Welcome to TEDxBradford!

June 22, 2011 //

Welcome to TEDxBradford, a home for our programme of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

The first TEDxBradford took place on Wednesday 13th July, in the Cubby Broccoli cinema at the National Media Museum. During the daytime, we hosted TEDxBradfordLive, our daytime simulcast of the second day of TEDGlobal2011, live from Edinburgh. Then in the evening came out curated, evening programme of eight live speakers…

We Are Sensors - Julian Tait
A Call To Arts - Emma Kecic
Curating the history of the Internet - Tom Woolley
Turning Design on its Side - Paul Kerfoot
Art for Art’s sake, or for Mankind’s sake - Mohammed Ali
My Journey On The Grand Trunk Road – Irna Qureshi
Disruption, Scale & Underdogs - Faisal Galaria
…On Bradford – Joolz Denby

Meet the team behind TEDxBradford, get in touch or learn about our partners & sponsors.

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TEDxBradford… what did you think?

October 11, 2011 //

Blog posts…

Jane Lambert’s TEDxBradford, This Is Where We Live
John Atkinson’s TEDxBradford – part 1
Robert Sharples’s 23//TEDx Bradford_This Is Where We Live

Photos…

… speakers at the podium by Ian Smith.
… of the daytime simulcast audience from Imran.
… of Imran & Steve spotting a UFO.
… of Ian Palmer’s TED badge.
… of the evening reception from From Tom Woolley.

Of course the evening was liberally sprinkled with tweets from around the area – indeed TEDxBradford was trending in Leeds! – we’ve picked some of the more memorable ones for you below…

Congratulatory tweets from…

@footstepszine, @crawther, @emilykecic, @irnaqureshi, @michaelj, @misterbeddoe, @bashaa, @engagingbrand, @aerosolarabic

Observational tweets from…

@LSx
@ivortymchak, @zoe_parker, @triggsiee @triggsiee, @bradistantales, @jotini, @adatmill, @manthorp, @livemnml, @thebulletman, @ickledot, @bashaa, @tristanant, @bashaa, @planetclaire, @manthorp, @adatmill, @peg_alexander, @livemnml, @jotini, @imran, @imran, @irnaqureshi, @imran

Tweets from those elsewhere…

@totallywired77, @flawedmonkey, @culturevultures, @adrianevans, @leejackson, @richardmichie, @r0b_shaw

Joolz Denby …on Bradford

October 11, 2011 //

Joolz Denby is a writer, poet, spoken-word performer, illustrative and fine artist, tattooist, art curator and photographer.

Joolz also works in the music industry, as a recording artist, illustrative artist for New Model Army and is well-known for her work in prisons and with marginalized young people and has performed her work all over the world, played innumerable rock, art and literature festivals and broadcasts on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4.

Joolz closed out TEDxBradford with observations and anecdotes on life in Bradford and her experiences as a creative entrepreneur…

Faisal Galaria: Disruption, Scale & Underdogs

October 11, 2011 //

Faisal Galaria has 15 years of experience from consumer internet, media, regulatory and professional services. Formerly Spotify‘s VP of Corporate & Business Development, Managing Director of Kayak, General Manager of Jaman, Director for Europe at Skype and also a Strategy & Policy executive at Ofcom.

At TEDxBradford, Faisal shared his insights from the bleeding edge of the dotcom era in an impromptu conversation with the audience…

Irna Qureshi: My Journey On The Grand Trunk Road

October 11, 2011 //

Irna is an anthropologist, writer and oral historian specialising in British Asian heritage. She has collaborated on several exhibitions and books on this theme, including Coming of Age: 21 Years of Mela in the UK and The Grand Trunk Road: From Delhi to the Khyber Pass.

At TEDxBradford, Irna recalls her journey along the Grand Trunk Road, interviewing the subjects for her remarkable book…

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Mohammed Ali: Art for Art’s sake, or for Mankind’s sake

October 11, 2011 //

Mohammed Ali, aka Aerosol Arabic, is a graffiti artist who has travelled the globe painting street corners with his vibrant murals.

Not only does Ali bring colour to the urban grey spaces, but he bring something of meaning, murals with a message, that deal with some of the issues that exist in the world’s multicultural and multi-faith cities…

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Paul Kerfoot: Turning Design On Its Side

October 11, 2011 //

At the speed of a bullet, design director, branding expert and creative thinker – Paul (The Bulletman) Kerfoot – speaks about his passion for design in tonight’s rapid-fire slot.

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Tom Woolley: Curating the history of the Internet

October 11, 2011 //

Tom Woolley is Curator of New Media at the National Media Museum. Recent curatorial projects include developing Life Online, a new set of galleries that focus on the history and social impact of the internet.

Tom spoke the about approach towards creating the museum’s Life Online gallery – on the history of the internet – and provided a sneak preview of the gallery’s content, before its launch in March 2012.

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Emily Kecic: A Call To Arts

October 11, 2011 //

Emily Kecic is a recent graduate of York St John University and student of Performance Theatre. Emily became concerned with the negative image her hometown seemed to have on loop and decided to do something positive to promote the city.

This brought her to illuminate one of Bradford’s forgotten heritage sites and has given her plenty of ideas regarding future art related projects within the city of Bradford… “utilising the arts to believe in a city“

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Julian Tait: We Are Sensors

October 11, 2011 //

Julian Tait opened the inaugural TEDxBradford with a presentation entitled We Are Sensors: Taking Control In The Internet Of Things.

Julian explores the notion of open data cities as “immaterials” – formless dimensions such as data and wifi clouds – and a world where “things will talk to things”…

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“This Is Where We Live”

June 30, 2011 //

Our theme for the first TEDxBradford – This Is Where We Live – is taken from Joolz Denby’s eponymous poem, written to promote Bradford’s 2008 bid to become Europe’s Capital of Culture.

We wanted TEDx to showcase those from the city or connected to the city through their works; This Is Where We Live evokes the confidence we have in our city and the optimism we have for its future. Read the rest of this entry »