TEDxABQ Main Event - CONNEXTION

TED has a simple motto that says it all: Ideas worth spreading. TED’s entire model—and TEDxABQ’s—is centered around the power of ideas that will capture the minds of the audience, disseminate information, change perspectives and cultures, and instill knowledge for those who want to consider the possibilities. When dispersed, ideas can exponentially change our community, or even the world, forever.

At TEDxABQ’s 2022 general event, we will focus on Connection! Fundamental to human existence, altered by public health challenges, and meanwhile the very fabric of meaning in all of our pursuits. Now is the time to connect… connect to each other and connect to ideas worth spreading!

Doors open at 12:30 pm - reception following the event.

Learn more about our speakers at TEDxABQ.com.

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OUR SPEAKERS

Rick Allred hopes to empower people to go beyond “normal” expectations dealing with dementia and generate connections with loved ones that they may not have felt were possible in their circumstances.

Nancy Elains Bos will expand on The Surprising Science of Reaching Goals and the path to personal optimization.

Curt J. Chavez is speaking on The Power of Hope & Healing Lies in the Human Connection, where he will be sharing the journey of a man he recently helped that he believes, through the power of human connection, has progressed considerably after the last 20 years suffering from Hemiplegia.

Phelosha M. Collaros will touch on what we can learn about conflict and connection from Colombia’s early political violence and how the Colombian people reveal the meaningful connections that save us in the darkest of times.

Michael Davis is discussing the framework of digital truth and how implementing Mindfulness as a Service (MaaS) business solution can improve our digital consciousness to shift right alongside our human connection and relationship with technology.

Thien-Nam Dihn will be discussing Universal Basic Philanthropy (UBP), giving people free money to donate. UBP will create a systemically connected world in which everyone will have a voice in the progress that we make as a society.

Kiki Garcia will speak on the struggles individuals go through and promote an idea that opening up about mental health is nothing to be ashamed of.

Zahara Jade will talk through the experience of pain is an inevitability of the human condition and how it may serve as a call to action.

Bettye Kearse will speak about ancestors, the importance of their stories passed from generation to generation and how they’re alive in everything we do with the many gifts they passed down to us.

Scott Miller is discussing connections to end poverty and how our current societal connection hold poverty in place.

Gabe Mounce will touch on the “2nd Golden Age of Space” and how NM is well poised, across our state demographics, to take advantage of this opportunity for the betterment of our economy and community.

Abigail Olvera focus is on the cost of living. Handwashing took a century to catch on. Good road design is taking about as long - while continuing to be the eighth biggest killer in the world.

Wyatt Powers will focus on how the children of New Mexico can receive a world-class education by using state and national parks as their classroom.

Teresa M. Robinson will touch on the power of community through events and entertainment.