TEDxIVC at Historic Yost Theater March 6

SANTA ANA, Calif., February 27, 2020 (Newswire.com) - ​​TEDxIVC is an independently organized TED event hosted in Orange County, California, with the mission of sharing “ideas worth spreading”. This insightful visionary conference is where Technology, Entertainment, and Design all converge as speakers from all over the country come together to spread ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less).

TEDxIVC will take place at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana on March 6, 2020 from noon to 3 p.m. The doors open at 11 a.m. and close at noon. TEDxIVC will have 8 speakers and 2 performers.

Speakers include:

·         Skai Jackson – Disney Star and Activist

Talk: How to Unite Against Social Injustices

·         Mark Weinstein – Founder/CEO of MeWe

Talk: The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism

·         Toby Corey – Former President of Tesla

Talk: Deprogram Your Mind to Find Your True Self

·         Abbey Gibb – Emmy Award-Winning Journalist/ Founder of Abbey Gibb TV

Talk: Why the Media Isn’t Actually Bad After All

·         Jenny Dorsey – Professional Chef/ Founder of Studio ATAO

Talk: How Food can be a Source of Intimacy, Identity, and Vulnerability

·         Franky Zapata – Inventor of World’s First Jet Hoverboard

Talk: What Will the Sky Look Like in the Future?

·         Michael Jones – Director of Inspiring Philosophy

Talk: Could there be Design in Evolution?

·         Wadi Yakhour – Selective Service System Chief of Staff

Talk: The Draft in Perspective

Performers include:

·         Robert Incelli – Renowned Venezuelan Musician/Latin-Jazz Saxophonist

·         MiruDaru – Versatile Ballad Siblings Duet

Tickets can be purchased via www.tedxivc.org

TEDxIVC is fully run by IVC students and alumni with strong ambitions to gift the Orange County community with a one-of-a-kind TEDx event to remember. Despite complications within the Irvine Valley College Administration that had backed TEDxIVC, the event is receiving support from various individual faculty and staff members, including guidance from the Former Director of Student Life and Equity, Anissa Cessa Heard Johnson. TEDxIVC will be held on March 6 and showcased internationally.

If you have any questions about TEDxIVC, please reach out to via [email protected] for more information. For press inquiries, you may contact the organizer directly at [email protected].

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. 

TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.​

Source: TEDxIVC