TEDxIonianUniversity
About
A student-run event, a city, and a university of many languages.
TEDxIonianUniversity
TEDxIonianUniversity
TEDxIonianUniversity is a TEDx University event: it is organised by students of Ionian University under a licence from TED. The first edition took place on 18 May 2019 at the Ionian Academy.
The team changes almost every year, as students do. That is why this site keeps a permanent archive: what happened stays available, even when the next edition arrives.
Timeline
Timeline
2019
2020
2022
2023
2026
2027
The university and the city
The university and the city
Ionian University has most of its departments in Corfu: Informatics, Music Studies, Audio & Visual Arts, History, Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Archives, Library Science and Museology, and Tourism.
That range shows on stage: composers next to museologists, translators next to entrepreneurs, student theatre groups next to the city’s choirs. This site is bilingual for the same reason: on an island that speaks many languages, translation is part of daily life.
Ionian Academy
The historic building on the south-west corner of the Upper Spianada. It is linked to the Ionian Academy, the first university of modern Greece, and today hosts lectures, discussions and presentations.
TEDx
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of discovering and spreading ideas, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to discovering, debating and spreading ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding and drive meaningful change. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world.
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