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Flickr page is up… post your photos!

Have you seen our Flickr page yet?   We have hundreds of pictures up.  Please post any that you took during the event!

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=tedxpennquarter

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Duke Ellington Student Video Posted

Duke Ellington at TEDxPennQuarter’s Innovation Lounge

About this video:
“Duke Ellington’s Literary Media & Communications students were invited to produce content for TEDxPennQuater’s Innovation Lounge. The video explores the theme for the day REINVENTINGx through interviews of the event guests and speakers.”

Watch the video

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TEDxPennQuarter covered in the Washingtonian!

Read about it here.

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DJ Eurok Kokayi release the Official TEDxPennQuarter Track.

Yesterday was an amazing day.

We had 16 speakers, a host of videos and this incredible collection of talent in the room next door.  The Innovation Lounge brought out the creative spirit in all that participated and the first product of that work is here for everyone to check out:

DJ Eurok and Kokayi spent all day sampling, mixing, remixing and producing this first cut of the official TEDxPennQuarter soundtrack.

Next up:
The kids from Duke Ellington produced a documentary in real time.   We will have that link later tonight.

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TEDxPennQuarter to be webcast LIVE on Sunday!

TEDxPennQuarter will be webcast LIVE on this site from 10am EDT – 5pm EDT.  The webcast is free and the feed will come directly from the show floor. 

Special thanks to sponsors Cynergy (www.cynergysystems.com) and Interface Media Group (www.interfacemedia.com) for producing and hosting the webcast.

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Can a group of students solve the BP Oil Crisis?

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the largest oil spill in history with 35,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil per day gushing out of the ruptured oil well since April 22.  Marine life perishes daily and the long term effects on our coastal waterways is grim. Throughout this tragic event, BP has tired and failed on many attempts to stop, contain, and clean up the spill. When no viable solution has been found, they have turned to our national government, environmental agencies, and even Academy Award winner Kevin Costner to help solve the problem. One place they haven’t looked is within our youth.
Continue reading Can a group of students solve the BP Oil Crisis?

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About the Organizer

As Director of Media Strategy at Cynergy, Kes Sampanthar is responsible for leading the charge into the Media and Entertainment industry. Additionally, he is Founder and Director of Innovation for Metamemes where he has created a new innovation tool called ThinkCube.

Learn more about Kes.

 
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