TEDx set for Iowa City

Eight speakers are slated to discuss the theme of 'The Power of the Community” for the Aug. 30 TEDx at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City.

TEDx is a locally organized spinoff of the not-for-profit TED program.

Scheduled speakers in Iowa City - some on stage and other via video - for the event will include:

l David Gould, administrator at the University of Iowa's Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development

l Ryan Siskow, president of Consult 3C and author

l Lisa Song-Sutton, real estate investor and entrepreneur

l Bisi Williams, chief insights officer for Massive Change Network, a design consultancy

l Marc Zornes, former manager at McKinsey and Company and founder of Winnow, a food waste-management company

l Sarah Gardial, dean of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa

l Kent Stock, teacher, middle school principal and coach of the 1991 Norway, Iowa, baseball team that became the basis of the movie 'The Final Season”

l Paulo Simas, creative and business strategy professional and entrepreneur.

Tickets for the event are priced at $93.23. Two off-site livestreaming venues will be free. Go to tedxiowacity.net for more information.

Iowa City saw its first TEDx in 2001.