TEDxCapeMay 2024 Returns for 13th Season with "New Horizons"

CAPE MAY, N.J., Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TEDxCapeMay returns live for its 13th season on October 6, 2024, at Cape May Convention Hall from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, features nine outstanding presenters and performers under the theme of "New Horizons," followed by an open-bar reception overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Tickets are $65, including the reception, and $35 for the program only.

As a lead into our 13^th season, we will film a TEDxCapeMay presentation at Atlantic Cape Community College Auditorium, featuring local scientist Sean Burcher who will present "Project Monarch, Pioneering High-Tech Community Science." For more information, go to TEDxCapeMaySalon.com.

TEDxCapeMay brings the region together to share a TED-like experience and film TEDx talks for a wider audience. To date, over nine million people have viewed TEDxCapeMay talks. "TEDxCapeMay brings ideas worth spreading to a place worth visiting," says organizer Norris Clark.

TEDxCapeMay 2024 speakers include:

• Amber Straughn, Astrophysicist: "95% Unknown: How NASA's Webb Telescope is Changing our View of the Universe"
• Bianca Bosker, Author: "What Having My Face Sat on Taught Me About Art"
• Jessica Holmes, Comedian: "The Power of Finding the Funny"
• Mark Beal, Professor: "Introducing Gen Z: The New Transformers"
• Mark Levy, Business Strategist: "Your Secret is Obvious"
• Philip Hamilton, Filmmaker: "Can We Afford to Lose Another One?"
• Russell Ferguson, Dancer: Exploring New Horizons in Dance

TEDxCapeMay sponsors include Exit Zero Publishing, One Trick Pony, Midnight Media Group, Congress Hall Hotel, Cape May Brewing Co., Damascus Bakeries, Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May, and educational sponsor Cape May MAC.

For more information about TEDxCapeMay, please visit TEDxCapeMay.com

About TEDx, x = independently organized event 
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED
TED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to discovering, debating and spreading ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding and drive meaningful change. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.

TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world. Each year, thousands of independently run TEDx events bring people together to share ideas and bridge divides in communities on every continent. Through the Audacious Project, TED has helped catalyze more than $3 billion in funding for projects that seek to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and just. In 2020, TED launched Countdown, an initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and mobilize a movement for a net-zero future, and in 2023 TED launched TED Democracy to spark a new kind of conversation focused on realistic pathways towards a more vibrant and equitable future. View a full list of TED's many programs and initiatives. 

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Contact: Norris Clark
609-425-1325
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