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TEDxLSE is a student-led London based conference that was founded on the belief that TED and the London School of Economics share similar forward-looking philosophies about the importance of sharing ideas worth spreading.

TEDxLSE's mission is to inspire meaningful change through the promotion of innovation, critical thinking and leadership. They aim to act as a vehicle for entertaining and thought provoking talks and performances. They stay true to the TED ethos of 'Ideas Worth Spreading' by actively seeking out the unexpected, the breathtaking, the daring and the compelling.

About TED
TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a global set of conferences and is the organization that makes possible TEDx events. The speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to present their ideas in the most innovative and engaging ways they can. Past presenters include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and many Nobel Prize winners. As of 2002, TED is headed by British former computer journalist and magazine publisher Chris Anderson.

Since June 2006, the conference's talks (as well as several TEDx talks) have been offered for free viewing online on the organization's website. As of July 2010, the 700 talks have been viewed a combined 290 million times and still attracting a growing global audience. In 2008, TED made available the TEDx brand, a program that enables schools, businesses, libraries or just groups of friends to enjoy a TED-like experience with events they individually organize, design and host. , TEDx events have been held in over 60 countries.

Main event
The main event 2014 is held at LSE Old Building on the 8th of March. This year, TEDxLSE give you the theme World’s Architects.

With this theme TEDxLSE wants to encourage and empower people to be architects of positive change in their lives and in our world. The speakers are set to inspire with the latest thinking and innovation on how to build a better future for all – using tools from art and comedy to sustainability and happiness research.

Those speaking at the event this year are: ·        Paul Anderson – environmental lawyer, ecologist and philosopher. ·        Jeremy Balkin - founder of Give While You Live, financial reform ·        Gavin Esler - journalist, television and radio broadcaster with focus on political issues. ·        Bjørn Grinde - author and chief scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. ·        Ed Howker- journalist and co-author of Jilted Generation and the Intergenerational Foundation. ·        Anneke Short – product designer, entrepreneur and social media expert. ·        Solitaire Townsend – co-founder of Futerra Sustainability Communications. ·        Amanda Feldman – Director at Volans, designing social innovation strategy & partnerships. ·        Katerina Kimmorley - co-founder of Pollinate Energy a social enterprise in India and speaker on energy poverty, sustainable development, social enterprise. ·        Zena el Khalil - Lebanese artist, writer, activist and feminist. ·        Cath Mercer - Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research at University College London.

History
With the first conference in 2012 ending in success, TEDxLSE is held its 2nd annual conference on March 9th 2013 armed with the theme ‘RETHINK YOUR DEFINITION’.