TEDxSilkRoad Overview
This is a day of inspiration and conversation about the new rules of global commerce, social innovation, future gazing and new ways to tell stories.
Bring your own ideas, knowledge and talent, and share your own personal silk road journey with the group.
TEDxSilkRoad Program (subject to change)
| 8:30 to 9:30 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:30 to 13:00 | Module 1: The Route of Innovation & Borderless Creativity |
| How can we go beyond our borders, mentally, physically and even financially, to innovate and create? What can the old Silk Route traditions teach us? What is the key currency of the New Silk Road? How do we learn to trust each other in the 21st century Digital Silk Road? Is Social Media a mature media yet? | |
| 9:30 to 9:45 | Introduction |
| Ferhan Cook, founder Digital Silk Road & Organizer TEDxSilkRoad | |
| 9:45 to 10:00 | Opening Address |
| Jessica Hand, The British Consul General, Director of UKTI for Turkey | |
| 10:00 to 10:20 | The Past, The Present, and The Future of the Silk Road |
| Mark Norell, Paleonthologist & Curator, American Natural History Museum, New York | |
| 10:25 to 10:45 | The Real Currency of the New Silk Road |
| Arvind Gupta, IDEO Asia, China | |
| 10:45 to 11:05 | Born in America Made in China – Creativity Beyond Borders |
| Joey Ellis, Sculptor & TED fellow, China | |
| 11:05 to 11:15 | TED Video |
| 11:15 to 11:45 | Coffee Networking |
| 12:00 to 12:20 | Sharing, Trust & Reciprocity on the Digital Silk Road |
| Karen Lancel, Performance and New Media Artist V2 Institute for Unstable Media, Netherlands |
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| 12:20 to 12:35 | What is your social capital? Measuring real popularity. |
| Bora Bicer, Turkcell/Bogazici University Doctorate student | |
| 12:35 to 12:55 | Is social media a mature media yet? Audience feedback |
| Melda Goknel Bilal, writer & Co-host TEDxSilkRoad | |
| 13:00 to 14:15 | Lunch & Networking by the Bosphorus |
| 14:15 to 16:30 | Module 2: Reach Out & Empower |
| Is globalisation good or bad? What is the route to social innovation? How can technology help social and civic activism? Does technology hinder or empower people? | |
| 14:15 to 14:35 | Percussion Performance |
| Introduction by Osmantan Erkir, STR | |
| 14:40 to 14:50 | The Route to Social Innovation |
| Didem Altop, Founder and CEO, Endeavor, Turkey | |
| 14:50 to 15:10 | From Caravan to Digital: Building a Market for 700,000 Farmers via the Cell Phone and Internet |
| Tulin Akin, Founder, Tarimsal Pazarlama.com, Turkey | |
| 15:10 to 15:30 | TED Video |
| 15:30 to 15:45 | Map It, Change It, Disrupt It! Ushahidi Case Study |
| Heather Leson, Community Activator, Ushahidi.com, Kenya and Canada | |
| 15:45 to 16:00 | Take Action! Relief 2.0 / Market of Hope |
| Carlos Miranda Levy, TEDxSantoDomingo, Dominican Republic | |
| 16:00 to 16:15 | The Promise of the Digital Silk Route |
| Gunduz Vassaf, Writer & Psychologist [via Skype call] | |
| 16:15 to 16:30 | Module Wrap up |
| Ferhan Cook & Didem Altop | |
| 16:30 to 17:00 | Coffee Networking |
| 17:00 to 19:00 | Module 3: The Connected Future |
| What benefits will the networked society bring to our lives? What is the power of Social TV? What can our own body data teach us? How will connected things – even connected clothing – help us network and communicate in the future? | |
| 17:00 to 17:30 | Building a New Digital Highway and a Global Living Room at Marco Polo’s Footsteps |
| Marie-Jose Montpetit, Social TV Researcher, MIT, USA | |
| 17:30 to 17:50 | The Connected Body: Quantify Yourself! |
| Patrice Slupowski, VP of Digital Innovation, Orange/France Telecom | |
| 17:50 to 18:20 | The Cell-phonification of the Globe |
| Ralph Simon, Chairman, Mobilium, UK | |
| 18:20 to 18:45 | Wearable Tech Fashion Show: Wireless & Beautiful! |
| Francesca Rosella & Ryan Genz, Founders, CuteCircuit, UK | |
| 18:45 to 19:00 | Conclusion: What can we take home from this caravan of ideas? |
| Conference Hosts Ferhan Cook & Melda Goknel Bilal | |
| 19:00 to 20:15 | Networking Drinks by the Bosphorus, Sponsored by Gefco |