TEDx coming to a Bucks school

TEDx, the grassroots-level version of the wildly popular TED Conferences (where speakers deliver presentations on phenomena like body language or lasers that fight malaria), is coming to Solebury School in New Hope on Sunday.

From 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., students from Solebury and surrounding high schools - including Central Bucks East and Moorestown Friends - will deliver talks on a variety of topics, from "Unacknowledged Women in History," to "After the Track: Second Careers for Thoroughbread Racehorses." (The full program is below.)

While TED conferences feature prominent speakers, such as Bono and Google co-founder Sergey Brin, TEDx events are designed to be similar in the sense that they offer unique, mind-stretching presentations, but they are organized by local groups. Videos of TEDx speeches are often re-watched online; some of the most viewed TEDx talks have received upwards of 10 million views.

And lest you think that TEDx talks are only for adults, below is a video of a presentation delivered by a 12-year old app developer.

To register for the Solebury School's TEDx, click here.

9:00-9:15              welcome, opening remarks, TED video

9:15-9:30              Carly Houlahan – Hives for Lives: Bee the Cure We Seek

The Agnes Irwin School

9:30-9:40              Theodore Prime – The Modern Shakespeare

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

9:40-10:05            TED video – Dan Pallotta: The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong

10:05-10:25         Alex Leone – Empowering Young Women: A Practical Solution

Solebury School

10:25-10:40         Matt Wenz – Mentoring Kids when they are most Impressionable

New Hope-Solebury High School

10:40-11:00         break and networking time

11:00-11:15         Lily Mae, singer/songwriter

Solebury School

11:15-11:30         TED video – Tavi Gevinson: A Teen Just Trying to Figure it Out

11:30-11:45         Jared Silver – Unconventional Wisdom

Central Bucks East

11:45-12:00         Alliyah Allen – Closing the Gap: Inspiring Kids to Work Hard and Achieve Greatness

Solebury School

12:00-12:15         Elizabeth Correll and Mia Ciallella – Overlooked Women in History

The Agnes Irwin School

12:15-12:30         Rebecca Brady – Beware the Binary: Raising Awareness in Youth about Queer Identities

                                Solebury School

12:30-1:15            Lunch and networking time

1:15-1:30              Camille LeBlanc – What the World Needs: Finding Meaning Through a Bridge Year

Global Citizen Year

1:30-1:50              TED video – Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose & Naomi Shah: Award-Winning Teenage

 Science in Action

1:50-2:05              Annmarie Stockinger – After the Track: Thoroughbred Racehorses in Second Careers

Moorestown Friends School

2:05-2:20              Samantha McCabe – Water Give: A Step Toward Solving the Water Crisis

Moorestown Friends School

2:20-2:30              Closing Remarks