John Evans, Levon Arnonian to speak at TEDxYerevan 2011

John Evans, Levon Arnonian to speak at TEDxYerevan 2011

September 24, 2011 – 09:10 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The second TEDx event in Armenia will take place on
Saturday, September 24, 2011 in TUMO Center for Creative Technologies.
Encouraged by the success of the inaugural TEDxYerevan event, `Beyond
Borders’ – held in fall 2010 -TED has licensed the second TEDxYerevan
for 2011.

The theme of TEDxYerevan is `Becoming Young.’ The theme for this
year’s conference will focus on understanding youth, maturity,
transitions, individual, institutional and national.

The event with host 280 participants, including 20 speakers. Here
belong: former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans, who
will talk about honesty in diplomacy; world top grandmaster Levon
Aronian, with women in chess theme; editor and media consultant
Shushan Harutyunyan whose talk is entitled `No Journalism, No
Worries’. Also among TEDx speakers are internet journalist Artur
Papyan; the head of the AYAS Nautical Research club Karen Balayan; new
media professional Arpine Grigoryan. The reports will be delivered in
English.

The event partner is Civilitas Foundation.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local,
self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like
experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine
to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. 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.