TEDxUlaanbaatar Conference Program Finalized

Our TEDxUlaanbaatar conference program has been finalized with more detailed on the four sessions that will make up the incredible day-long event.

After the team behind TEDxUlaanbaatar opens the event, featuring the TEDx Introduction video that has welcomed hundreds of thousands of people to TEDx events around the world, Session 1 : Exploring the Past will feature an insightful look back into Mongolia's rich and unique history. Speakers and presenters in this session will provide a glimpse of Mongolia's colorful tapestry of culture, arts and spirituality.

Session 2 : Honoring Tradition will linking us to the present day, with a mix of speakers and artists who will explore the ways in which Mongolia reveres the past through science, music, photography and lifestyle.

Session 3 : Empowering Progress is filled with inspirational stories of change and the changemakers behind them in Mongolia today. From the streets of Ulaanbaatar to the peaks of the Altai mountains, amazing people positively impacting the world around them.

Session 4 : Designing the Future will close the event with visionaries and thought-leaders who will share their aspirations for realizing Mongolia's potential and shaping the country's legacy for generations to come. 

To be part of this event, and to learn more, please visit TEDxUlaanbaatar.com!

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Theme set for August

The TEDxUlaanbaatar conference is set for Saturday, August 20th, 2011 and our theme will be Legacy: Honoring Tradition, Designing the Future. This encompasses Mongolia's unique and ancient past, its present transitioning economy and culture and its wide-open future. The TEDxUlaanbaatar program will be divided into four sessions, each with its own unique theme:

  1. Exploring the Past 
  2. Honoring Tradition 
  3. Empowering Progress 
  4. Designing the Future 

Speakers and performers within each session will share their unique talents, stories and dreams with us and bring us on a journey through hundreds and thousands of years of Mongolian history and tradition, take us up to the present day and then leave us with their inspiring visions for the future. We look forward to seeing you alongside us throughout this adventure! If you want to get involved, or have a suggestion for a great speaker, please tell us (and hurry, spaces are filling up fast)!

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Gaining Momentum

The team behind the TEDxUlaanbaatar event have been working very hard this month confirming outstanding speakers who will blow away our audience and updating our website to include ways for applicants, volunteers, speakers and sponsors to get involved with our historic event. We are pleased to announce that we will have Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt speaking on Mongolia's unique economy, Didi Kalika speaking on helping Mongolia's children and Sanchir Tserendorj speaking on ethnically Mongolia people living around the world. To learn more and to get involved with TEDxUlaanbaatar, please visit www.TEDxUlaanbaatar.com

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We should do this in Mongolia!

Hosting a TEDx event in Mongolia began as a simple idea between two friends who had never met: American Peace Corps Volunteer Travis Hellstrom and Mongolian The New Media Marketing Agency Founder Mende-Orshikh Amartaivan. They both loved TED, had been inspired by dozens of videos over the years and on opposite sides of the country were thinking the same thing, "We should do this in Mongolia."

Months later, after finding each other thanks to the TED.com online community, they have gathered together a team of talented Mongolians from all over the country and been officially licensed to organize TEDxUlaanbaatar. The conference will take place in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar and be the first event of its kind in Mongolian history. Speakers from all walks of life will come together to share their expertise and vision in areas ranging from modern economic strategy to ancient musical performance. The deep wisdom of Mongolia, drawing from centuries of tradition and practice, will be brought to centerstage here at TEDxUlaanbaatar and we couldn't be more excited to share it with the world.

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