TEDxNJIT event on April 3
A TEDxNJIT event will take place again on April 3, 2014 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the New Jersey Institute of Technology campus and also via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, has a theme of "Transformations" and features leaders in fields from sustainable design, to energy, to computing, addressing a range of topics on how ideas can transform individuals, societies, and nations. We will explore examples of small transformations that can expand into large initiatives. We will also look at big transformations that have an impact on individual lives and societies. Several speakers will look at technology transformations in everyday life. The event will bring together faculty and students to share their passion for innovation and new ideas. NJIT's inaugural TEDx event took place in November of 2011.
"With the success of our previous TEDxNJIT events, we want to focus this event on ideas that will have an impact on our world today and on future societies," said event co-organizer Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development at NJIT. "We have an outstanding array of thinkers and visionaries who will be discussing topics of interest for everyone, especially as we try to individually make the world a better place."
Speakers include Martina Decker, an assistant professor of architecture at NJIT and expert in sustainable design; Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT's senior vice president of research and development, who will speak about university transformations; NJIT student Jinisha Patel from the College of Computing Sciences; energy consultant Jigar Shah, author of "Creating Climate Wealth," founder of SunEdison, and first CEO of Carbon War Room; Tim Lefens, founder of Artistic Realization Technologies, whose A.R.T. program empowers severely physically challenged individuals to create art; Joe Solmonese, director and founding partner of Gavin/Solmonese, a corporate consulting firm; and Robert Lucky, former head of research for Telcordia Technologies.
The event in the Jim Wise Theatre on the NJIT campus costs $30 per ticket for the public as well as for NJIT faculty, staff and alumni. Student tickets cost $15. To purchase tickets, register online at http://www.tedxnjit.com/register. One hundred tickets have been made available. Food and drinks will be available and are included in the ticket fee.
TEDxNJIT follows other TEDx university events, such as those at Harvard University and Princeton University earlier this year. TEDxNJIT not only targets the NJIT community, but those at surrounding colleges and universities in Newark including Rutgers University, Essex County College, Berkeley College, and Seton Hall University.
For an up-to-date listing of the speakers, see http://www.tedxnjit.com/speakers.
To view the event scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., go to http://new.livestream.com/tedx/events/2794742 and/or follow updates on Twitter http://twitter.com/tedxnjit and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tedxnjit. For more information, email contact@tedxnjit.com.
Provided by New Jersey Institute of Technology
