TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less).TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. TED embraces a variety of initiatives including the TEDx program. The TEDx Program is designed to help communities, organizations and individuals to spark conversation and connection through local TED-like experiences in communities around the world. TEDx events are planned and coordinated independently
TEDxUniversityofMacedonia is a non-profit initiative of 12 young people, aspiring to develop a community inside the University to cooperate and interact together. Through ideas worth spreading our aspect is to inspire and motivate young people to promote innovative ideas which we strongly believe that, have the power to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world! .TEDxUniversityofMacedonia started a year ago when a young student dared to take the initiative to organize the first TEDx University event in Northern Greece. Since then, the TEDxUniversityofMacedonia has managed to spread its ideas to the world. Our purpose is to develop an open platform where young people can share ideas, interact, innovate, discuss and change the society in a positive way. We believe in youth spirit as the driving force of change in our world.
The main theme of TEDxUniversityofMacedonia 2014 is Ithacas. Inspired by Ithaca by C.P. Cavafis we call our generation to wonder about their own Ithacas. Our journey starts from the first time that we face the world. We explore the universe that spreads around us. We connect with people that we meet. We try to innovate and make the difference. We believe in a better world. We aim to set a goal and to achieve it. Our goal is our destination. Every new goal is the beginning of a journey. This year TEDxUniversityofMacedonia shares the ideas that make our speakers to set out for their own journey and calls its audience to explore their own Ithacas. In your journey you might face obstacles or you might create some on your own. You might encounter the Sirens or not, you might lose your beloved friends or not. But during this travel you obtain invaluable knowledge and experience while at the same time you meet with new people. By the end of this journey, you feel wiser and you understand that Ithacas were the trigger for you to start this adventurous journey.
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Panorea Baka is a London based maths educator, creative learning enthusiast and the founder and director of Maths Dance.
Stratis Andreadis was born in 1979 and he grew up in Pagkrati. He finished high school in Filothei and he studied filosophy at 2 mediocre universities of Massachusetts.
Philip Hyldgaard is one of the prominent NGO leaders in the fight against human trafficking. At the age of 23, he moved to Greece to pioneer The A21 Campaign.
Lena Chaidouti was born in Larisa in the first day of autumn. She had the luck to grow up in a place, that today you can only find in fairytales. She was playing with her friends many traditional greek games and… theatre!
He says that his course was so random that he set out with his team to find the answer to the most important question a young person can have. “What I would like to be in 5 years from now?”
She studied Journalism in the USA, in order to record great historical moments that change the world; her professional route, however, soon led her to look for the people behind the events.
Giannis Farsaris was born in Ierapetra in 1973 and today he lives more on the internet than in Herakleio. He studied Science of the Computers at University of Crete and Adult Education at the Hellenic Open University.
"Pera-Dothe" was born in September of 2008. Experimental & Amateur, said the doctor. The first steps made in 2009 by "The Snowman & the girl" of E.Triviza.
Kanti Panagiota was born and grew up in Giannitsa. She graduated from the Department of Physics of the University of Ioannina and she received her PhD diploma in Theoretical Physics at the same institution.
Songs and dances that passed through the neighbourhood, new instrumentations and compositions emerging, creating one music, one sound.
Christos Simardanis was born in Alexandria of Egypt in 1956. He came to Greece in 1962, with his first stop being Vyronas in Attica.
Honouring the best elements of the greek repertoire and at the same time influenced by their other love latin and ethnic music ΕΚΜΕΚ soon gained the audience's love and attention.
The talented young comes from Florina and lives in Thessaloniki. His family rich athletic background made him play basketball and fencing. The love for sports led him into the School of Physical Education and Sports Science in Aristotle University. Last few years he has been involved with modelling internationally and business ventures. In his free time plays the piano and travel. Currently he works on a TV project, a show called “Eeee”, on MEGA channel. Project’s concept and production is a collective effort of him and his good friends director Kostas Amoiridis and script writer Giorgos Feidas.
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