TEDxRiceU Countdown

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TEDxRiceU presents TEDxRiceU Countdown 2022 on Nov.12th from 5pm to 7pm CT at the Moody Theatre in Moody Center of the Arts.

Rice University Moody Center For The Arts

<h2>Parking</h2>The Moody Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Rice University, and is best reached by using Campus Entrance 8 at the intersection of University Boulevard and Stockton Street. As you enter campus, the building is on the right, just past the Media Center. There is a dedicated parking lot adjacent to the building. Payment for the Moody Lot is by credit card only. Maps are available at rice.edu/maps.Please note: Our address is the general address to Rice University. To find us on campus, enter “Moody Center for the Arts” on Google or Apple maps.

In the past, <a href="https://www.ted.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TED</a> and TEDx-ers all over the world put Ideas worth spreading on stage without a political agenda. But with the worldwide need to achieve a net-zero future within the next decades, TED decide to join forces with different activists, scientists, artists, companies, entrepreneurs, ngo’s and local TEDx-events to inspire citizens of the world, cities, schools, companies and national governments and politicians to step up their efforts and reach the climate goals set in COP25 – the UN Climate Conference in Paris six years ago.This November 12th, we are following <a href="https://countdown.ted.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TED&#x27;s Countdown</a>’s launch with our own TEDxRiceU Countdown. Join us and listen to what some of the greatest energy experts, climate scientists, and student thinkers change-makers from the premier university of the Energy Capital have to say about how to save the planet.TEDxRiceU Countdown 2022 will take place at <a href="https://moody.rice.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Moody Center of the Arts</a> at Rice University, on November 12 from 5pm to 7pm. Seating is limited and tickets start at $10! Tickets are free for Rice students (Register at https://forms.gle/kKannnWotvctgHS76)!

<h2>Speakers Info</h2>Dr. Daniel Cohan – author of Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future (Yale University Press 2022),Mr. Andrew Slaughter – Former Executive Director at Deloitte Research Center for EnergyDr. Sylvia Dee - climate scientist specializing in atmospheric modeling, water isotope physics, and paleoclimate data-model comparison.Taylor Gilliam, a senior at Rice majoring in Political Science who works in Houston's 5th Ward on environmental racism. Shikhar Verma, a junior at Rice majoring in Economics and Environmental Engineering and the Founder of Rice New Energy Fund.Jack Pearce, a junior at Rice majoring in Electrical Engineering. His recent research modeled a compact, low-cost detector for carbon dioxide, methane, and other airborne pollutants.

<h2>Sponsor Info</h2>T﻿EDxRiceU Countdown 2022 is co-hosted by TEDxRiceU club and <a href="https://www.ricenewenergy.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rice New Energy Fund</a>, sponsored by Rice Environmental Society and Rice Green Fund. I﻿f you are willing to sponsor this event, please directly contact Nicholas Ma at pm43@rice.edu.

<h2>A﻿bout Rice University and TEDxRiceU</h2>Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, <a href="https://www.rice.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rice University</a> is ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News &amp; World Report. As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contribution to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.T﻿EDxRiceU is an independently organized TEDx Event held at Rice University, run by a club consists of students from undergraduates to PhDs. In the past years, we have organized TEDxRiceU Salons where we invited Rice students, faculties, as well as professionals from the greater Houston area to speak about their experiences and ideas. Our mission is to bring innovations, ideas, and perspectives both within and outside Rice together in a celebration of diversity and continued education.

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