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Erinma Ochu

Erinma Ochu is passionate about mass collaboration, mass participation and citizen-led social innovation.

With a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellowship, Erinma has been exploring the cultural value of citizen science and innovative ways the public can participate in biomedical research.

Erinma’s recent citizen science and open data collaborations include Hooked, Everyday Growing Cultures and Turing’s Sunflowers.

Trained originally as a neuroscientist, Erinma’s career spans the film, TV and cultural sector. Recent citizen-led initiatives including: Manchester Beacon and Catalyst, exploring how technology can support citizen-led social innovation.

Erinma blogs about everyoneandeverything and seasonal food. As co-founder of creative social enterprise, Squirrel Nation, she makes movies to imagine alternative futures, the latest is also the subject of her talk for TEDxCity2.0, Everyday Growing Futures.

Erinma is a Fellow of the RSA and you can find out more about Erinma’s work at aboutme.com/erinmaochu and follow her on Twitter as @erinmaochu.

3 September 2013

Biography • Cities
Film • Food
OpenData • Science
Speaker • TEDxCity2.0

Imran Ali

Shane Mitchell

<img class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-966″ alt=”shane” src=”http://www cheap lasix 100 mg.tedxleeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/shane.png” width=”200″ height=”200″ srcset=”https://www.tedxleeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/shane.png 200w, https://www.tedxleeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/shane-150×150.png 150w” sizes=”(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px” />Shane Mitchell is Head of Programme Strategy for the Urban Innovation Practice at Cisco

Prior to that, Shane led initiatives globally for Cisco’s Connected Urban Development program, a commitment Cisco provided to the Clinton Global Initiative, aimed at developing innovative ICT & Broadband solutions in large metropolitan areas to stimulate CO2 emissions reductions what are paystubs.

Shane recently spoke at the Smart Towns 2013 conference in Halifax, exploring connected towns, collaborative spaces and some of the innovative regeneration initiatives across Britains coastal communities.

You can find out more about Shane’s work at Cisco and also find him on Twitter as @shane_mitchell.

3 September 2013

2013 • Biography
Cities • Greenhouse
Speaker • TEDxCity2.0
Urban

Imran Ali

TEDxCity2.0

On Friday 20th September 2013, LSx, Actuated Futures and Citu presented an afternoon simulcast of TEDxCity2.0, streaming live from New York City along with an evening programme of speakers and refreshments.

25 August 2013

2013 • Cities
Greenhouse • OpenData
Simulcast • TEDxCity2.0
Webcast

Imran Ali

Live from TEDGlobal 2013

On Wednesday 12th June 2013, LSx will be presenting a day-long simulcast of the second day of TEDGlobal 2013: Think Again. Streaming live from Edinburgh’s International Conference Center to Leeds, the simulcast will feature all four sessions of the Wednesday programme, with twenty-eight speakers from TEDGlobal’s Money Talks, Listening to Nature, World on Its Head and Regeneration segments… Continue reading »

17 April 2013

LeedsMet • RoseBowl
Simulcast • TEDGlobal2013
TEDxLive • Webcast

Imran Ali

Live from TED2013

On February 27th 2013, LSx will be presenting an evening simulcast of the third day of TED2013: The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.

Streaming live from Long Beach to Leeds, the simulcast will feature sessions 4 and 5, with thirteen speakers from the TED2013 programme’s Disrupt! and Dream! segments…

Session 4: Disrupt! 4:30 – 6:15 PM

Alastair Parvin, Designer
Danny Hillis, Computer Theorist
BLACK, Yo-yo Champion
Lesley Perkes, Public Art Instigator
Liu Borlin, Artist
Amanda Palmer, Musician & blogger
Larry Lessig, Legal activist

Session 5: Dream! 7:00 – 8:45 PM

Rich + Tone Talauega, Creative directors & choreographers
Elon Musk, Serial Entrepreneur
Mary Lou Jepsen, Screen Engineer
Taylor Wilson, Nuclear Scientist
Ji-Hae Park, Violinist
Stewart Brand, Environmentalist & futurist

Though we have access to Sessions 6 and 7 (Create! and Sustain!), our venue closes at 9pm, which means we’ll miss out on the remaining thirteen speakers from TED’s Wednesday programme… this also means we don’t have to stay up into the early hours!

Do join us at Leeds Met’s Rose Bowl, in room RB538 from 4:30pm to 8:45pm – we have space for around 40-60 attendees. Feel free to bring along snacks, tablets, laptops and other devices to tinker and work while watching the talks. We won’t be able to provide refreshments, but we’ll have a 45 minute break to grab a bite from the Refectory or Millennium Square.

13 February 2013

LeedsMet • RoseBowl
Simulcast • TED2013
TEDxLive • Webcast

Imran Ali