TEDxPurdueU
TEDxPurdueU presents MERAKI
TEDxPurdueU, Purdue’s own independently organized TED conference, is scheduled to host their fourth annual flagship event from 6-10 p.m. on April 11, in Loeb Playhouse at the university’s West Lafayette campus.
The theme of TEDxPurdueU 2015 is “Meraki.” An untranslatable word from Modern Greek, it is used to describe doing something with passion, creativity, or love – when you undertake a task so intensely, that you nearly leave a physical piece of yourself in your work. Share the night listening to groundbreaking ideas, inspiring experiences, and revolutionary innovations amid some of the Purdue community’s most forward-thinking makers and disruptors.
View the trailer for TEDxPurdueU conference.
The event features 9 speakers and performers from the Purdue community and beyond, including:
- Frank Gruber – CEO of Co-founder of Tech Cocktail
- Lexi Hiland – Videographer & Producer of “La Loteria de la Vida”
- Sarah Hallberg – Director of Medical Weight Loss at IU Health Medical
- Mamoon Hamid – General Partner at Social+Capital
- Ka-Boom – High-energy dance performance
- Brent Drake – Chief Data Officer at Purdue University
- Glenn Weissinger – VP of Strategic Planning (ret.) at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
- Lalita Amos – President & senior executive coach at Total Team Solutions, LLC
- Todd Putnam – Chief Commercial Officer at Bolthouse Farms
Check-in begins at 5:30 p.m. Following the conference, a special post-event reception will be held for speakers and attendees at 10:00 p.m. in the Anvil near Purdue’s campus.
Tickets are available for purchase at http://tedxpurdueu.com/, the Hall of Music Box Office or the link below.
Cost is $15 for students and $25 for the general public.
For additional information or questions please contact our Marketing Chair, Jacqueline Hills at jfhills@purdue.edu or 765/496-0094.