TEDxUChicago - The Student Contest

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The TEDxUChicago conference is looking to showcase one student speaker from the Greater Chicago area! This is your opportunity to nominate yourself as a speaker and be chosen to showcase your work, ideas, inspirations and viewpoints on this year’s theme “Reinventing the Life of the Mind”.

Whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student, a researcher or a philosopher, a leader or a follower, you have something interesting to say—an idea worth spreading. This is your chance to enter and give an 18-minute (maximum TED talk time) speech to the world!

Timeline

• Competition Kickoff

  On November 22nd any student will be able to submit their proposal on our website: tedxuchicago.com/contest

• Proposal Submission Deadline

  Register your proposal by January 5, 2011 at 11:59pm Submit proposal here.

• Q&A As questions come in, we will post them here for other participants to read. In the meantime if you have any questions please submit them toakinin@tedxuchicago.com.

• Proposal Feedback Delivered and Finalists AnnouncedAll speakers will receive comprehensive feedback on their proposal. Five finalists will be announced to present in the final round on March 15th 2011.

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  Final Round Each person will present to a panel of industry experts from business, technology and public and social service sectors / professors, entrepreneurs. Finalists will be given more in-depth information as they’re chosen.

Questions?

Contact: David Akinin, akinin@tedxuchicago.com

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