MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release Wednesday, 22 August 2012 Auckland, New Zealand
CLOCK TICKING FOR TEDxAUCKLAND EARLY BIRD TICKETS
Tickets to TEDxAuckland are selling fast, leaving prospective attendees with only a few days to purchase tickets at the
special early bird price of $70 + booking fee.
Early bird tickets for TEDxAuckland will end at midnight on Monday, 27 August. After this date all tickets will be
priced at $80 + booking fee.
Speakers announced so far include physicist and political advisor Sean Gourley; change development specialist Paul Wood; physicist David Krofcheck; materials and biomedical engineer Michelle Dickinson; architect Andrew Patterson; co-founder of medical start-up SIMTICs John Windsor; founder of the 100 Days Project Emma Rogan; CEO of Arvus Group Matthew Simmons; and founder of ICARE Assil Russell.
Additional speakers will be announced early next week.
TEDxAuckland will take place on Saturday 6 October at the ASB Theatre in the Aotea Centre. Eighteen speakers are set to
take part in the full day event which will run from 10.00am until 5.30pm.
TEDxAuckland is proudly sponsored by Yellow®, Kordia, New Zealand Post, Sony, Powershop, Scoop Media Cartel, Digital
Arts Network, Flitter and Deafradio.
Early bird tickets are now available for purchase from The Edge for $70 + booking fees.
For more information about this year’s speakers and all other updates visit http://www.tedxauckland.com/
Facebook: Facebook.com/tedxakl
Twitter: Twitter.com/TEDxAkl
Event Information:
Date: Saturday, 6 October 2012
Venue: ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre
Time: 10am - 5:30pm
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About TEDx,
x = independently organized event
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.
(Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25
years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference
invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at
TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan
Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED
Conference takes place each spring in Long Beach, California, along with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs; the
annual TEDGlobal conference is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, the recently launched TED-Ed platform for
students and educators, the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as
the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide, and TEDBooks, short e-books by speakers that
elaborate on a single idea originally presented on TED's stage. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where
exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx,
which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TED Fellows
program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help,
amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter or on Facebook.