TEDxChandler City 2.0

The City of Chandler and Gangplank are hoping to spark ideas and conversation with a TEDCity 2.0 viewing party this month.

TED is an international organization dedicated to sharing innovative ideas across the globe through its lecture series and online content. TED is hosting TEDCity2.0, a day-long event for urban innovators, organizers, stewards and builders, with live speakers, global conversations and activities.

The event is being live-streamed for free to various viewing locations around the world, where like-minded individuals can gather to envision the cities of our future and share big ideas about collaborative action and sustainable solutions.

“We think it’s a great idea to expose our community to creative ideas from around the country and the world for solving our common challenges, and ideally, connect people with similar interests who hopefully will generate great ideas and action,” said Teri Killgore, Downtown Redevelopment Manager.

Chandler’s viewing party will be in the City Council Chambers, 88 E. Chicago St.

TEDCity 2.0 is divided into four separate sessions, and the public is invited to attend all or only one of them. The sessions include, Redefining Citizen, Reinventing Urban Experience, Reimagining the City and Redrawing Geographies. See the attached schedule, or go online to http://www.ted.com/pages/attend_tedcity2 for a complete listing.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required, as attendance is limited to 100 people.

EVENT SCHEDULE for TED City 2.0
Available at http://www.ted.com/pages/attend_tedcity2
Session 1
Redefining Citizen: 6am - 7:30am AZ Time
Hosted by Chris Anderson
• Poverty professor Ananya Roy, exploring the ingenuity of the world's most vulnerable
• Peace strategist Mohamed Ali tackles terrorism with entrepreneurial verve
• Entrepreneur Eric Liu is reinventing citizenship for the 21st century
• Harassment avenger Emily May is reclaiming public safety for women and for all
• Mayor Kasim Reed, who's shaping the future of one of America's most diverse cities
• Pedestrian freestylers Shem Rajoon, Luciano Acuna Jr., and Masi James of Bklyn Beast push the limits of urban movement
Session 2
Reinventing Urban Experience: 8am - 9am AZ Time
Hosted by Courtney Martin
• Walkability advocate Jeff Speck, who fights against suburban sprawl and bad urban policy
• Aural artist Jason Sweeney, reinventing the urban experience through a crowd-sourced public art project
• Civic technologist Catherine Bracy is scaling "Code for America" internationally
• Radical professor Dennis Dalton, an Ivy Leaguer with a thing for street philosophers
• Urban bard Felice Belle is a poetic voice of and
on the city

Session 3
Reimagining the City: 10:30am - 1pm AZ Time
Hosted by John Cary
• Visionary architect Chris Downey, who lost his sight and gained new ways of seeing the world
• Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan is putting pedestrians at the forefront of transportation policy in New York City
• Robin Nagle, an anthropologist in residence at the NYC dept of sanitation, talks trash
• Street performers John Pita and Avi Snow of City of the Sun are flamenco/blues/indie rockers
• Place maker Toni Griffin, an urban planner working to make cities more just
• Housing advocate Shaun Donovan, the U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
• Sustainability guru Lance Hosey, who's on a mission to make green design beautiful

Session 4
Redrawing Geographies: 12:30pm - 2pm Arizona Time
Hosted by Chris Anderson
• Transportation evangelist Enrique Peñalosa turned Bogota into an international model for pedestrian life
• Photographer Iwan Baan captures life in informal communities, including the world's most notorious vertical slum
• Impact designer Alan Ricks believes the global south has something to teach the global north about beauty
• Burkina Faso architect Diébédo Francis Kéré creates elegance using local crafts and materials
• Writer Joshunda Sanders, who's remapping the mental urban landscape with memoir