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#SIMPLYIRRESISTIBLE Teen “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE Teen Where Is TEDxTeen Taking Place? In the heart of SoHo NYC at the Scholastic Auditorium. The Scholastic Auditorium provides a stimulating, one-of-a-kind environment for both children and adults that caters to a broad range of programming needs. The 4,000 square foot space was designed for multimedia events, including live productions and performances, live global webcasts, press conferences, product launches, screenings, and so much more. Welcome 03 WELCOME The best ideas are often the most simple. Simple, yet complex. Simple, yet sophisticated. Simple, yet big, meaningful...inspirational. They are #SimplyIrresistible...to adopt, to join, to follow. We challenge you to find simply irresistible solutions to the complex issues we face everyday. One simple idea can change everything. Teen CONFERENCE GUIDE 1. LEND US YOUR BRAIN 4. BREAKS ARE IMPORTANT You are about to be hit by a blizzard of Attendees must leave the auditorium after incoming ideas. Your mind will be each Session. There is plenty to do zapped, pinged, prodded and teased. To everywhere else! To get the most out of benefit from TED’s brand of brain therapy, TEDxTeen, use the breaks to discuss the you need to shut down the competition. Talks with fellow attendees and keep your Forget about school and work for a few brain stimulated between Sessions. hours. Experience what is happening on Engage in our Social Spaces and stage, on screen and around you. Soak it Breakouts. up. 5. TALK TO THE ATTENDEES 2. SEE EVERY TALK You were invited to attend TEDxTeen The best moments seem to happen when because you rock! You are surrounded by you least expect them. TEDxTeen is not peers who are also pretty awesome. Meet about what you already know. If we only them! Check out each person’s bio on watched the Talks we thought we would Evolero. Start the conversation there and like, we wouldn’t be surprised and our coordinate to meet up during the breaks. eyes wouldn’t be opened by the great ideas we never expected. 6. THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES TEDxTeen is just the beginning. Today’s 3. TALK TO THE SPEAKERS Talks will live online following the conference The conference time is limited, so we don’t at TEDxTeen.com. We encourage you to have time for in depth introductions. We share them. TEDxTeen is a global communi- have included each speaker’s bio in this ty doing extraordinary things and spreading program, relevant links to their work and ideas far and wide. Keep the conversations additional information so you can take it all alive. in after the conference. Attendees at TEDxTeen have the advantage—you can 7. TEDxTEEN TECH PROTOCOL strike up a conversation with them during The Scholastic Auditorium is WiFi enabled. the breaks. We encourage you to do so! The network and password are on your TEDxTeen badge. Feel free to use your Conference Guide 05 Top to Bottom: Scenes from previous TEDx events; TEDxTeen 2014 London, TEDxQuito, TED2015 devices and share your #TEDxTeen experience on social media. But, please refrain from making extraneous noise during the Talks. It’s not fair to distract others, so please silence your devices. Taking video of the Talks is prohibited, but photography is permitted as long as you turn off your flash! 8. RESTROOMS Photo by Marc Birnbach There are restrooms located in the lobby outside the auditorium and on the 2nd floor near the elevators. 9. TICKET SWAP TEDxTeen attendees may watch today’s Talks from the Auditorium and the SAP Lounge. You must present the appropriate entrance ticket to enter the Auditorium and the SAP Lounge at the beginning of EACH Session. If you are interested in swapping tickets, you may do so by one of the following ways: 1. Post and respond on the Evolero Event Wall to coordinate with other attendees, 2. Go to Bloggers Alley where you will find the Swap Board to coordinate in person or leave a note with your contact info. TEDxTeen Social Spaces Things to do during the breaks! we live in, we’re looking for solutions AUDITORIUM LOBBY that do things better and simpler. Take a World Departure Lounge #SimplyIrresistible selfie in our photo booth Drop by THINK Global School to recharge and share with #SAPYouth. your phone, try out the photo booth, test your knowledge in our geography trivia quiz, and We Are Family Foundation learn about life at the world’s first traveling Help us create TEDxTeen – literally! Share high school. your #SimplyIrresistible ideas on Post-it notes for a collaborative art project. And, watch our Hands-On TV Synth past TEDxTeen Talks and get inspired! You don’t need to be a musician to create weird and wild sounds with the TV Synth! Thomas Uliasz invites you to give this one-of- BLOGGERS ALLEY a-kind instrument a try for yourself. Step up for a moment to see and hear how simple and Whole Foods Breakfast effective design comes together to create a 9:00am–10:15am: Whole Foods welcomes unique experience meshing light, shadow you to TEDxTeen with a delicious breakfast to and sound. kick off the day! Simulcast Area UPPER LOBBY Watch the Talks in Bloggers Alley along with the bloggers and press. McLaren Honda F1 Team Simulator Grand Prix racing is all about innovation and Swap Board pushing the boundaries of technology. With Need to swap entrance tickets? This is where a top speed of 224mph here’s your chance to go! Don’t forget to post and respond on to take the controls and see the track from a the Evolero Event Wall to coordinate with other drivers perspective—can you set the fastest attendees. lap record? Barcode Of Life Learn how you can improve the planet. BREAKOUTS Contribute to science using #LifeScanner, a crowdsourcing app that helps identify every All Breakouts take place on the 6th Floor. species on earth for a global biodiversity project called Barcode of Life. Design Thinking Hosted by: SAP Learn how to solve problems with tools as Join The Conversation simple as design, thinking and collaboration. In this complex and oversaturated world Design Thinking is a mindset for idea creation Schedule 07 based upon empathy. This fast-paced hands- Social Media Is Everything on workshop will show you how this technique Hosted by: HuffPost Teen can be used in real life. You will also have the How do you get someone’s attention and opportunity to contribute to Barcode of Life, a tell a powerful story in 140 characters or biodiversity project developed to improve the less? Media is fast-paced, abbreviated planet for all of us! and demands thought provoking content. HuffPost Teen’s Social Media Editor, Jackie Oshry, will challenge you to talk about Unmoderated and Uncensored everything concisely and effectively. Hosted by: We Are Family Foundation A conversation with multiple Grammy-Award winning musician, Nile Rodgers. As a cultural Wear What You Care About icon and music innovator with more than 200 Hosted by: prinkshop production credits to his name, Nile Rodgers Learn how to create an advocacy campaign transcends all styles of music across every for your passion using graphics and the generation. His career-defining productions power of silk-screen. Customize your own include David Bowie, Madonna, Diana Ross, TEDxTeen / “Simply Irresistible” t-shirt with Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Daft Punk, prinkshop and take it home. Avicii, Disclosure and Sam Smith. Ask him anything about life, music and the courage to Create and Connect be true to who you are. Hosted by: 2 Billion Under 20 Do you have a passion? 2 Billion Under 20 is Amplify Your [Adobe] Voice all about helping you to act on it and working Hosted by: Adobe together to solve the world’s most pressing Want to create compelling videos in minutes problems. Join them to create and connect but don’t know where to start? Learn how (in real-time!) with a world-class community in this two-part workshop. To kick things off, of ambitious young people, including many of a team from Adobe will demonstrate how your fellow TEDxTeen attendees. Walk away you can use Adobe Voice, a free iPad digital with 2 billion friends who have your back and storytelling app, to highlight solutions to the will push you to break down barriers and issues you care about. Later in the afternoon, change the world! you’ll get to create and share your own video to make your voice heard. TEDxTeen Auditions Hosted by: We Are Family Foundation Communicate Your [Adobe] Slate Do you want to be a TEDxTeen Speaker? Hosted by: Adobe Let’s get you ready for your audition! Here’s Want to create a captivating visual story your chance to be coached by TEDxTeen’s combining images and text that you can share Speaker Coach, Robert Galinsky and then online, but don’t have web design experience? pitch us your idea worth sharing in two In this two-part workshop you’ll learn how. minutes or less! Everyone who auditions gets To kick things off, a team from Adobe will a free TEDxTeen t-shirt. introduce you to Adobe Slate, a simple and free iPad app for professional-quality visual storytelling that you can use to share your experiences and ideas and highlight solutions DON’T FORGET TO EAT! to the issues you care about. To finish, you will have a chance to create and share your Whole Foods is providing a delicious lunch own visual story about your experience at and snacks to refuel! Food will be available in the SAP Lounge, Bloggers Alley and on the TEDxTeen.