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Congratulations. You made it. We welcome you to sing that song you were humming on the way here. Release the breath you were holding during registration. High-five the person standing nearest to you – indeed, you both deserve that. YOU ARE WORLD CHANGERS. In fact, you are so much more than that: thinkers, dreamers, artists, [insert inspiring plural noun ___________], [insert strange plural noun ___________]. The truth is, words could never describe the incredible that is you.

The mission and ultimate goal of TEDxYouth@SanDiego is to be a spark of inspiration and a catalyst for change to hundreds, if not thousands, of young people across San Diego County. Many of these youth labor under the wrongful impression that they are too young, too inexperienced, or too unimportant to make a difference in their communities and their world.

About TEDxYouth@SanDiego

Go forth to experience this day with your childlike sense of wonder. We know you have one – discover it, even if you have forgotten. This. Is. Key.

Question everything. Unearth your own truths.

Now, Changer… One last thing… If you brought nothing else, we hope that you at least remembered:

An open mind, and the gumption to share what is in there.

Your IDEAS are WORTH SPREADING.

“Here’s to the Crazy Ones. The misfits. The

rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs

in the square holes. The ones who see things

differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they

have no respect for the status-quo. You can

quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or

vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do

is ignore them. Because they change things.

They push the human race forward. And

while some may see them as the crazy ones,

we see genius. Because the people who are

crazy enough to think they can change the

world are the ones who DO!”

~ Apple Computers

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences – the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer – TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

About TED

About TEDxTEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading.” The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level.

3-D Chalk Demonstration Tracy Lee Stum is an internationally recognized American street painter who specializes in spectacular, interactive 3D chalk art street paintings. A visionary and master in the chalk art world, Tracy’s mind-blowing dimensional images continue to ‘wow’, inspire and amaze viewers around the globe.

Formerly homeless, Liz Murray transformed her life of despair into an inspiring journey of determination, hope and hard-won success. Her personal and powerful story has been featured on Oprah and made into a motion picture. Liz travels across the country inspiring people from all walks of life to succeed in the face of adversity, hardship and personal struggle.

Lee Coulter is a singer/songwriter from Australia on an eternal quest to write the song that touches that chord in every-one. He tries to breakdown stereotypes for young aspiring musicians. Coulter carved his first guitar from a eucalyptus tree and set out to bring an end to the raging roo/koala feud with songs promoting social justice, good times and the simple joys of life.

Elliott Wobler

Tracy Lee Stum

Patrick Ivison

Lee Coulter

Liz Murray

Sara VanceYoga DemonstrationSara Vance is a Nutritionist and Kids Yoga Instructor. Owner of Rebalance Life and a regular contributor on local San Diego area television stations, Sara teaches kids and families how to be mindful and intuitive – helping them to manage stress, connecting to the foods that make their bodies feel and function better.

Elliott Wobler is a graduate of Canyon Crest Academy and currently a freshman at University of California, Santa Barbara. His poetry includes themes of interconnec-tivity and the power of individual expression in realizing our unity as young people — young people who can change things.

Patrick Ivison sustained a spinal cord injury when he was run over by a car as an infant, yet he remains focused on his abilities rather than his disability. Now a 17-year-old high school senior, Patrick is a motivational speaker; adaptive surfer; the first disabled member of the Lost Surf Team; and a mem-ber of his high school surf team. He has appeared on the Today Show, E! Enter-tainment, Transworld Surf Magazine, MTV, Fuel TV, and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Biomimicry DemonstrationPeter Gilson is an Educator Guide and Reptile Zookeeper at the San Diego Zoo. He has also worked on many of the herpetology conservation projects at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research.

Alec Loorz, founder of Kids vs Global Warm-ing, is one of the leading young voices in the U.S. on the issue of climate change, calling on the “ruling generation” to consider the needs of his and future generations in their actions. Now 17-years-old, Alec has been a climate change activist for 4 years and spoken to over 200,000 people on panels with experts, in presentations at schools, museums, conferences, and the UN.

Alec Loorz

Peter Gilson

Shamil HargovanHewlett-Packard DemonstrationShamil Hargovan is a global product manager in Hewlett-Packard Company’s Imaging and Printing Group. HP is exploring new ways to use linking technologies and augmented reality to connect the physical world with the explosion of digital material available today.

Richard Dreyfuss began his acting career when he was eight-years-old. Credits include American Graffiti, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Jaws. He won the Oscar in 1978 for his performance in The Goodbye Girl. In 2008, Dreyfuss founded The Dreyfuss Initiative, a nonprofit corporation formed to revive, elevate and enhance the teaching of civics in public schools.

Adora Svitak is a writer of over 300 short- stories, a poet and a humanitarian who hopes to use her own success to inspire other young people to take more of an interest in reading and writing. Adora is an incredibly motivational young speaker who believes that everyone deserves the opportunities that come with literacy and a meaningful education.

A skilled musician who plays both piano and violin, fifteen-year-old Adrianna Svitak has won awards at numerous piano competitions, and is concertmistress for the Redmond Junior High Honors Orchestra. In 2009, she was concertmistress for the All-State Junior Orchestra. Adrianna’s artistic interests extend far beyond piano and violin, she also loves to sing, dance, and draw.

Adora Svitak

Adrianna Svitak

Yurie Iwako

Richard Dreyfuss

Jason Russell

Now 21-years-old, Yurie Iwako, graduate of Canyon Crest Academy, started Save the Sudan Club and raised $10,000 to build a well in Africa. Because of her hard work with this club, she was named one of the 35 under-35 leaders of San Diego for the year of 2010 by the San Diego News Network.

Jason Russell is one of the founders of Invisible Children, Inc. His revolutionary approach to humanitarian work has put Russell at the forefront of a generational movement for peace. He serves as a keynote speaker across the country, empowering youth to become more involved in the global landscape.

Jim Someck

Danny Batimana & Team Millennia

Jimbo’s...Naturally! Lunch DemonstrationJim (Jimbo) Someck has been in the natural foods industry since 1973. In 1984 he opened up his first Jimbo’s…Naturally! store. Since then he has opened up four more Jimbo’s…Naturally! stores through- out north county San Diego.

Dancer. Leader. Teacher. Danny V. Batimana manages the Poreotics Dance Crew (winners of America’s Best Dance Crew season 5) and is the founder of Team Millennia. His Happiness is NOW youth movement reminds us not to dwell upon the past or stress about the future; rather to live in the NOW…

Established in 1998, Team Millennia (TM) is celebrating its 14th year as one of California’s premiere hip hop dance teams. They’ve won top honors in more than 20 competitions like Vibe, Fusion, and appeared on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew season 3.

Josh and Nina Church, co-founders of Nika Water, attend La Jolla Country Day School. Nina is active in extracurricular clubs such as Model UN, Mock Trial, and Free the Children and has been a facilitator for Me-to-We trips in Kenya. She speaks nation-ally on behalf of Nika on the world water crisis and youth empowerment. Josh has been an active member of student council, and is currently serving as the junior class President. He also serves on the Free the Children Board of Directors, an organ- ization of children helping children eradicate poverty.

Maia Ferdman

Mark Hixon is a marine biologist at Oregon State University who specializes in under-standing the ecology of coral reefs. A Fulbright Senior Scholar and Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, Mark has published scientific studies of reefs in Australia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, the Bahamas, and the Virgin Islands. In 2003, he was recognized by ISI Citation Index as the most cited American scientific author on coral reefs.

Mark Hixon

David Schenone is the Innovation Director for Global Footwear for NIKE, Inc. He has competed in 18 Ironman competitions and his greatest ideas of creativity and innova-tion come from his long runs and bike rides. Schenone’s experiences have helped him in all aspects of his job – from concept work to technologies for design in running and customization insights for NIKEiD.

Jason O’Neill is 15-year-old entrepreneur who founded Pencil Bugs at age nine. At age fourteen, he also authored Bitten by the Business Bug: Common Sense Tips for Business and Life from a Teen Entrepreneur. Jason speaks extensively and motivates young audiences with a simple but suc-cessful mantra, “Try Your Ideas.”

Maia Ferdman is a graduate of Canyon Crest Academy and a first-year at UCLA. She is interested in English, journalism, his-tory, and global studies, and loves working with children. She was the editor of Pulse Magazine at Canyon Crest, and is now an intern for the Daily Bruin.

Jason O’Neill

David Schenone

Josh & Nina Church

Known for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake Shimabukuro is a ukulele master. Not only does he play styles previously “taboo” on the four-string, two-octave instrument, but he also creates music never before thought possible. While Jake has great respect and love for traditional Hawaiian ukulele music, his mission is to show everyone that the ukulele is capable of so much more.

Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn and Jonnie Penn set out in an old RV to complete a list of “100 Things We Want To Do Before We Die,” and help out strangers along the way to accomplish something on their own lists. What began as a personal mission among friends has blossomed into a hit MTV show based on the lives of four young men who dedicate themselves to making peoples’ dreams come true.

Hunter BarreraHunter Barrera is a junior at Canyon Crest Academy. Hunter is a Life Scout working on his Eagle project, which is a landscap-ing and outdoor seating project for the CCA student café, The Nest. In his free time, Hunter enjoys playing guitar, doing sleight of hand magic, surfing and skiing. He also donates his time to Teen Volunteers in Action.

The Buried Life

Jake Shimabukuro

Qualcomm Incorporated is the world leader in next-generation mobile technologies and the world’s largest provider of chipsets for the wireless industry. Qualcomm innovations are enabling ultra-personal mobile devices; shaping relevant, next-generation mobile experiences; and inspiring transformative new business models and services. Dedicated to accelerating mobile growth and progress worldwide, Qualcomm is transforming the way people live, learn, work and play. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Qualcomm is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a FORTUNE 500® company traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit integrated regional health care system serving the people of San Diego with seven hospitals, two affiliated medi-cal groups and the full range of health care facilities, technologies and services. Sharp is the largest health care provider in the region and the largest private employer – employing nearly 15,000 passionate team members.

The entire Sharp team is dedicated to The Sharp Experience – an organization-wide improvement initiative designed to transform every aspect of the health care experience for staff, physicians and patients. As a result of The Sharp Experience, the commitment to six pillars of excellence (quality, service, people, finance, growth and community), and the continuous focus on making health care better, Sharp HealthCare was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award – the nation’s high-est presidential award for organizational excellence. Sharp HealthCare has graciously supported TEDxYouth@SanDiego and TEDxSanDiego with their expertise in Experience Design and Event Orchestration.

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