tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2019-10-31T22:35:43+08:00 Peatix TEDxBangsar tag:peatix.com,2019:event-628891 2019-04-27T18:30:00MYT 2019-04-27T18:30:00MYT

Are you a follower of TED?Do you get inspired by new ideas?Do you love pushing the boundaries of human possibilities?If you answer yes to any of the above, we invite you to join the TED family in Klang Valley as we stream TED2019 live!Join us as we view the exclusive first released footage of TED 2019 annual TED Conference "Bigger than Us" from Vancouver, British Columbia. This year's TED edition showcases many talented speakers, including Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter), America Ferrera (actress of Ugly Betty fame), Elizabeth Dunn (Happiness Researcher), Jon M. Chu (director of Crazy Rich Asians), and more!Together with us for TED in 2019, we’re reinforcing efforts for the search for deeper meaning. We'll be exploring technologies that evoke wonder and tantalize with superhuman powers, discovering mind-bending science that will drive the future, expanding the creativity of the mind and inspiring possibilities of ideas that are worth fighting and living for.For the munchies attending the livestream event, we'll be preparing some light refreshments to keep your tummy happy!Limited seats are available so hurry up and book your seats!See you there.6:30 pm - 7:00 pm : Registration and Casual Networking7:00 pm - 8:45 pm : First Session: Mindshift 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm : Intermission Break, Performance, and Networking 9:15 pm - 10:00 pm : Second Session: WonderSpeakers: 1ST SESSION: MINDSHIFT Rick Doblin Psychedelics ResearcherAs the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, Rick Doblin crusades for the safe and legal use of psychedelics in therapy.Since he was 18, Rick Doblin has devoted himself to becoming a legal psychedelic psychotherapist. In 1986, he founded a nonprofit psychedelic pharmaceutical company -- the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) -- which he has grown from a one-man project to an international psychedelic pharmaceutical company.Doblin's professional goal is to become a legally licensed psychedelic psychotherapist by developing legal contexts for the safe uses of psychedelics and marijuana as prescription medicines and also for personal growth, spirituality and creativity. Today, MAPS is designing or sponsoring psychedelic psychotherapy drug development research in over a dozen countries and has raised more than $70 million in donations. Katie Hood Relationship RevolutionaryBy educating young people about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, Katie Hood hopes to derail abusive behavior before it starts and impact the relationship health of an entire generation.As CEO of the One Love Foundation, Katie believes that healthy relationship education is a "simple but shockingly non-traditional solution that can impact millions and drive meaningful change ... The problem is hard, but the impact of a scalable prevention approach that talks to young people in a language they can hear at the earliest stages of their dating lives could be massive." Elizabeth Dunn Happiness ResearcherElizabeth Dunn discovers ways that people can optimize their use of time, money and technology in order to maximize their own happiness.When Elizabeth Dunn got her first job, she wondered what to do with the money that was suddenly appearing in her bank account. So she teamed up with her friend Mike Norton (at Harvard) to figure out how people could use money to buy the most happiness. She and Norton wrote a book called Happy Money, which presents five research-based principles designed to help individuals and organizations use their money in happier ways. It was selected by the Washington Post as one of the "top 20 books every leader should read."Recently, her work has focused on how people navigate trade-offs between time and money, and how mobile technology can both support and undermine human happiness. Dunn is an avid skier and surfer, and she survived a shark attack. Rafael Casal Writer, Producer, Actor, MusicianRafael Casal is writer, producer and star of the acclaimed feature film "Blindspotting," which addresses the vivid (and sometimes harsh) realities of life in Oakland, California.Rafael Casal is currently writing and preparing his feature directorial debut, First Sight, for Lionsgate. Casal will next be seen in Cory Finley's Bad Education opposite Hugh Jackman. He's well-known to audiences for his work on HBO's Def Poetry, and his theatre-in-verse works and music have gained millions of views and listens. They have been presented at venues worldwide and featured on MTV, Showtime and at the SXSW and the Sundance Film Festivals. Michael Tubbs Mayor of the City of Stockton, CaliforniaMichael Tubbs is the youngest mayor in the history of the US to represent a city with a population of more than 100,000 residents.On November 8, 2016, Michael Tubbs was elected to serve as the mayor of the City of Stockton, California. Upon taking office in January 2017, Michael Tubbs became both Stockton’s youngest mayor and the city’s first African-American mayor.Included in Fortune's 2018 "40 under 40," Forbes' 2018 list of the "30 Under 30" and The Root's 100, Tubbs's leadership, paired with an ambitious agenda, has received national recognition.  Tubbs has secured over $20 million in philanthropic capital to launch the Stockton Scholars, a place-based scholarship that aims to triple the number of Stockton students entering and graduating from college. Tubbs also brought Advance Peace to Stockton, a data-driven program that works to reduce gun violence in communities. Additionally, with an innovative public-private partnership supported by a $1,000,000 seed grant from the Economic Security Project, Tubbs launched the nation’s first municipal level basic income pilot, the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration. 2ND SESSION: WONDER Beau Lotto NeuroscientistBeau Lotto seeks to pull aside the curtain that disguises how our own perceptions deceive on an instant-by-instant basis.According to Beau Lotto, "I have pretty much two aims: to create doubt through the awareness of perception, and to create space for holding that uncertainty. At its core, that's what science is: it celebrates not knowing in an attempt to find better questions."What if we could apply the same way of being to everything we do? What might happen if we entered conflict with a curiosity instead of an anger? The barrier to doing so is that we hate not knowing. But fortunately, evolution gave us a solution to that fear: namely, awe. Understanding how awe and wonder facilitate perception and our perceptual creations is what [my] work in neuroscience is all about." Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor, filmmaker, entrepreneurAs a filmmaker, actor and creator of collaboration platform HITRECORD, Joseph Gordon-Levitt seeks to put himself in other people's shoes to discover new ideas.In Joseph Gordon-Levitt's own words: "I'm lucky. I found a creative outlet young. I started working as an actor when I was six years old. When I was 19, I quit acting to go to college. And a few years later, when I tried to get back into it, nobody would give me a part. That really hurt. I realized my old creative outlet wouldn't work anymore because it depended too much on other people. I had to be able to express myself on my own, and my personal metaphor for this was the REC button: 'Hit record,' I'd say to myself. Get started, make something."What started as a private rallying cry became a humble website, which grew into a worldwide community, an Emmy-winning production company and a new collaborative media platform. What we've found over the years [through HITRECORD] is that the best way for many people to find their creative outlet is through collaborating with others." Jon Gray Food enthusiast, dishwasherCulinary evangelist Jon Gray is the voice of Ghetto Gastro, a cooking advocacy collective that ignites conversations about race, class and inclusion via the medium of food.Designer, food lover and entrepreneur Jon Gray cofounded Ghetto Gastro in 2012 to promote the cuisine of the Bronx and other bastions of "ghetto cuisine" -- "ghetto" signifying nothing less than the home of "creativity that hasn't been stolen yet." According to Gray, "I had some homies that were chefs on the rise, and I knew we have a point of view that was fresh, and we were only interested in creating the art we wanted to see in the world." That art includes staging food events from their "Black Power kitchen," opening gardens and celebrating the local cuisine. As "dishwasher," Gray handles Ghetto Gastro's "dirty jobs," which include creative direction and promotion. Daniel Lismore ArtistInspired by art in all its forms, Daniel Lismore combines multiple inspirations from around the world into vibrant expressions of cultural appreciation.Daniel Lismore is known for living his life as art. His elaborate and extravagant ensembles brilliantly combine haute couture with vintage fabrics, found objects, chainmail, ethnic jewellery, millinery and more in an expression of eccentric, creative energy.Lismore has been named by Vogue as England's most eccentric dresser. A prominent fixture on the London fashion and art circuits, he is both a tastemaker and friend to artists ranging from Stephen Fry and Debbie Harry to Boy George and Edward Enninful. In 2016, he was the face of H&M's "Close the Loop" Campaign to help encourage recycling of clothes. Lismore's personal wardrobe archive highlight his commitment to sustainable fashion.

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