NEW ORLEANS – TEDxNewOrleans was held on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market, and featured 14 speakers who addressed a wide range of topics that covered aspects of life in New Orleans, and the progress and promise of the New Orleans region since Hurricane Katrina.
Fourteen speakers and topics included:
Jay Altman – The Charter School Movement in New Orleans
Aron Chang – Make Your Mark
Michael Hecht – Radical Resilience
Andy Kopplin – Government Post-Katrina: A Disruptive Force
Lavonzell Nicholson – Green Space Completes a Canvas
Brandan Odums – Art to Inspire
Peter Ricchiuti – The New Orleans Economy; What’s Up Down Here
Kimberly Rivers-Roberts – Triumph Over Tragedy – What Do You Win?
Virginia Saussy – If We Don’t Laugh, We Cry
Jessica Shahien – The Talent Phenomenon
Troy Simon – Education as a Vehicle for Liberation
John Spain – New Orleans and Baton Rouge – a Super Region
Doug Thornton – How Unity of Purpose Brought the Superdome Back to Life
Rod West – Powering Life – Literally!
All 14 videos of the TEDxNewOrleans speakers can now be viewed here.
