Invitation to
TEDxGreatWall
Thursday, May 20th on the
Great Wall of China at Jin Shan Ling
“World Without Walls”
Click here to download the invitation in pdf
Don’t miss this unique independently licensed TEDx event on the ramparts of the Great Wall of China on May 20, 2010! TEDx GreatWall will showcase “ideas worth sharing” - presented by an incredible array of speakers at the IWNC centre at Jin Shan Ling!
-Coordinated by TEDx-licensed curators: Anthony Willoughby and Patricia Bader-Johnston
Confirmed speakers include:
William Lindesay, OBE Official spokesperson for the Great Wall of China
-“My passion for the Wall”
Dr. Jane Goodall DBE - Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute
-“Roots and Shoots that crumble walls” (video)
Laurence Smith - VP Learning & Development, LG Electronics
- "Breaking through walls to globalization”
Ludovic Bodin -CEO Cmune
-“Gaming for a better world’.
Andres Kiger - Coca Cola Co. Ltd.
-“The para-olympics - through the walls of prejudice”
Gabrielle Harris - Executive Director, PlaNet Finance China.
-“Breaking through the walls of poverty”
Lyn Kok - GM Standard Chartered Bank, Beijing
-“Breaking down the walls of stigmatization”
Matthew Farthing - Head Master, Harrow International School, Beijing
-“Future schooling with and without walls”
William Tumate Ole Siara - Maasai Elder
-”What Walls mean to those who don't live inside them”
Mike Tuggle - freelance journalist, former ABC News bureau chief and producer
-“Overcoming walls of conflict”
Mark Phillips - Chief Marketing Officer GE Healthcare AP
-“Being old and sick in remote places: Bringing down the walls of healthcare”
Dr. Peter Thong - MD, British Centre, Beijing
- “Breaking down the walls of fear”
Susan Osman - Presenter China Radio International
-“Breaking down every wall you have ever imagined!”
-Facilitation of sessions on the wall assisted by executive coach Phillipe Grail
Be inspired by the TEDx tradition to challenge your own walls on the iconic “Great Wall” with this amazing group of change-makers.
To sign up please email: anthony@campfire.me and you will be invited to join http://tedxgreatwall.ning.com where you will be given access to sign-up information about the TEDxGreatWall, speakers and participants and program updates.
Sponsorship opportunities still available.
Costs include: Transportation to and from Kerry Centre in Beijing, all refreshments over the course of the event, and access to the Great Wall - Cost per person: 1,250RMB 1,450 including transportation (subject to change -Discounts available for NGO/NPOs)
-Bus leaves the Kerry Centre for Jin Shan Ling at 0730 - returns 2300.
Note: This is an independently licensed TEDx event and complies with all related protocols. It is not-for-profit and fees are applied to cost-recovery only. Any additional revenues will go to designated social causes of our corporate sponsors.