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Make time for TEDxChapmanU June 18 and be inspired by ‘ideas worth sharing’

A scientist and a sportscaster, a toy inventor and a tornado survivor, business leaders, writers and award-winning musicians are among the scheduled presenters for TEDxChapmanU set for Wednesday, June 18, from 1 to 6 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

“Icons, Geniuses & Mavericks” is the  theme of TEDxChapmanU, launched in 2012 to bring the “ideas worth sharing” TED experience to Chapman University and showcase speakers with powerful stories of courage, passion and innovation. At TEDxChapmanU, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussions and connections. In addition, the program will include a live performance by Iryna Krechkovsky, a prize-­winning violinist with an international career in solo, chamber and orchestral performances.

Featured speakers from previous years have ranged from Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO of SpaceX, (check out the video below) to filmmaker Shaun MacGillivray of MacGillivray Freeman Films.

This year’s tickets are $10 to $20 and available now online.

This year’s presenters include:

  • Eyal Aronoff, one of the largest funders of the effort to break the US oil addiction through the Fuel Freedom Foundation, which he co-founded and one of the largest funders of clinical trials for treatments for autism and a supporter of the autism therapy portal Mendability.com.
  • Lee Cheng, chief Legal Officer, SVP of Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary at Newegg Inc., a $2.8B global (N. America and China) internet retailer that is the largest privately held e-commerce company in North America.
  • Stephanie Decker, a double-amputee as a result of heroic actions she took to save her children in a tornado, and founder of Stephanie Decker Foundation, which helps children with prosthetics enjoy sports and athletic opportunities.
  • Robin Follman, an internationally acclaimed soprano who’s performed with the Royal Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, New York City Opera, Washington Opera, Singapore Lyric Opera, and Opera Lyra Ottawa, and founder of The Follman-Young Foundation for the Arts.
  • Laura Glynn, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Chapman University, and leading researcher in the field of maternal-child health with a particular interest in the perinatal period.
  • Brian Kessler, founder of Maui Toys and a prolific inventor who applied for his first patent in high school and has designed and developed more than 2,600 toys, sporting goods and consumer products.
  • Iryna Krechkovsky, a violinist who has performed around the world, from Carnegie Hall to The American Church, in Paris, France, and on National Public Radio, KABC-­TV Los Angeles and the Public Broadcasting Service.
  • Michael Laskin, actor and acting teacher and coach, founder of The Michael Laskin Studio, corporate consultant on creativity for The Right Brain Studio and author of The Authentic Actor, to be published by Michael Wiese Books in 2015.
  • Jillian Lauren, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and the novel, Pretty.
  • Alyson Noël, New York Times best-selling author of 21 young adult novels, including THE IMMORTALS series, the RILEY BLOOM series, and THE SOUL SEEKERS series.
  • Dileep Rao, stage and screen actor whose stage work includes Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard, Fetes de la Nuit by Charles Mee and Making It by Joe Hortua and on the big screen James Camerson’s Avatar, Drag Me to Hell directed by Sam Raimi, and Chrstopher Nolan’s Inception.
  • Trent Schlom ’14, sports reporter and broadcaster in Southern California for ESPN3 as a play-by-play announcer for coverage of the Big West Conference.
  • Stacey Schuerman, an accomplished E-RYT 500 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) yoga teacher, co-owner of SunSpark Yoga, a family owned, community focused yoga studio in the heart of Old Towne Orange.

Read more at the TEDxChapmanU website.

 

 

Dawn Bonker

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