We exist to dream—to think up what might be—with not one vision, but many, we can inspire one another to see...
At TEDxPortland 2015 we dive into stories of an untold future. Hopeful and scary, brilliant and curious, local, planetary and beyond. We explore the unknown and take a look into many windows, if only to catch a glimpse of our own Tomorrows.
4 Agenda
9 Speakers
Jon Wexler
Vidya Spandana
Karen Gaffney
G Douglas Bundy
Linda Smith
Fawn Weaver
Maurice Conti
Benji Wagner
Gregory Gourdet
Cameron Smith, PhD
Jenna Nicholas
Kent Thornburg, PhD
Regina Ellis
Amber Starks
Daniel Wilson, PhD
Speech
Renny Gleeson
55 Performers
The von Trapps
Jacob Miller & The
Bridge City Crooners
Con Bro Chill
Rose City Trombones
Visions of Tomorrows
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AG EN DA
Session One
9:00-10:30
Jon Wexler
Vidya Spandana
Karen Gaffney
The von Trapps
G Douglas Bundy
Linda Smith
20-minute break
Session Two
10:50-12:00
Jacob Miller & The
Bridge City Crooners
Fawn Weaver
Maurice Conti
Benji Wagner
Gregory Gourdet
90-minute lunch
Session Three
1:30-3:00
Session Four
3:30-4:30
Con Bro Chill
Cameron Smith, PHD
Jenna Nicholas
Oregonian Media Group & Uncage the Soul Presents: (Title TBD….will know eod)
Kent Thornburg, PHD
Regina Ellis
30-minute break
Amber Starks
Daniel Wilson, PHD
Speech
Renny Gleeson
HAPPY HOUR IN THE PARK
until 6pm: Thank you to BEAM
Suntory Spirits, Rogue, Gran
Moraine & La Crema
DESTINY IS NO MATTER OF CHANCE. IT IS A MATTER
OF CHOICE.
— William Jennings Bryan
SPE AKE RS
JON WEXLER
Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Jon Wexler has lived in Portland for the better part of the past 18 years where he has emerged as one of the most influential people in the sneaker community. He has worked his way up from an entry-level product role to that of Senior Director of Entertainment and Influencer Marketing at adidas. In this role he focuses squarely on people, and relationship management is his art.
VIDYA SPANDANA
Vidya Spandana is Director of Strategic Partnerships for Ushahidi, a global humanitarian technology nonprofit. As a teenager, she cofounded DMV.org, turning it into a multi-million dollar business by the time she earned her computer science and engineering degree. After extended emotional trauma and burnout, Vidya woke up one day and left her life and success behind. She spent three years traveling, studying the science of non-duality, teaching yoga, surfing, and making art. Vidya has since spent 15 years advising startups on strategic growth. In 2013, she became a Presidential Innovation Fellow working to bring President Obama’s Executive Order on Open Data to life, and working with federal agencies to prove how open data could drive economic growth in the world’s poorest countries.
KAREN GAFFNEY
Karen Gaffney is the President of a non-profit organization dedicated to championing the journey to full inclusion in families, schools, the workplace, and the community for people with developmental disabilities. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Portland, Oregon, and earned a two-year Associate of Science degree from Portland Community College. She is a fearless open-water swimmer having successfully swam the English Channel, escaped Alcatraz (16 times) and conquered Lake Tahoe in 59-degree water. Karen swims to raise funds and awareness of what people with Down syndrome can do.
THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.
— Peter Drucker
CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE. AND THOSE WHO LOOK ONLY TO THE PAST OR PRESENT ARE CERTAIN TO MISS THE FUTURE.
— John F Kennedy
G DOUGLAS BUNDY
G Douglas Bundy is a parent, musician, artist, and teacher at Raleigh Hills K-8 in Portland. Working from his underground lair at Raleigh Hills, he is building a technology arts program that seeks to preserve and develop creativity and the love of learning for children, teachers, and parents alike. Bundy uses project-based learning that starts with something a kid is interested in to foster creativity through video-game design, web applications, filmmaking, sound-design, programming, prototyping, and photography. At the core of his belief is the role of teachers to become “interest creators” and to “draw out” the remarkable capacities in children. Ideally this allows for teachers and students to collaborate to do real work for real purpose. One of his students encapsulated this vision beautifully with the statement: “The world needs more kidmade things.”
LINDA SMITH
Linda Smith is a leader in the global movement to end sex trafficking. In 1998, while serving in Congress, Linda traveled to a notorious brothel district in India where the hopeless faces of women and children forced into prostitution compelled her to found the Shared Hope International organization. Linda is the primary author of From Congress to the Brothel and Renting Lacy, co-author of The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, and instrumental in creating the DEMAND Report. Linda has testified before Congress, presented at national and international forums, and has been published in numerous news outlets and journals. Linda served as a Washington State legislator (1983-93) before being elected to Congress in 1994.
FAWN WEAVER
Fawn Weaver is the bestselling author of Happy Wives Club, CEO of ValRentco and volunteers her time and talent to helping several human rights organizations. Her site, happywivesclub.com – spontaneously launched while she was working as a hotel general manager – has garnered international acclaim. Fawn serves as an Executive Board Member for MEND Poverty (mendpoverty.org) and Slavery No More (slaverynomore.org), an antihuman trafficking organization, and is a supporter of the International Justice Mission (ijm.org).
We are incredibly thankful to Henry V for the creative vision and production of our world-class stage design you see today.
DREAMS ARE TODAY’S ANSWERS TO TOMORROW’S QUESTIONS.
— Edgar Cayce
MAURICE CONTI
Maurice Conti is a designer, futurist and innovator. He is the Director of Strategic Innovation at Autodesk and has worked with startups, government agencies, renowned artists and corporations to explore the things that will matter to them in the future, and to design solutions to get them there. He has circumnavigated the globe once and been halfway around twice. In 2009 he was awarded the Medal for Exceptional Bravery at Sea by the United Nations, the New Zealand Bravery Medal, and a U.S. Coast Guard Citation for Bravery for saving the lives of three shipwrecked sailors.
BENJI WAGNER
Benji Wagner is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Poler Outdoor Stuff, which he started after a camping trip with friends whom he shared a love for the outdoors with. The idea is bringing together the outdoor and action sports worlds for the first time. He has been a photographer and filmmaker for 20 years and continues to inspire people to get outside through his art and product.
GREGORY GOURDET
Gregory Gourdet is the trendsetting Executive Chef at Portland’s popular panAsian restaurant, Departure. Gourdet studied pre-med, wildlife biology and French before pursuing a degree from the Culinary Institute of America after discovering a passion for cooking. Gourdet trained at the prestigious Jean-Georges restaurant empire, eventually working his way up to Sous Chef at Jean-Georges.
As a part-time ultra runner, hot yoga devotee, and CrossFitter, Gourdet brings his health-mindedness to the table as well. Gourdet was named Chef of the Year by the Oregon Department of Agriculture in 2013 and competed on season 12 of Bravo TV’s Top Chef.
SADDLE YOUR DREAMS BEFORE YOU RIDE THEM.
— Mary Webb
WE ARE MADE WISE NOT BY THE RECOLLECTION OF OUR PAST, BUT BY THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR FUTURE.
— George Bernard Shaw
CAMERON M. SMITH, PHD
Cameron M. Smith, PhD, of Portland State University’s Department of Anthropology began his career excavating million-yearold stone tools in Africa. However, Dr. Smith’s current quest is to put humans into space with low-cost, DIY methods, and Icarus Interstellar’s work on multigenerational voyaging to exoplanets. In recent years Dr. Smith has presented his concepts at NASA, NASA/DARPA, the Mars Society, SpaceX, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, TEDxBrussels, OMSI and Copenhagen Suborbitals.
JENNA NICHOLAS
Jenna Nicholas project-manages the Divest-Invest Philanthropy movement, a global coalition of foundations directing divestment from fossil fuels toward new energy solutions. Jenna is a native of London and studied at both Stanford and Oxford. Via her firm, Phoenix Global Impact, she also consults on impact investing and social entrepreneurship.
KENT L. THORNBURG, PHD
Dr. Kent L. Thornburg received his PhD in Developmental Physiology and studied Cardiovascular Physiology as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He participates in co-funded projects with scientists in England, New Zealand, France, Finland and Australia. He serves regularly on advisory panels at the NIH, the American Heart Association and the Children’s Heart Foundation and recently served as Co-Chair of the task force to determine the 10-year vision of the developmental origins of health and disease for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
LIFE CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BACKWARDS; BUT IT MUST BE LIVED FORWARDS.
— Søren Kierkegaard
TOMORROW AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE.
— Yogi Berra
REGINA ELLIS
Regina Ellis is the Founder and Chief Joy Officer of the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA), the only organization of its kind in the nation. Established in 1995 after her daughter Alexandra died of cancer, CCA delivers JoyRx to seriously ill children, teens, and their families when they need more than medicine. What started around Regina’s kitchen table has now grown to be one of the largest children’s health organizations in the Pacific Northwest, with award-winning programs that reach children in 32 states and counting. For children diagnosed with serious illness, every moment is precious. Regina Ellis’ goal is to transform as many of those moments as possible—with joy.
AMBER STARKS
Amber Starks is the owner of Conscious Coils Salon in Portland. In 2013, the Oregon Legislature passed the “Natural Hair Act,” which Amber initiated and helped revise in an effort to make it easier for natural hair stylists to get licensed to care for African and African-American hair. She advocates for the creation of spaces where people from all backgrounds can come together to celebrate, share, and be informed about inclusion in our society. She believes this is crucial to understanding standards of beauty.
DANIEL H. WILSON, PHD
Daniel H. Wilson, PhD, is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as seven other books, including How to Survive a Robot Uprising, A Boy and His Bot, and Amped. Wilson is a Contributing Editor to Popular Mechanics and writes the Earth 2: Society series for DC Comics. In 2008, he hosted The Works on History. He earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. His novel Robopocalypse was purchased by DreamWorks and is currently being adapted for film by Steven Spielberg. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.
THE BEST THING ABOUT THE FUTURE IS THAT IT COMES ONE DAY AT
A TIME.
— Abraham Lincoln
ONLY YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR FUTURE.
— Dr. Seuss
SPEECH
Speech formed the Grammy Award-winning group Arrested Development, which has been a pioneering force in the music world since the early 1990s. With five successful solo albums, his performances have spanned the likes of James Brown, The Roots, Herbie Hancock, and President Obama. He serves his community as an ordained minister and by supporting the plight of the homeless through the Mr. Wendal Foundation with love, communication and respect.
RENNY GLEESON
Renny Gleeson is a geek who’s worked in the start-up and interactive marketing space since 1994. Renny leads interactive strategy globally for Wieden+Kennedy.
He is the co-founder and leader of W+K’s Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), a tech business accelerator at the intersection of start-ups and brands. He has presented on the stage at “Big TED” multiple times and is an original board member, speaker coach and chief advisor to TEDxPortland.
PER FO RM ERS
THE VON TRAPPS
Meet The von Trapps, the next generation. Cut from the DNA of the greatest musical ever, the new sound of music is sweet, honest and raw. It pierces the air with lush harmonies, tight little constructions and a force that knocks you back a little, like a sudden wind whooshing through your hair. Sofia (26), Melanie (24), Amanda (23) and August (20) can summon the spine-tingling magic of history’s most enduring musical soundtrack. For much of their lives, they’ve toured extensively as ambassadors of music, heritage, and hope. But the siblings are bent on bringing that legacy to a new place as musical explorers and harmonic folk rockers, in their own right, on their own terms.
JACOB MILLER AND THE BRIDGE CITY CROONERS
Jacob Miller and The Bridge City Crooners bill their music as West Coast ragtime, jazz, and blues. Although you can hear all of those influences, there’s also a strong undercurrent of youthful abandon. It is the kind of wild joy from the American road (or rails) that filled the gas tank of Woody Guthrie’s dreams and kept him rolling down the highway.
TODAY’S SHOCKS ARE TOMORROW’S CONVENTIONS.
—
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
NEVER LEAVE THAT TILL TOMORROW WHICH YOU CAN DO TODAY.
— Ben Franklin
CON BRO CHILL
It’s time to have fun and it’s time to do it together. That is, in essence, what Con Bro Chill of Portland, Oregon wants you to know. CBC is a party vortex showcasing elements of high-energy pop to create its own brand of neon dance revolution. Their goal is to take over Planet Globes! The statement to every Boom Trooper the world over is clear: the Neon Army is recruiting and CBC has come to celebrate life with you. Let’s party #NeonArmy (Yes, CBC do #hashtags)!
ROSE CITY TROMBONES
Rose City Trombones is a group of passionate musicians dedicated to showcasing the majestic trombone. Their goal is to provide both concerts and educational outreach to unravel the mysteries of the shiny instrument. The members’ musical pedigrees include well-established music organizations across the Northwest and music schools around the country.
MAN MAINTAINS HIS BALANCE, POISE, AND SENSE OF SECURITY ONLY AS HE IS MOVING FORWARD.
— Maxwell Maltz
A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT SHOULDN’T BE THE END OF THE ROAD, JUST THE STARTING POINT FOR THE NEXT LEAP FORWARD.
— Harvey Mackay
HIS TO RY
Established in 1984, TED is an annual event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design—three broad subject areas that are collectively shaping our future. And in fact, the event is broader still, showcasing ideas that matter in any discipline. The diverse audience of CEOs, scientists, creatives, and philanthropists is almost as extraordinary as the speakers, who have included Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Frank Gehry, Paul Simon, Sir Richard Branson, Philippe Starck and Bono. But TED is about much more than famous names. It is about passion, laughter, beauty, ingenuity and ideas capable of changing the world.
Dr. Laurie Marker, Portland Art Museum – 2013
Macklemore & David Rae, Keller Auditorium – 2014
TEDx is part of a revolution in global education, made possible by local organizers wanting to engage their communities. Established in 2009, over 9000 TEDx events have been put on worldwide. Every week, in over 150 countries, people are coming together to pursue ideas worth spreading. Three words: Ideas. Worth. Spreading. We seek to build partnerships that will surface, promote and support great ideas. The concept is simple: create an immersive environment where prominent local organizations, thought leaders, and key enablers from vastly different fields can crossfertilize and draw inspiration from unlikely places. This foundation of partners, speakers, and influencers forms the basis of the community we are trying to build in Portland and beyond.
COMMANDMENTS
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Dream big. Strive to create the best talk you have ever given. Reveal something never seen before. Do something the audience will remember forever. Share an idea that could change the world.
Show us the real you. Share your passions, your dreams ... and also your fears. Be vulnerable. Speak of failure as well as success.
Make the complex plain. Don’t try to dazzle intellectually. Don’t speak in abstractions. Explain! Give examples. Tell stories. Be specific.
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Feel free to comment on other speakers’ talks, to praise or to criticize. Controversy energizes! Enthusiastic endorsement is powerful!
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Don’t read your talk. Notes are fine. But if the choice is between reading or rambling, then read!
End your talk on time. Doing otherwise is to steal time from the people that follow you. We won’t allow it.
COMMANDMENTS
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Connect with people’s emotions. Make us laugh! Make us cry!
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Rehearse your talk in front of a trusted friend ... for timing, for clarity, for impact.
Don’t flaunt your ego. Don’t boast. It’s the surest way to switch everyone off.
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No selling from the stage! Unless we have specifically asked you to, do not talk about your company or organization. And don’t even think about pitching your products or services or asking for funding from stage.
A look back on our past speakers and performers
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Jim Riswold
Greg Bell
Dr. Brian Druker
Tinker Hatfield
Bobbie Conner
Elliot Mainzer
Phame
On The Rocks
Mark Edlen
Scott Kveton
School of Rock
Thomas Lauderdale
Spencer Beebe
Karen Brooks
Storm Large
Mia Birk
John Jay
Welcome to our fifth annual event. We received our first TEDx license in 2009 and it took us 14 months to circle the wagons with our first event at the Armory. We grew to the Portland Art Museum and have since landed at the Keller Auditorium. Our 50+ volunteer team works
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Thomas Brown
Dr. Jessica Green
Gavin Davison
David Terry
Portland Youth Philharmonic
Bassima Mroue
Hideshi Hamaguchi
John Waller & Ben Canales
Joe Whitworth
Kate Davis
Sahar Alnouri
Rose City Trombones
Ward Cunningham
Gene Sandoval
Dr. Aithan Shapira
Jeb Corliss
Sam Adams year round on this experience to deliver ideas worth spreading for the Rose City and beyond. Our team goals center on speaker quality and content, premium event management, partner appreciation, and inspiring Portland to think, and do.
Asia Greene
Brian
Mike
Jonathan Krisel
Tom Brokaw
Naomi Pomeroy
Kate Bingaman-Burt
The Royal Blues
Dr. Laurie Marker
Ben
Denver
Aaron Draplin
Andrew Revkin
Cody Goldberg
Zalika Gardner
Eric Giler
Nong Poonsukwattana
Jackson Gariety
Al James
Macklemore
Zach King
Isaiah Holt
D'wayne Edwards
James Keller
Frank Moore
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Lisa Sedlar
Alison Roper, Keller Auditorium – 2014
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
PHAME is a community where young and older adults with developmental disabilities come to engage, learn, and grow in an environment that is supportive and comfortable. Built upon the belief that art is for all and that through the arts, students, artists, teachers, and the greater community can discover their own inspiration, PHAME brings passion, joy, and celebration to arts education and performance.
PHAME serves young and older adults with developmental disabilities, ages 17 to 70+. Our year-round arts programming provides students opportunities for lifelong learning, public performance, and community building.
PHAME is a proud TEDxPortland alum (2011).
Get engaged with PHAME.
Photo by Yi Yin
Dancers: Xuan Cheng & Chauncey Parsons
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
For 25 years, Oregon Ballet Theatre has enriched quality of life in Oregon and SW Washington. We perform a diverse repertoire of exciting classical and contemporary ballets. We cultivate a lasting appreciation for dance and the arts through outreach and education for children and adults. We offer exceptional ballet education through the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. And we value strong commitment to our community.
As a proud TEDxPortland alum, OBT is excited to share its enthusiasm for dance with this year’s attendees. The 2015/2016 season highlights OBT’s dedication to the classics as well as new works by some of the world’s best contemporary choreographers. The program includes new work from James Kudelka, a 19th-century August Bournonville classic, and a gripping contemporary work from Nicolo Fonte. Finally, the company is thrilled for the return of Founding Artistic Director James Canfield’s Romeo & Juliet to the stage after nearly 15 years!
Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 26th season will delight, entertain, and thrill. It will pull at your heartstrings, make you smile, and perhaps give new perspective. Join us for this wonderful season of discoveries!
For more information visit: www.obt.org
Your TEDxPortland 2015 ticket is good for 15% off a 2015/16 season subscription when presented at the OBT Box Office at 818 SE 6th Ave, MondayFriday from 9 am–5 pm.
TH ANK YOU
PARTNERS
Produced by
TOMORROWS ART SHOW
Sincere thanks to our selfless, talented curators:
JENNY SMITH & SUMMER KILLINGSWORTH
In the TED spirit of ideas worth spreading and our 2015 theme, a select group of Portland artists created their concepts of Tomorrows.
The commissioned works were shown on May 28 & 29, 2015 at Union Pine and will be donated
to TEDxPortland 2015’s speakers, performers and partners as a thank you for making today possible. The following artists/designers contributed their time and talent:
TOMORROWS SHOW
Jonathan Case
Damien Gilley
The Pressure
Wendy Given
Morgan Williams
Santiago Uceda
Rory Phillips
Dave Banks
Betsy Walton
Blaine Fontana
Jake Hollomon
Aaron Rayburn
Nick LaVecchia
Jordan Sowers
Chris Hornbecker
Tina Snow Le
Ian Lynam
Sheri Smith
Asher Moss x Melodi Meadows
Jason Sturgill
Nishat Akhtar
Vance Reeser
Chelsea Parker Guidry
Justin Flood
Heather Noddings
Andrio Abero
Kara Burke
Lanakila MacNaughton
Brian Madden
Rob Lewis
Matt Sundstrom
Laura Austin
Skye Walker
John Brown
Jerry Ware
Amanda Leigh Smith
Toby Grubb
Taryn Cowart
Adam Moser
Meg Kaczyk
Ravi Mongia
Ryan Garber
Jeff Luker x Nicolle Clemetson
Justin Morris
Dan Schechter
Nathan Rhoads
Joe Carolino
Nic Eldridge
Cameron Stewart
Matthew Goshman
Justin Moran
Jud Nichelson
Josh O’Renick
Kyle Beck
OUR TEAM
Board of Directors:
Paul Anthony, Susan Hoffman, Renny Gleeson, Mark Starkey & David Rae
Advisory Team:
Greg Bell, Karen Brooks, Stephen Marc Beaudoin, Al
James, Gene Sandoval, Zalika
Gardner, G Cody QJ Goldberg
Licensee & Co-Organizer: Paul Anthony & David Rae
Chief Curator, Executive
Producer & Host: David Rae
Leadership Team: Clare Ryan, Peter Achterman, Allen Hardin & Sam Aaron Baker
Speaker Coaching
Committee: Seth Walker, Renny Gleeson, Peter
Achterman, Clare Ryan, Paul
Anthony, Cathey Armillas, Kirsten Birkeland, Amy Wolff, Ann DeWitt, Cat Parkay, Sam
Aaron Baker, Allen Hardin & David Rae
Creative & Digital Craft: Instrument
Our Rock: Jenny Smith
Creative Campaign & Book Design: Adi Zuccarello
Strategy: Virginia Vickery
Writers: Roberto Curtis, Zech Bard, Carson Smith
Campaign Creative Photography: Ryan Garber
Video Director: Jake Sargeant
Music Composer & Editor: Evan Gütt
TEDxPortland Design Team:
Jake Hollomon, Daniel Westling & Jeffrey Baratta
Stage Design: Henry V
Stage Management: Really BIG Video – PJ & Maria Harvey
PR & Communications: Whitney Stanford & Liz Wu
Social Media & Interactive: Sam Aaron Baker, Alex Wang
Volunteer Management: Molly McCluskey & Ben Ford
Keller Park Expo: Fuller
Events – Christina & Tyler “King Kong” Fuller
Team Apparel: Peter
Achterman, Adam Welliver, Gemo Wong, Hyder Graphics & NIKE
TEAM
Performance Logistics: Peter Achterman
Vision of Tomorrows Art Show: Instrument & Union Pine
Partner Night Appreciation:
Madeline Wigen, Whitney Stanford, Sophie Williams & Kelsey Nealeigh
Irving St. Kitchen Speaker Dinner: Pam Lloyd, Kelsey Nealeigh, Rosemary Stafford, Schoolhouse Electric Supply Co. & ClientJoy
TEDxYouth@Portland Mentorship: University of Oregon, Matt Roberts, Benjamin Chait, Sam Aaron Baker, Sue Halliday, Jake Hollomon & Allen Hardin
6K Night Run Committee:
Delaney Elliott, Sophie Williams, Collin Gilbert, Phillip Kirkland
6K Night Run: OMSI, The Great Society, Pinnacle
Exhibits, Fuller Events, Athlete Path, Rogue, KIND, Red Bull, YAS, LED LENSER, Portland
Gay Men’s Chorus, The Unipiper, Gregory Gourdet, Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers, Isaiah Holt, E=mc2 Dance, Postano, Quarter4 & Really BIG Video
TED Books & Officemate: Alex Hofmann
Legal: Lisa Poplawski & Lane Powell
Accounting: Candace Clement & EY
Creative Digital Content: Uncage the Soul Productions & Oregonian Media Group
Keller Wifi Install: Stephouse Networks
Keller Green Room: Emma Pelett & City Liquidators
Videography & Post
Production: Mario Soriano & The Hue
Photography: Toto Vo, Sean Danaher
Our Landlord: Rumblefish, Inc.
For First Believing In Us: Michael Doherty
We are very grateful to the staff of Portland5 and Keller Auditorium. Your precision and professionalism continue to take us to new heights.
On behalf of 55+ volunteers who organize this event year round, we thank you for coming today and appreciate your commitment to spreading ideas in the Rose City and beyond.
NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD; INDEED,
IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.
— Margaret Mead
ADVISORY TEAM
This year we established a TEDxPortland Advisory Team comprised of past speakers and performers. We look to them for guidance, support and constructive feedback. They are our North Star. Special thanks go out to our following alumni (from left):
Karen Brooks, speaker 2011
Gene Sandoval, speaker 2012
Greg Bell, speaker 2011
Al James, performer 2014
Stephen Marc Beaudoin, performer 2011
G Cody QJ Goldberg, speaker 2014
Zalika Gardner, speaker 2014 (not pictured).
JONATHAN CASE
Featured illustrator Jonathan Case is an Eisner Award-winning author/artist from Portland, Oregon. Praised by critics and creators (Publishers Weekly, Gene Yang, and Stephen King among them), Case’s work ranges from intricate graphic novels to huge murals, often with a period-specific focus. His paintings occupy Portland hotspots like The Modern Man Barbershop on Hawthorne, McMenamins Crystal Hotel, and the new non-profit brewery, Ex Novo Brewing.
His most recent YA novel, Before Tomorrowland, is out this month from Disney Publishing, and was created in collaboration with film legends Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Tomorrowland), Damon Lindelof (Lost), and Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly. In September, Dark Horse Comics publishes Case’s next graphic novel, The New Deal, a fast-paced look at Depression-era New York City in which Case explores class misconceptions, racial tension, and deft cat burglary through the lens of a bellhop and a maid in the Waldorf Astoria.
Case lives in Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood with his wife, Sarah, and their two children, Dorothy and Otis.
COLD BREW COCKTAILS
COLD BREW COCKTAILS combine coffee and spirits, a sort of beautiful beverage estuary, procuring a lovely bold and boozy twilight effect. They are refined enough to find served up in a highball glass nearest you, and easy enough to mix up at Sunday brunch on the patio. Here are a few of our favorites. STUMPTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS Since 1999 Portland, Oregon www.stumptowncoffee.com
Stumptown Coffee Roasters has been proud partners of TEDxPortland since its inception in 2011.
BRIDAL VEIL
-serve over ice
1.5 oz Vodka
1 oz Cream
2 oz Coke
2 oz Cold Brew
VISTA HOUSE
-serve over ice
1.5 oz Tequila
.5 oz Orange Liqueur
4 oz Cold Brew
CASCADE LOCKS
-serve in a pint glass
12 oz Dark Beer
4 oz Cold Brew
COLD FASHIONED
-serve over ice
1.5 oz Bourbon
.5 oz Simple Syrup
2-4 Dashes Angostura Bitters
4 oz Cold Brew
Orange Garnish
FIRLOCK
-serve over ice
1.5 oz Fernet
.5 oz Simple Syrup
APE CAVE
-serve over ice
1.5 oz Dark Rum
2 oz Cold Brew
2 oz Coke
FOOT BRIDGE
-serve over ice
1.5 oz Whiskey
2 oz Cold Brew
2 oz Coke
LOST LAKE
-serve over ice
1 oz Ouzo
4 oz Cold Brew
DIAMOND LAKE
-serve over ice
1 oz Tequila
.75 oz Cream Liqueur
4 oz Cold Brew
ANGEL’S REST
-serve over ice
1.5 oz Vanilla Vodka
4 oz Cold Brew
JUDGE, JURY & EXECUTIONER* -shaken
1.5 oz Cognac
.5 oz Sweet Vermouth
.5 oz Apricot Brandy
2.5 oz Cold Brew
* recipe courtesy Evan Zimmerman
MOON FALLS -float
1.5 oz Vodka
4 oz Cold Brew
1 Scoop Vanilla Ice Cream
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
VISIONS OF TOMORROWS
VISIONS -
In order to find solutions and fulfill our potential, we look to our most daring thinkers. For TEDxPortland 2015, we asked over 60 of our city’s artists to use the circle motif to conceive
a window into what the future could be. Through these visions, the artists seek to guide our present toward a better tomorrow.
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Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
— John Milton Cage Jr.
SUBTERRANEAN TELEPATHY
Asher Moss x Melodi Meadows
SLOW REVEAL
Damien Gilley
FUTURE VISUAL INFORMATION
Chris Hornbecker
THE BLUE HYPOTHESIS
Justin Flood
RECLAMATION
Skye Walker
THE ELEVATION OF PHILOSOPHERS AND THE EARTH DEVOTION
Jud Nichelson
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IN WASHINGTON PARK
BEOWULF
Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST EMOTION OF MANKIND IS FEAR, AND THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST KIND OF FEAR IS FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
AVARICE JOE
Nishat Akhtar
DOGS IN SPACE
Kara Burke
BUILDING UP THE FUTURE
Heather Noddings
PHYSIS
Wendy Given
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Previous page right: NUMBER ONE FUTURE
Ian Lynam
Taryn Cowart
TODAY’S SCIENCE IS TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY
— Edward Teller
ALL TOMORROWS
Dan Schecter
BEAUTIFUL
Justin Morris x Nicolle Clemetson
PACHYDERMS IN SPACE
Santiago Uceda
THE JENSONS
Sheri Smith
Previous page: HEART OF THE PEARL
Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
THE FUTURE STARTS TODAY, NOT TOMORROW.
— Pope John Paul II
APIDRONE
Matt Sundstrom
HOW WE LOOK FROM SPACE
Josh O’Renick
DATE NIGHT
Ryan Garber, Photographer
Machus, Wardobe
New Vintage Beauty Lounge, Hair & make up
Karyn Fiebich, Stylist
FEATHERED HOPE
Meg Kaczyk
Kyle Beck
“NATIONALISM IS AN INFANTILE DISEASE”
— ALBERT EINSTEIN
Jason Sturgill
Previous page: DROPPED CALL
Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
TOMORROW IS THE THIEF OF PLEASURE.
— Rex Harrison
IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS
Nic Eldridge
Tina Snow Le
BURNSIDE SKATE PARK
Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
THE ORACLE – BEARER OF GOOD NEWS
Nathan Rhoads
HEALTH & DESIGN
Blaine Fontana
Previous page left: LIKENESS
Previous page right: TIN FIDDLE
Toby Grubb
Adam Moser
— Garrett Fort
OUR ADJACENT POSSIBLE
Jordan Sowers
URBAN STATE OF MIND
Andrio Abero
BEAUTIFUL DECAY 001
Justin Morris x Nicolle Clemetson
LIKE, LIKE, LIKE
Morgan Williams
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VICEROY ON THE VISTA
Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
— Albert Claude
JAKE HOLLOMON
Gone Viral
DESTROY TO PRESERVE: POST EXTRACTION ECOSYSTEM CONSTRUCTION
Rory Phillips
PROTECT OUR OCEANS
Jeff Luker
Nick LaVecchia
Previous page left: SHE IS
Previous page right: DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN
Joe Carolino
Amanda Leigh Smith
WE ALL HAVE OUR TIME MACHINES. SOME TAKE US BACK, THEY’RE CALLED MEMORIES. SOME TAKE US FORWARD, THEY’RE CALLED DREAMS.
— Jeremy Irons
RIP CITY REPEAT
Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
A SYSTEM OF ARTISTS, A COMMUNITY OF DATA CENTERS
John Brown
OCULAR ROCKET NO. 2024
Chelsea Parker Guidry
SHROUDED KNOWNS
Anton Pearson of The Pressure
LUPA Cameron Stewart
Previous page: A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Featured Artist, Jonathan Case
YESTERDAY’S WEIRDNESS IS TOMORROW’S REASON WHY.
— Hunter S. Thompson
WE'RE MELTING
Laura Austin
DREAM CATCHER
Jerry Ware
Previous page left: CONTAINED LIFE
Previous page right: THE FUTURE IS OURS
Brian Madden
Aaron Rayburn
IF YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE, LET OTHERS LIGHT THEIR CANDLES IN IT.
— Margaret Fuller
PARANOIA
Justin Moran
VOYAGER X
Matthew Goshman
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM
Ryan Garber, Photographer
Ouur, Wardrobe
New Vintage Beauty Lounge, Hair & make up
Karyn Fiebich, Stylist
LISTEN
Meg Kaczyk
UNTITLED (TBD)
Betsy Walton
Meg Kaczyk
TOMORROW I WILL BE WHO I WAS IN MY PAST LIFE.
Lewis
Rob
Meg Kaczyk
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PLUG IN, PLAY HEAVY
Dave Banks
SLEEPER
Vance Reeser
WE ARE TOMORROW’S PAST.
— Mary Webb
Thank you for joining us, listening to new ideas and (hopefully) spreading them elsewhere. That’s what this is all about. We hope you were inspired today, maybe even transformed.
It’s
up to us to make our ideas a reality —to act, not just dream. That alone will change the Rose City and beyond.
