Be part of this year’s TEDxWomen event at a Des Moines webcast watch party. TEDxWomen is a one-day bi-coastal event taking place on December 1, 2011 in New York and Los Angeles. Speakers will include well-known figures and inspiring up-and-comers who will continue a global conversation about how women and girls are re-shaping the future. A lunchtime and evening session of TEDxDesMoinesWomen will each stream different talks from New York and Los Angeles at the Greater Des Moines Partnership Arthur Davis Conference Room. Attendees are encouraged to bring a sack lunch or snacks. TEDxDesMoinesWomen will run 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m. December 1. The evening watch party event will be followed by a post-party dinner for those interested in discussing the day’s lectures together. We will show two sessions from the day, but to get an idea of the speaker list, visit http://tedxwomen.org/

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We hope everyone is enjoying their summer and is putting the inspiration and insight from TEDxDesMoines 2011 into action. As a special treat, we found out that we are allowed to webcast the full Wednesday lineup of sessions from TEDGlobal 2011. 

TED Global features four days of programming from Edinburgh, Scotland. We are able to offer this webcast of the Wednesday sessions as a special privilege from TED. Event details are below, the format is relaxed, so feel free to catch one or all of these great sessions. We must thank the Des Moines Public Library for being a co-host of this webcast and providing us a great venue at short notice.

We’ve been hard at work putting together a diverse lineup of thought leaders in Des Moines to come share their “ideas worth spreading”. Today we want to announce most of our speakers so that you can get a taste of what TEDxDesMoines 2011 will be like. Our program is divided into three sections with the sub-themes of “inspiration”, “re-purposing”, and “initiative”. Enjoy this sneak-peak and be sure to sign up for TEDxDesMoines to hear them all live on June 26, 2011.

Inspiration

Angela Maiers – Education and Technology Consultant, Maiers Education Services

Rekha Basu – Opinion Columnist, Des Moines Register

Re-Purposing

Jennie Smith – Founder and Farmer, Butcher Crick Farms

Pramod Mahajan – Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Drake University

Initiative

Bian Li - Director of Planning, The World Food Prize Foundation

Paul Rottenberg – President, Orchestrate Management

Matt McIver – Artistic Director, Des Moines Social Club

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*Also, we’ll be showing some of the best TED talks between our local speakers. We won’t be announcing which ones we’ve got lined up for the event, but you can check out thousands of the best talks on the web at TED.com.

Creators, catalysts, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, designers, scientists, thinkers, and doers from central Iowa will gather on Sunday, June 26th, 2011 to share what they are most passionate about — positive ideas for the world from Des Moines.