HCI ROCKS!

TEDtoChina Salon

TEDtoChina Salon was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." It is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. Salon is a small quarterly recurring event that keeps a TEDtoChina community engaged between larger TEDx events.

OUR MISSION

Promote local inspirational ideas and work

Facilitate community dialogue

OUR PRINCIPLE

Non-profit; no charge for entrance

Non-political; we don’t encourage sensitive topics

OUR TEAM

Voluntary basis

~5 core members in Shanghai

Working fields cover media, investment, market research, etc

Introduction

It started out (in Apr. 2010) as a regional meet-up bringing together people from different domains, art, design, business, education, technology, etc.  More TED speakers will join our salon in the future.

Speakers in different fields

Every single salon was over-subscribed! !

Thousands of TED fans on our mail-list & over 50,000 followers

in our social media .

Passion!

This time: more interactive than ever!

Celebrating our future—Human-Computer

Interaction!

HCI Rocks!/overviewTHEME

FORMAT

SPEAKER

DATE

LENGTH

AUDIENCE

MEDIA

SPEECH/ Q&A

DEMO

Bring global innovator together with local creators; facilitate networking and inspire real actions!Speech + Prototype demo + networking

Speech focused on sharing experience and personal reflection as successful designer/ engineers.Demo as showcase of latest products or findings; will engage audience as much as possible.

Global speaker: Pranav Mistry (inventor of SixthSense on TED.com)2-3 local speakers: TBD

Sept. 18th (tentative)

3-4 hours in the afternoon

50-100 participants; equipped with basic knowledge of HCI.

Mainstream media would be invited

• He is a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab.

• Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he's a graduate of IIT.

• Selected projects from Mistry's work at MIT includes intelligent sticky notes, Quickies, that can be searched and can send reminders; a pen that draws in 3D.

• Areas of interests: Social Computing, HCI, Interaction Design, Robotics, New media, Cognitive Science, Virtual Reality, Visual Reality, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Interactive Systems and Environments.

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Inventor of SixthSense

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SELECTED WORK

TED 2009TEDIndia 2009

• The 2009 Invention Award by Popular Science (2009)

• Top 35 innovators under the age of 35 by MIT Technology Review (2009)

• 15 Asian Scientists to Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine (2011)

To celebrate this fun & productive gathering;To meet with local talents;To give back to community;

Come & Support Us!

Salon#4: HCI Rocks!/Team

We are a group of passionate, committed TEDsters. We are well connected with local thought-leaders and various organizations. We have organized or supported a series of activities, including TEDxShanghai, TEDxFiveStarSquare, TEDtoChina Salon, MaD Shanghai Meetup…We believe in the power of positive idea and positive action!

Online collaborative community

Recognized by TED global

Involved in community building

~30 main content generators across China, US

INTRODUCING TED TO CHINAFirst focused on talk translation; later host TEDx events

One co-founder, Tony Yet, is appointed as TED Ambassador in China

Warmly received by public Over 30,000 followers on weibo and blog subscribers

Cooperated with YouChange Foundation, MaD (HK), 3DS, SIP…

Reported by mainstream newspaper

Engaged in local TEDx eventsTEDxShanghai, TEDxFSS, TEDxXiamen TEDxGuangzhou, TEDxNanjing, etc

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