being accepted online until midnight Dec. 15
(Saturday) with 100 seats available for the live event in the Decio Theatre and
an additional 800 for a live stream broadcast that will be presented in
DeBartolo’s Leighton Concert Hall. Attendees will be selected by lottery and
must claim tickets at the DeBartolo box office 15 to 30 minutes prior to the
event.

TEDxUND 2014 will be composed of two live
sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 to 6 p.m., and will feature emceesCandida Moss,
professor of New Testament and early Christianity, and Hugh
R. Page Jr., vice president and associate provost for undergraduate
affairs, dean of First Year of Studies and professor of theology and Africana
studies.

•   Jingting
  Kang, Sophomore, Business, Sociology, and Actuarial Science; Foreign
  Aid and International Volunteering: Problems Behind the Vision of Service 
•   Michael
  Mesterharm, Graduate Student, Master of Nonprofit Administration; Don’t
  Miss the Trees for the Forest: Generating Small Data Can Solve Big
  Problems 
•   JR Reagan,
  Principal at Deloitte & Touche LLP; The Face of Innovation: What
  Does an Innovator Look Like? 
•  Peter Keon
  Woo, Senior, Finance and Philosophy; The Value of a Paycheck and the
  Urgency of Now 

The full list of scheduled topics and speakers
are as follows:

Morning session

• “It’s
  Not All Sex and Violence: Cooperation in Human Evolution,” Agustin
  Fuentes, professor of anthropology
• “Creating
  Community Amid ‘Urban Decline’: A Study in Resurrection,” Claire Fyrqvist,
  2005 Notre Dame graduate
• “Foreign
  Aid and International Volunteering: Problems Behind the Vision of
  Service,” Jingting Kang, undergraduate student
• “Searching
  for the other 95% of the Universe: True Stories From the Energy Frontier,”
  Kevin
  Lannon, professor of physics
• “Measuring
  Design Aesthetics: A Quantitative Challenge,” José E. Lugo, graduate
  student
• “Sharing
  Knowledge Through the Experience of Musical Performance,” Carmen-Helena
  Telléz, professor of conducting and director, Graduate Choral
  Conducting Program
• “The
  Beautiful, Messy Democracy of Chamber Music,” Third Coast Percussion,
  ensemble-in-residence, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (morning and
  afternoon sessions)
• “Changing
  the Hivemind: How Social Media Manipulation Affects Everything,” Tim Weninger, assistant professor
  of computer science and engineering
• “Tourette
  Does the Talking,” Thomas J. White,
  undergraduate student
• “The
  Value of a Paycheck and the Urgency of Now,” Peter Keon Woo, undergraduate
  student

Afternoon session

• “Learning
  to See: The Power of Visual Communication and Training the Eye,” Marie
  Bourgeois, graphic designer, University Communications; assistant
  professor, visual communication design
• “Big
  Data for Common Good: Connecting the Dots for Patient-Centered Outcomes,” Nitesh Chawla, Frank Freimann
  Collegiate Chair of Engineering and associate professor of computer
  science and engineering
• “Varieties
  of Democracy: Global Standard, Local Knowledge,” Michael
  Coppedge, professor of political science and faculty fellow, Kellogg
  Institute for International Studies
• “The
  Talk About Talent: Rapping About Rap,” Jake Makowski, undergraduate
  student
• “Connecting
  the Dots: Caring Education, Joyful Learning, and Human Integrity,” Maria
  McKenna, director of undergraduate studies, Department of Africana
  Studies
• “Don’t
  Miss the Trees for the Forest: Generating Small Data Can Solve Big
  Problems,” Michael Mesterharm, graduate student
• “Evaluating
  the Role Culture Plays in Economic Outcomes,” Joel Ostdiek, undergraduate
  student
• “The
  Face of Innovation: What Does an Innovator Look Like?” J.R. Reagan,
  principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP
• “The
  Beautiful, Messy Democracy of Chamber Music,” Third Coast Percussion,
  ensemble-in-residence, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (morning and
  afternoon sessions)
• “The
  Power of Vulnerability: Healing Through Portraiture,” Christa Grace
  Watkins, undergraduate student

TEDxUND 2014 is presented by Student Government, the DeBartolo
Performing Arts Center and Hesburgh Libraries,
with support from the Office of the Provost
and University Communications. More information
is available online at TEDx.nd.edu.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local,
self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like
experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark
deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized
events are branded TEDx, where x means an independently organized TED event.
The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but
individual TEDx events are self-organized, and are subject to certain rules and
regulations.

About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a
four-day conference in California almost 30 years ago, TED has grown to support
those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED
Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18
minutes on a diverse mix of topics. Many of these talks are then made
available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane
Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe
Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former U.K. Prime Minister
Gordon Brown. The TED2014 Conference will take place in Vancouver, British
Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast in neighboring Whistler. TEDGlobal
2014 will be held in Rio de Janeiro.

TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where
new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides
subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers
worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; and TEDBooks, short e-books on
powerful ideas. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional
individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes
into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local,
self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program,
helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact
of their remarkable projects and activities.

Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.

For information about TED’s upcoming
conferences, visit ted.com/registration.

Contact: Paul Van Ness, event organizer,
574-631-1873, pvanness@nd.edu

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