About TEDxBoston
Who is TEDxBoston?
We are a team of volunteers in Boston who are catalyzing innovation by sharing ideas with citizens around the world.
At TED2009, Chris Anderson, TED Curator, announced the TEDx initiative and local executives Sean Belka, Danielle D. Duplin, and Matt Saiia sprang into action to create TEDxBoston. We partnered with the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and Collective Next, and in a few exhilarating months produced our inaugural event.
TEDxBoston 2009 featured live talks by impressive Bostonians, 300 enthusiastic attendees, and a symphony conducted by Ben Zander with 75 international youth musicians as a grand finale in the lobby of our office building. Little did we know the event would tap into Boston’s huge reservoir of goodwill to celebrate the region’s ingenuity and to share ideas across all disciplines. We were hooked.
The following year, along with a growing cohort of volunteers, we produced TEDxBoston 2010, in the heart of Boston’s Seaport Innovation District. We also launched Adventures, a tapestry of community experiences throughout the year that connect the people and places that make greater Boston such a fascinating and thriving city. For TEDxBoston 2011, we added new ways to participate such as simulcast venues and immersive online environments.
So far, thousands of people of have attended TEDxBoston events and the videos have been viewed nearly 3 million times. We’re thrilled to be back for TEDxBoston 2012 on Friday, June 22, 2012.
For inspiration, we take our cue from the founding families who centuries ago were the original entrepreneurs of democracy.
For the speakers, we seek out luminaries who hail from the Boston area, are driven to make the world a better place, and are devoted to implementing their game-changing ideas at scale.
For you the audience, well let’s just say that we are in awe of the talent, the energy, and the accomplishments of everyone who participates before, during, and after the events. It’s been our privilege to get to know you.
We’re honored to be part of TED and the ever-growing global TEDx community. Thanks for joining us.
Here’s to ideas worth spreading,
Sean Belka, Danielle D. Duplin, Jimmy Guterman, Matt Saiia
TEDxBoston Curators
TEDxBoston 2012 Team
Curators
Sean BelkaSenior Vice President, Fidelity Investments
Danielle DuplinVice President, Fidelity Investments
Jimmy GutermanFounder and President, The Vineyard Group
Matt SaiiaOwner and CEO, Collective Next, LLC
Production Management
Christine BufordProgram Coordinator, Fidelity Investments
Lori KeenanProgram Director, Fidelity Investments
Jane LimSr. Executive Secretary, Fidelity Investments
Peter MollSenior Director, Fidelity Investments
Stephanie MurphyDirector of Events & Broadcasting, Fidelity Investments
Wilfredo PenaProject Manager, Fidelity Investments
Partners and Support
Melissa Abraham, Resource Plus
Iris S. Adler, WBUR
Mike Bistline, Turnstone
Brooke Burgess, Resource Plus
Jenna Camann, Digitas
Samuel W. Fleming, WBUR
Alex Glovsky, Nutter McClennen & Fish
Lindsay Goldstein, Digitas
Kitty Gormley, Nutter McClennen & Fish
Katia Greene, Collective Next LLC
Jeremy Halpern, Nutter McClennen & Fish
Scott Hinton, Projection Inc.
Kristen R. Holgerson, WBUR
Rory Keohane, Oat Creative
Erin King, Collective Next LLC
Cindy Moriarty, Resource Plus
Dan Oberholzer, Motiv
Tyson Ringey, Digitas
Brett Saiia, Collective Next LLC
Brian Simeral, Seaport Boston
Pam Whitney, Turnstone
TEDxBoston Grand Opening Videos
Revolutionary Ideas Start Here, 2009
produced by: Danielle D. Duplin
researched by: Laura Kochansky
edited by: Michael Weil, Fidelity Images
Revolutionary Dreams, 2010
A Visual Poem to Boston, 2011
produced by: Danielle D. Duplin, Jimmy Guterman, Matt Saiia
photos by: Peter Vanderwarker
performed by: Jason Fisher, Jesse Irons, Jae Cosmos Lee, Michael Unterman from A Far Cry
