TEDxMICA shares the same passion as TED. Spreading Ideas. Our mission is to inspire minds and spark discussions and introspections among the people at large. We seek to invest in ideas and unravel a whole new world of possibilities.
TEDxMICA is the first TEDx Event conducted by a Communication Management School in India.
Theme: "Now What ?"
Humanbeings have never been more interconnected. The rapidly changing technology is increasingly impacting and shaping human lives. Notions of privacy have undergone a phenomenal change. Advertising has found a new media, the social media and there is a constant atteplt to engage with this platform in newer and better ways. Instead of being handed menus in restaurants, we are handed I-pads which make waiters redundant. Music is made using softwares, which don’t require constant presence of musicians while recording. We thought mobile phones with audio features were it. What followed were mobile gadgets equipped with innumerable features like cameras ad push-button e-mail.
"Now What ?"
Whenever there is a sense of ‘This is it’ there comes along another change, another shift, another way of doing things and compels us to ponder over a magical question- ‘Now What?’ This year, at TEDxMICA, we pause time to say “Now What?”
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 UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. 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 TEDFellows 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 at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.
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