POP.
It’s just one syllable. But it’s also a sound, a taste, a moment, a movement, a cultural phenomenon.
POP is the space between before and after. It’s that startling, intense explosion of inspiration that leaves something new and momentous in its wake.
POP is a virtual playground of heightened senses and saturated colors, sizzling with sudden insight. It’s that electric moment the blinders fall and you can see the light and promise and energy and potential of something about to be made manifest.
POP is the birthplace of ideas.
POP is what comes next . . . so be ready for it.
Talks
Husain Abbas, M.D. | Robots and Artificial Intelligence in the Operating Room
2019 Speakers, Health, Innovation, Medicine, Robotics, Technology
WatchRawan Al-kharboosh | Engineering Stem Cells
2019 Speakers, Innovation, Medicine, Stem Cells, Technology
WatchLinda Argila | Why We Need Prison Reform: An Insider’s Perspective
2019 Speakers, Incarceration, Prison Reform
WatchDaron Babcock | Planting Hope
2019 Speakers, Agriculture, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Food Insecurity, Philanthropy, Social Justice
WatchBrandon Griggs | The Illiteracy-to-Prison Connection
2019 Speakers, Education, Illiteracy, Juvenile Justice, Perseverance, Prison Reform, Social Justice, Youth
WatchThomas Hargrove I Reducing the Odds of Murder
2019 Speakers, Collaboration, Crime, Data, Murder, Safe Spaces, Technology
WatchTammy Hodo, Ph.D. | Race Isn’t Real
2019 Speakers, Diversity, Equity, Human Rights, Race, Social Justice, Sociology
WatchMichael Platt | Kids Can Solve Big Problems
2019 Speakers, Entrepreneurship, Food Insecurity, Philanthropy, Social Justice, Youth
WatchJeff Sheffield | The Pulse Behind a Smart City
2019 Speakers, Innovation, Smart Cities, Urban Planning
WatchPhillip A. Singleton | Real Change Comes Through Policy, Not Protest
2019 Speakers, Hip Hop, Policy, Politics, Social Justice
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What to Expect at a TEDxJacksonville Conference . . .
Expect to be surprised. Some talks are shocking, replete with uncomfortable truths. Others are energizing, enlightening, inspiring, even transcendent. Bring an open mind and be prepared to take a journey that challenges you to consider new perspectives.