NASA event to bring science, art together

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By Diane Tennant
The Virginian-Pilot
© November 17, 2009

NEWPORT NEWS

TEDx NASA, described as an "exchange of game-changing ideas," will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Ferguson Center for the Arts.

A limited number of free tickets are available. To register, go to www.tedx-nasa.org. Organized by NASA Langley Research Center and the National Institute of Aerospace, the event presents speakers and entertainers in fields including science and technology and the arts.

The idea is to foster discussions that will shape the future. Among two dozen scheduled presenters are author Mitch Albom and experimental artist Chakaia Booker. There will be 45 minutes of audience interaction for every two hours of talks, which range from six to 18 minutes each.

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I’ll be there!

Submitted by Missy Schmidt on Tue, 11/17/2009 at 8:51 am.

TEDxNASA is Hampton Roads first TED event!

Since 1984, TED conferences gather the world’s leading thinkers and doers to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less), free to the world, about ideas worth spreading.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as art, science, business, development, politics, space and more.

Featured speakers have included Al Gore on ways to avert a climate crisis, Nicholas Negroponte on his One Laptop per Child project, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Sir Kenneth Robinson on whether schools kill creativity, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. (x=independently organized TED event)