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TEDxNYIT 2013: Agenda

9 - 9:30 a.m.

INTRO + Ted Video + Performance: City of the Sun (USA)

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

LATENT RESILIENCY
What did we learn after Hurricane Sandy and 911? What does preparedness look like while sitting and waiting for the next disruption?

  • Claes Frossen (Sweden) - City Move | "HOW TO MOVE A CITY"

  • Moe Abbas (USA) - Sandy First Responder | "RISK vs. RESPONSIBILITY"

  • Margaret Newman (USA) - NY Dept. of Trans. | "NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE STREETSCAPE"

10:30 - 11 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

VISCERAL RESILIENCY
What are the social intuitive dynamics of communities? What does a bottom up grass roots response look like?

  • Sandy Safi (Canada) - Dîner en Blanc "BEAUTY HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER"

  • Illya Azaroff (USA) - AIA DFRR | "WE ARE NOT ALONE"

  • Ron Dembo (CANADA) - Zerofootprint | "RESILIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT"

  • Erin Hill (USA) - Singer, Harpist, Songwriter | "PERFORMANCE"

12:30 - 2 p.m.

LUNCH 

2 - 3 p.m.

PEDAGOGY AND PRAXIS
What are the new opportunities of resilience pedagogy and praxis?

  • Thomas Ermacora (UK) - Clear- Village I "Recording Cities"

  • Casey Mack (USA) - Popular Architecture | "BOUNCING FORWARD"

  • Alex Alaimo (USA) - Operation Resilient Long Island | "BOUNCING UP"

3 - 3:30 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

PARADIGM SHIFTING
What are the changes in the basic assumptions going forward? How will these affect future interventions?

  • David Dixon (USA) - Goody Clancy | "A RISING TIDE OF OPPORTUNITY"

  • Fernando Romero (MEXICO) - FR-EE | "YOU ARE THE CONTEXT"

  • Jing Liu (USA) - SO-IL Architects | "IN PURSUIT OF A UTOPIA"

  • Carter Brey (USA) - | Habitat4Music/Cellist NY Philharmonic

  • Amphion (USA) - | Katie Hyun, David Southorn, Wei-Yang Andy Lin, Mihai Marica 

5:30 - 7 p.m.

WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION