“The Brave and the Brilliant” event will be hosted at the HGA Design Acceleration Lab
TEDxMinneapolis heads to Rochester, Minnesota to host a TEDxLive event, sponsored by HGA. This event will involve streaming talks from TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant. This marks TED’s 40th conference. This public event will foster inspiration, innovation, and networking.
Date: Friday, May 3, 2024
Agenda:
9:30am – 10:00am — Registration
10:00am – 12:00pm Session A — Mind Expanders
2:00pm – 4:00pm Session B — Illuminators
4:30pm – 6:30pm Session C — Connectors
Cost: $5 Advance | $10 at the Door
Location: HGA Design Innovation Lab, Massey Building, 20 2nd Street SW, Rochester, MN 55902
Register: View speakers and register here
Session A Speakers: Mind Expanders
- Vinod Khosla | Tech predictions
- Fei-fei Li | Building worlds with AI
- Thomas Dohmke | AI co-pilots
- Niceaunites | Welcome to the Auntiverse
- Vivek Kumbhari and Alex Luebke | Medical micro-robots
- Helen Toner | How to govern AI
Session B Speakers: Illuminators
- Mustafa Suleyman | New frontiers of AI
- Nour E. Rawafi | Solar surprises
- Millie Chu Baird | Monitoring methane
- Sarah J. Doherty | The power of aerosols
- JA Collective | Movement architects
- Sara Giusto | Virtual human producer
- Cai Guo-quiang | Multidisciplinary artist
Session C Speakers: Connectors
- Isaac Saul | the urgent need for non-partisan journalism
- John and Julie Gottman | How healthy couples fight
- Rory Stewart | Better ways of giving
- Kesha | The alchemy of pop
- Brian S. Lowery | How to build a meaningful life
- Anthony Veneziale | Improv thinking
The HGA Design Acceleration Lab is a partnership with local design solution partners Schmidt Goodman, Steelcase, DIRTT/SHIFTT, Ergotron, and Synergy Med Global Design Solutions, Inc.
For close to 40 years, HGA Rochester has positively shaped the city through transformative design based on deep insight into community needs. The firm’s studio is upstairs from the Design Acceleration Lab, located in the Massey Building at 20 2nd Street SW, at the intersection of 1st Avenue and 2nd Street.
To energize foot traffic in the Downtown District, the Design Acceleration Lab will also be available for tours, seminars, onsite meetings, and for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) events for licensure. The pilot space will be open through May 2024.
Event contact: Roya Bashier, TEDxMinneapolis Director
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to discovering, debating and spreading ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding and drive meaningful change. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world. Each year, thousands of independently run TEDx events bring people together to share ideas and bridge divides in communities on every continent. Through the Audacious Project, TED has helped catalyze more than $3 billion in funding for projects that seek to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and just. In 2020, TED launched Countdown, an initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and mobilize a movement for a net-zero future, and in 2023 TED launched TED Democracy to spark a new kind of conversation focused on realistic pathways towards a more vibrant and equitable future. View a full list of TED’s many programs and initiatives. Follow TED on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X.
About HGA
HGA is an acclaimed interdisciplinary design firm committed to making a positive, lasting impact for our clients and communities through research-based, holistic solutions. We believe that great design requires a sense of curiosity—forming deep insight into our clients, their contexts, and the human condition. We are a collective of over 1,000 architects, engineers, interior designers, planners, researchers, and strategists, with 13 offices. Our national practice spans multiple markets, including corporate, cultural, education, local and federal government, healthcare, and science and technology. Visit HGA.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.