The second TEDx event in Armenia will take place on Saturday, September 24, 2011 in TUMO Center for Creative Technologies. Encouraged by the success of the inaugural TEDxYerevan event, “Beyond Borders” – held in fall 2010 –TED has licensed the second TEDxYerevan for 2011.
The theme of TEDxYerevan is “Becoming Young.” The theme for this year’s conference will focus on understanding youth, maturity, transitions, individual, institutional and national.
The event with host 280 participants, including 20 speakers. Here belong: former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans, who will talk about honesty in diplomacy; world top grandmaster Levon Aronian, with women in chess theme; editor and media consultant Shushan Harutyunyan whose talk is entitled “No Journalism, No Worries”. Also among TEDx speakers are internet journalist Artur Papyan; the head of the AYAS Nautical Research club Karen Balayan; new media professional Arpine Grigoryan. The reports will be delivered in English.
The event partner is Civilitas Foundation.
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, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. 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.
