Thu March 6, 2014 @ 18:00
About TEDx Erasmus University:
#Think
TEDxErasmusUniversity is a university-wide initiative that wants to incite and excite the open-minded community for a unique event. Basing its structure on the widely known TED conference, TEDxErasmusUniversity wants to bring a similar experience to the Erasmus University campus.
Thanks to social media, the hashtag (#), which is a form of metadata tag, is now used more than ever. Users of microblogging and social networking services such as Facebook, Instragram, and Twitter, employ hashtags to search for comments tweets with a common topic and to engage into a conversation about this topic. As such, hashtags allow for grouping messages and making it easier to look for specific pictures and messages across social media platforms. Under the general theme #Think, we envision to gather and spread the most inspiring ideas encompassed by Erasmus University’s four focus areas: health, wealth, culture, and governance. We want to engage people to participate into challenging and mind opening conversations and to #think out of the box.
Program
18.00 Opening with Meredith William Neyrand
”Remember the Future: Why Our World Needs Science Fiction”
18:25 Second speaker: Livia Teernstra
“The myths of gaming”
18.40 Third speaker: Che Brandes-Tuka
“The zombie attack on education”
18.55 TED Talk: Jane McGonigal
“The game that can give you 10 extra years of life”
19.10 Break
19.30 Fourth speaker: Maarten Frens
“Learning from the brain”
19.45 Fifth speaker: Tung Tung Chan
“Everybody is a teacher”
20.00 TED Talk: Kevin Allocca
“Why videos go viral”
20:30 Seventh speaker: Carolien Hoogland
“How mobiles will (not) fix the world. Using mobile
technology for data gathering in developing countries.”
20.45 Closing remarks
More info: TEDx Erasmus University
Location: Erasmus Pavilion @ Erasmus University campus
