Ever wonder how you fit into the “Big Picture” and can make your voice count? Great things can happen when people get together and have bold ideas about how to tackle pressing social issues.
BritMums is pleased to support Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s TEDxChange in Berlin, a global webcast on 5th April that will bring together an online audience of thousands. Under the event theme “The Big Picture”, speakers will apply new ideas and perspectives and discuss some of the world’s most pressing social issues. The event will explore issues ranging from family planning and contraception to the environment to human-centered design.
BritMums can get involved too!
Date and time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm on Thursday April 5th, 2012
Watch the event live: TedxChange – The Big Picture
Support via social media: “Like” on facebook, follow on Twitter: @TEDxChange and add to the online conversation using #TEDxChange
Host and speakers include:
- Chris Anderson, curator of the TED conference
- Jeff Chapin, designer and engineer for IDEO
- Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest private philanthropy
- Sven Giegold, German EP Member and environmental advocate
- Baaba Maal, Song writer and artist
- Theo Sowa, Head of African Women’s Development Fund
To give you an idea of the event, here’s Melinda Gates speaking at last year’s TEDxChange in New York:
We look forward to discussing how we can all fit into the big picture and make our voices count. See you online on the 5th!
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