Introducing the Thought Leaders
As many as 500 of Indianapolis’ most impassioned TEDx fans interested and active in education, arts, culture, and technology will come together Friday, October 26 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for a day of dialogue and networking surrounding the new emphasis on design thinking in Indianapolis.
Join the TEDx community when it converges in Indy to listen to thought leaders as they share ideas worth spreading related to the theme DESIGN LEARNING. The eighteen national and local TEDxIndianapolis speakers are:
- Javier Barrera, Media Strategist, Consultant, Tremobilorcas, Indianapolis
- Tim Carter, Director, Center for Urban Ecology, Butler University, Indianapolis
- Jeffrey Cufaude, Principal, Idea Architects, Indianapolis (@jcufaude)
- Dionne Custer Edwards, Educator, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (@lifeandwrite)
- Lori Desautels, University Supervisor for the Indianapolis Teaching Fellows and Teach for America programs at Marian University, Indianapolis (@desautels_phd)
- Olon Dotson, Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Planning, Ball State University, Muncie
- David Garner, Head of School, International School of Indiana, Indianapolis
- John Green, Author and Vlogger, Indianapolis (@realjohngreen)
- Michael Idinopulos, General Manager and Chief Customer Officer, Socialtext, Palo Alto, CA (@michaelido)
- Trung Le, Principal, Cannon Design, Chicago (@LeCannonDesign)
- John Nash, Director, Laboratory on Design Thinking in Education (dLab), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Sami Nerenberg, Director of Operations, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern, Evanston, IL
- David Schalliol, Photographer, Sociologist, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
- Ena Shelley, Dean, College of Education, Butler University, Indianapolis
- Scott Stulen, Director, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (@middlewest)
- Joanna Taft, Executive Director, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis
- Lucien Vattel, Executive Director, GameDesk, Los Angeles, CA (@lucienvattel)
- Dante Ventresca and Rebecca Hutton, Theater of Inclusion, Indianapolis