TEDxPresidio is excited to announce that the speaker line-up for the September 8, 2012 event at The Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco is now locked! The following speakers are confirmed, along with the topics of their respective talks. Full bios of speakers available here.
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*Speakers listed in alphabetical order.
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Joseph Bellomo Architect Bellomo Architects TOPIC: “Architecture, disaster, and the egg.” |
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Jennifer Brown (@jenniferbrown) Founder & CEO Jennifer Brown Consulting TOPIC: “Companies should use all capital and the importance of voice in the workplace” |
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José Cisneros (@sfofe)
Treasurer
City and County of San Francisco
TOPIC: “The Financially Empowered City: Inclusive approaches to building a ‘save and invest’ economy.” |
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Brooke Deterline
Corporate Director Heroic Imagination Project TOPIC: “Ethical cultures in business: What creates the tipping point of ethical behavior in an organization?” |
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Gary Erickson Founder, Co-Owner and Co-CEO Clif Bar & Company TOPIC: “Three Things I’ve Learned from my Adventures in Business and the Great Outdoors“ |
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Mark Finser Chair of the Board RSF Social Finance TOPIC: “Trust Me – I’m in Finance” |
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Porter Gale (@portergale) Marketing Consultant & Author Porter Gale Consulting TOPIC: “What the hyper-connected consumer, employee, world..means to your business.” |
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Dr. Peter Graf (@peterggraf) Chief Sustainability Officer & VP Sustainability Solutions SAP TOPIC: “How do you get buy-in on the highest levels to really make change?” |
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Van Jones (@vanjones68) Co-Founder & President Rebuild the Dream TOPIC: “Creating an economy that can work for everyone.” |
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Jake Kloberdanz (@JakeKloberdanz) CEO & Founder ONEHOPE Wine TOPIC: “The future and scale of Social Entrepreneurism ; an age agnostic movement.” |
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Marc Lesser (@doingless) CEO SIYLI (Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute) TOPIC: “Leadership, attention, focus.” |
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Evan Low (@Evan_Low) Vice Mayor City of Campbell, California TOPIC: “Where does government and business crossover?” |
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Ben Mangan (@EARN) President & CEO EARN TOPIC: “New Age of Possibility for All Americans – Alchemy or Innovation?” |
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Robin Mansukhani (@RobinMansukhani) Co-Founder & COO BlueStamp Engineering TOPIC: “Learning By Doing, One Engineer at a Time” |
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Gavin McIntyre Co-Founder, Chief Scientist Ecovative Design TOPIC: “Bio-Connectivity” |
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Charles Mattocks (@thepoorchef1) Founder The Poor Chef Charles Mattocks productions, LLC TOPIC: “From Entrepreneur to Social Entrepreneur” |
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Michael Meyer (@not_the_actor) Partner Essential TOPIC: Designing for the First, Second and Third World.” |
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Sam Mogannam (@biritesf, @sammogannam, @eatgoodfoodbook) Founder Bi-Rite Family of Businesses TOPIC: “Shopping for food is a community building act” |
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Charley Moore (@charleymooreesq) Founder & Chairman Rocket Lawyer TOPIC: “The ‘Do It With Me’ Revolution” |
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Brian Solis (@briansolis) Principal Analyst Altimeter Group TOPIC: “Screw business as usual….this is the real world.” |
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James Steyer CEO & Founder Common Sense Media TOPIC: “Too Small to Fail: Reinventing Capitalism Begins with an Investment in America’s Kids” |
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Chade-Meng Tan (@chademeng) Jolly Good Fellow TOPIC: “Leadership, attention, focus.” |
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Ann Winblad (@HumWin) Co-Founder & Managing Director Hummer Winblad Venture Partners TOPIC: “Talent in the post-internet age” |
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Tom Wujec Fellow Autodesk TOPIC: “Imagine, Design, Create – A Better World” |
