TEDxIBYork excitement is definitely rising around the school as November 11th approaches!
 
Tickets for the event are selling quickly since the most recent Globe and Mail advertisement, so I recommend that you register soon, if you haven't already done so.  The website address is www.TEDxIBYork.com.

And in case you were wondering, we have had an incredible response from IB schools to the Speak Out day on the 10th of November.  We have over 100 students coming from as far away as Bangalore, Bratislava, Texas, and Halifax, including 14 students who will be giving TEDtalks on that day.  Of the 14, we will be selecting one to present at TEDxIBYork.

I hope that you can be part of this incredible York School event.

All the best,
David Hamilton
Principal
Upper School

TEDxIBYork
A conference organized by The York School in the spirit of TED

YOU ARE INVITED to hear an eclectic group of speakers express their big ideas clearly and passionately!

Date: November 11, 2010
A day that will inspire, educate, and entertain

Place: Ontario Science Centre

Cost: $100 (most of the cost covered by sponsorship)

What You Get: over 20 speakers
breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks
evening party in the Science Centre Hot Zone
opportunity to mingle with speakers and other attendees

Speakers:
Alex Sarian – Arts Education Specialist
Anita McGahan – Business Professor on a Mission
Ben Gulak – Young Inventor Extraordinaire, TED Fellow
Bob Richards – Space Evangelist
Cleo Paskal – Geopolitical Expert
David Silverberg – Spoken Word Poet
Frank Russo – Cognitive Scientist
Joel Gottlieb – Teacher, Mentor
Juliana Rotich – Social Media Innovator, African Activist, TED Fellow
Dr. Kieran Murphy - Medical Device Inventor, Race Car Driver
Lishai – Slam Poet
Mark Terry – Polar Explorer and Documentary Filmmaker
Pat Senson – Science Journalist
Ray Zahab – Endurance Athlete
Rob McEwen – Innovator and Leader, member of the Order of Canada
Various dance and music acts

About TEDxIBYork
TED's new initiative to spread ideas is to allow local people to mount a one-day TEDx conference in the spirit of TED.  Our TEDxIBYork conference in Toronto has the theme “What in the World?”  We have aspired to match the calibre of TED, as indicated by the eclectic and interesting speaker list. The impact of a full day of such talks is incredibly powerful.

TEDxIBYork is hosted by The York School, a K-12 International Baccalaureate (IB) school.