Event Program Guide Released

Full Agenda Announced

With TEDxGowanus a little over a week away, you can now see our full line-up of speakers and performances here.  

In addition to previously announced presenters, TEDxGowanus will also be bringing NYC Council Member Brad Lander, Natalie Loney from the EPA, and a performance by Blind Ear Music.

And we're thrilled to announce that the Coney Island River Rats will be executing a Live Dive of the Gowanus Canal!

No Tickets? No Problem! We are broadcasting LIVE all day onJanuary 26th starting at 12:15p at www.tedxgowanus.com!

SESSION 1: ORIGINS, 12:15—1:45pm

Joseph Alexiou, The most important swamp in American history

T.M. Rives, What the sale of Manhattan doesn't tell us about Native Americans

Marlene Donnelly, The Case for Gowanus: National Registry of Historic Places

Andrew Gustafson, Why the Baseball Hall of Fame Belongs in Brooklyn

Kate Orff, Rebuilding eco-infrastructure: Marine Gardening with Blue Mussels

Proteus Gowanus, Collaborative Art and Historical Inspiration

Joselin Linder, Stopping a genetic disorder in its fourth generation

 Break 2:00—3:00

SESSION 2: IMMERSED, 3:00—4:40pm

Coney Island River Rats, What does it take to dive a toxic site?

Ate Atema, Street Creeks: A Call to Action

Natalie Loney, Inside a New York City Superfund

Monica Byrne, Changing the Disaster Relief Paradigm

Calloway's Salon, A delicious romp through debauchery and laughter with a tune or two

Rachel Fershleiser, Why I <3 the Bookternet

Reggie Ossé, Hip Hop: From Counter Culture To Popular Culture

Dinner Break 4:45—6:15

SESSION 3: #GOWANUSINSPIRED, 6:15—8:00pm

Leah Selim, Food is more than culture, it's diplomacy

Pete Raho, Bringing back the American manufacturing sector

Councilmember Brad Lander, Democracy in Local Budgeting

Susannah Drake, Designing a Sponge Park

Eymund Diegel, Unearthing the Ghost Streams of Gowanus's past

Ed Woodham, Public Art, Private Awakening

Blind Ear Music, Musical performance

Photo Credit: Jim in Times Square