TEDx USC

Ideas Empowered
CNN, University of Southern California

Monday, March 23, 2009 : 1:00pm to 7:00pm

University Park Campus
Bovard Auditorium

Students, $20. General admission, $50. This event is invitation-only, and seating is limited. If you are interested in attending, please visit http://stevens.usc.edu/TEDxUSC and request an invitation.


TEDx USC stays true to the spirit of the TED Conference, hosting the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers.

The half-day event will challenge them to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less.

TEDx USC will include of a mix of pre-recorded talks from TED 2009 in Long Beach, and live talks. Sprinkled throughout and in between the lectures will be short films, musical performances, and other bits of thought-provoking entertainment.

This year's TEDx USC speakers and performers include the street artist who created the Obama "HOPE" poster, a worldwide rock star who has sold more than 30 million albums, one of the creators of the most complex scientific instrument in history, and an inventor who is restoring sight to the blind. Also on hand will be several USC innovators who are changing the world in gaming, immersive environments, bioengineering, animation and music.

TEDx USC has been generously supported by our friends at CNN.

Elisa Wiefel Schreiber

http://stevens.usc.edu/TEDxUSC