TEDxTokyo launched on May 22, 2009 at the National Museum for Emerging Science and Technology
It was more than event – it was a full day experience. Twenty-three speakers from Japan and elsewhere shared their compelling visions and stories with the community at Miraikan, Japan’s National Museum for Emerging Science and Technology. Thousands more watched via live stream and tracked events through Twitter.
TEDxTokyo community made the event a success
We challenged our speakers to give the talk of their lives idea in 18 minutes or less. Twenty-three shared their compelling stories with us.
The speakers were not the only highlight. The two hundred handpicked attendees who shared the inaugural TEDxTokyo experience are pretty amazing folks in their own right, and come from more than 20 countries across the globe.
A dedicated team of more than fifty volunteers helped shape the launch event, including creating the website and other materials, doing translations, filming, twittering, and choreographing all the day’s activities.
Check out a quick taste of what happened at TEDxTokyo on May 22 –
Courtesy of TEDxTokyo speaker Bruce Livingstone, who photographed the event and demonstrated Animoto – encapsulating the day for the TEDxTokyo audience!
We are sitting with the TEDxTokyo speakers at Oedo onsen, relaxing in yukata after an afternoon of listening to Garr Reynolds share some presentation advice and the TEDxTokyo team prepare the main hall for the launch of TEDxTokyo.
200 handpicked thought leaders will be filling the seats of the main hall tomorrow – TEDxTokyo is an invitation only event, and after narrowing down over 1000 applicants to just 200 invitees, we will be filling all 200 seats for the launch of TEDxTokyo!
Please join us by watching our live video cast and tweeting with us in Japanese (@tedxtokyo_ja) and English (@tedxtokyo). But TEDxTokyo is much more than speaking sessions – it’s a full day experience. We’ll be posting photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedxtokyo) and short videos (http://www.youtube.com/tedxtokyo) of invitees controlling video games with their mind, catching some fresh air at our seaside BBQ, and indulging in an Iron Chef dinner reception.
Patrick Newell—Vision Navigator, Global Educator, TEDster
Patrick Newell combines the true spirit of mentoring with keen entrepreneurial instincts. Case in point: In 1997, he created a school from scratch—Tokyo International School—that now educates nearly 400 students from 45 countries. Patrick travels the world picking up insights on collaborative models for education that integrate technology, design, accreditation and brain-based learning, imparting what he has discovered to others as he goes. He is currently filming a documentary called 21:21 that focuses on the need to shift learning into a 21st-century mode. He has also established Living Dreams, a nonprofit organization that enables companies to achieve their CSR goals by helping orphans at children’s homes in Japan realize their dreams. Along with Todd Porter, Patrick is one of TEDxTokyo’s primary organizers.
We have some exciting news: we would like to invite you to participate virtually in the launch of TEDxTokyo! We will be live broadcasting the launch event this Friday with the chance for you to join in the conversation. See all the action – every TEDTalk, every live speech, every demonstration – and follow us on Twitter in English (@tedxtokyo) and Japanese (@tedxtokyo_ja) with dedicated live-bloggers at the event and all over the world (#tedxtokyo). Two live streams will be covering all the action. Be sure to join us at http://tedxtokyo.com/live.
The day won’t stop there – be sure to tune in for other live surprises throughout the event!
