The technology, entertainment, design ted conference has been featuring talks from leading thinkers not only in technology, entertainment, and design, but also religion, science, literature, psychology, personal growth, and numerous other areas. Ted abkurzung fur technology, entertainment, design ursprunglich eine alljahrliche. The best tedx talks given by ubc students and faculty. Tedx ubc university of british columbia, vancouver, british columbia v6t 1z1 rated 4. Their talk was based on their experience working with the good samaritan. This script automatically downloads as a scheduled task videos and subtitles for the new ted talks published. Want to know which were the most popular ted talks in 2014 this far. Ubc alumni regularly gather to engage in dialogue about complex social issues. Can alumni apply as well, or is this only for currently registered students.
Ted technology, entertainment and design is a global set of conferences owned by the private nonprofit sapling foundation, formed to disseminate ideas worth. Even ted talks are shown on highend video monitors in minitheaters throughout the building. At ubc, the tedxterry talks, created by the terry project, allows students a chance to share ideas with a large audience in a ted like format. What a great place to boost your medical education. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, tedx is a program of local, selforganized events that bring people together to share a tedlike experience. Ideas worth spreading nick hanauer eight principles for optimum mental health dan banos nick hanauer on a renewed capitalism. After being immersed in ubc student culture for 5 years, luc is an active figure on campus as the twoyear president. In this ted talks, literary connoisseur chimamanda adichie warns us about the dangers of stories. By dorie clark the ted conference, with its highpowered speakers.
Michael anti aka jing zhao has been blogging from china for 12 years. This week weve rolled out two new ways to find and download our. Gets a hd video by using the ted talks hd rss feed to know the latest published. Researchers studying the brain, from various disciplines including psychiatry, neuroscience, neuroimaging, and neurology, gather to discuss current leading edge topics on the mind. Given the impact ted talks have demonstrated since they moved online 1. His interests are in the use of social media and its. The article linked above talks about how ted 2014 is not a conference for you in me even thought it is happening in our city. This talk was given at a tedx event using the ted conference format but independently organized by a local community. She argues that singular perspectives in stories, like the colonizing narrative, are the most dangerous of all stories because they give us a false sense of reality. Tedxunebrija is an independently organized ted event, held in nebrija university. If you are not familiar with the ted talks, nows a great opportunity to do so.
The ted talks channel features the best talks and performances from the ted conference, where the worlds leading thinkers and doers give. George van wilby was a university of british columbia student who completed his b. In 2014, tedxuniversityofsancarlos, the first independentlyorganized ted in the visayas region of the philippines, made a record for organizing five tedx events in a span of six months. As an audience member, you join the discussion at the end of the talk, both in the.
Max cynader is director of the brain research centre, and the djavad mowafaghian centre for brain health at vancouver coastal health and the university of british columbia. In 2014, she was named one of the top 42 women leading in education by the usc rossier school of education and one. If youre not, you are missing out on free professional development. These issues are so important to be talking about right now, he noted, because ubc just welcomed 9,000 new firstyear students to the university. A pair of python scripts to download videos and subtitles for the popular ted talks.
Tom green, our medical director for the subaru ironman canada event that is being held on july 30th in whistler, bc, will be leading some ted style talks and running some event scenarios for medical learners. Get a download client that supports the metalink standard and choose one of the following metalinks. Toronto over the next week vancouver will play host to some of technologys brightest minds during ted talks 2014. However, there are two best ways to download video from ted. In 2020 it was going to take place during the week of april 2024, but, out of concern about the coronavirus, has been postponed. In 2014, the world avoided a global outbreak of ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers plus, frankly, some very good luck. The first way to download video directly from ted homepage is easy and reliable. Download ted talks with english subtitles grouped by author encoded in.
The event will attract more than 60 teams of 350 grade 11 and 12 physics students from throughout b. While on campus he was well known for documenting various aspects of campus life through his photographs. Shes been very involved with sustainability initiatives at ubc and currently works for ams sustainability. New talks are posted every day from ted events around the world. Ted talks and tedx talks are some of the most mentally, emotionally and physically stimulating lectures a person can experience. Onstage, speakers will challenge our notions of truth and dare to imagine the future. To give your clients the best chance for success, you need to remain on the leading edge. Ted fellows talks, session 2 part 2 of the ted fellows session, featuring cuttingedge work from ted fellows and senior fellows. Vancouver ted and tedx conferences vancouvers best places. Teds next chapter is vancouvers the globe and mail. Tedx ubc is a conference for ubc s most fascinating students to share their ideas and visions with the university and with the world. Invited talk at the tedx colorado springs conference, colorado.
Download ted talks with english subtitles encoded in high quality. They all talk okanagan and i know what they are saying. Ted talks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in. Tedx conferences are independently organized events licensed by the organization, ted. After winning the tedx kelowna competition, rachel became far more interested in ted talks speeches. In june 2011, ted talks combined viewing figure stood at more than 500 million, and by november. If you dont want to be in the main theater, you can go to a smaller room where you can put your feet up and chat while watching the presentation. Read all the news from ted2014 in vancouver, canada, march 1721 in our. Ted talks vancouver brings some of techs brightest minds. Social media at ubc library social media audits in 20 and 2014.
Chan centre for the performing arts, ubc vancouver campus. In 2017, after a brief 1 year hiatus, tedxterry talks was rebranded into tedx ubc. Pioneering canadian ethnographer wade davis has joined the university of british columbia to advance global awareness of cultures and ecosystems at risk. Two ways to download video from ted grab online videos. Some of our very favorite ted talks came from this session, like talks on lego, sex, and 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. Ted conferences llc technology, entertainment, design is an american media. Join us in your community and hear how ubcs interdisciplinary research and teaching are addressing these issues. Since tickets to the ted conference are quite expensive, the ability to access free, livestreaming of the conference on campus was a welcome opportunity for the ubc community. The 15 most popular ted talks in 2014 insider monkey. Over a thousand members of the ubc community viewed the 2014 ted conference on campus. Paul teaches marketing at the sauder school of business at ubc. They even have a ball room filled with little plastic balls to provide a playful spot to enjoy the. Denis alexander is a big advocate for the dialogue between science and religion, science and the christian faith.
Braintalks is a series of talks inviting you to contemplate emerging research about the brain. I was particularly excited to hear fellow scholars nidhi and koon pengs presentation on collaboration for social change. Along with those awards, rachel was also honored by being chosen to the national tedxkelowna speaking competition where she will speak her mind upon a chosen topic in september 2014. What hector and the search for happiness wont tell you about joy time magazine. Ono situated these mental health issues of himself and other young people by commenting on how we can learn from them and use them in our learning and teaching environments. Ted university is the raucous session before real ted starts when attendees get up and give their own short talks. These local, selforganized events are branded tedx, where x independently organized ted event. By contrast, in canada there are few such programs and the concept is not commonly known in indigenous communities. As of january 2014, tedx talk library contained some 30,000 films and presentations from over. Internal talks are meant to discuss and get feedback on research that is being done by members of the nss.
It is crazy how advanced technology has become and this ted talks i watched proves there really is no limit and almost how scary it can be. Some of wilbys photographs were also used to illustrate several editions of the ubc student yearbook. Using a format similar to the ted conference, the tedx terry talks draws students. Indigenous early language learning programs for young children, commonly known as language nests, are well established in new zealand and hawaii. How language shapes the way we think lera boroditsky. Unless otherwise indicated the meeting room is x836.
The most popular talks of 2014 from overcoming adversity to the latest in techthese are the talks you bingewatched this year. The intellectual odyssey of a scholar can be complex and dynamic, especially when such an odyssey was lived within the juxtapositions of linguistics, cultural dynamics and intellectual traditions. This study presents the experiences and insights of twentyone fluent elders, administrators, language teachers, early. Curriculum vitae elizabeth dunn university of british columbia. Download ted talks with english subtitles encoded in low quality. Each talk is professionally recorded and archived on the tedx. The science of smarter and more meaningful spending with elizabeth dunn. Not many things can entice a crowd of four hundred out of bed on a rainy saturday morning, but ubcs annual tedx terry talks is one of them.
If youre on a lowbandwidth or spotty internet connection, sometimes its easier to download a tedtalk than to watch online through our streaming video player. At our weeklong conference, weve been seeking to understand what are truly the most significant developments of the last 30 years. Lucy mcrae defines herself as a body architect and she is working towards merging biology with technology. The university of british columbia vancouver campus. We recently became addicted to watching and listening to talks from the ted conference. Tedxstanleypark is an independently organized tedx event, modeled after the internationallyrenowned world ted conference which, since 2014, is also held annually in vancouver speakers in 2017 included tv personality vikram vij and canadian green party politician elizabeth may. He has given multiple ted talks and in 2009 delivered the cbc. Ted tetsuo aoki was a cadet in the canadian officer training corps, but was forced into exile in his canadian homeland during the second world war. March 24 at the westin boston waterfront, boston, ma. Despite the control the central government has over the internet all the servers are in beijing he says that hundreds of millions of microbloggers are in fact creating the first national public sphere in the countrys history, and shifting the balance of power in unexpected ways. Tedxterry talks ran until 2016 where it continued to be one of the best places on campus for students to express their own passions be they related to their roles as academic participants or as advocates for social change.
He has made a substantial contribution in this field through speaking, writing and coordinating sessions at the faraday institute for dialogue on science and religion at cambridge university. A high resolution of photo of wade davis is available for download here. At ubc, the tedxterry talks, created by the terry project, allows students a chance to share ideas with a large audience in a tedlike format. At a tedx event, ted talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. Tba for 8 years, the tedxterry talks has been a venue for ubc s most fascinating students to share their ideas and visions with ubc and the world. On march 8, 2014, ubc departments of physics and astronomy and of curriculum and pedagogy will host the 36th ubc physics olympics. In 2014, the conference was relocated to vancouver, british columbia, canada. Ted talks choose vancouver as host the globe and mail. Since 2014, the official annual international ted conference has been held in vancouver. The official ted app presents more than 1600 talks from some of the worlds most fascinating people. The ted talks channel features the best talks and performances from the ted conference, where the worlds leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less. Held at the ubc point grey campus, tedx ubc provides ten student speakers, from a wide range of interests and backgrounds, with the opportunity to address an audience of over 800. For the first time ever, the ted talks an event that takes place at the vancouver convention centre march 1721 will offer live webcasts to accredited secondary schools, universities, libraries and community centres in the metro vancouver area ted is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks.
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