OluKai To Present TEDxMaui Conference
Olukai has announced it will present its first version of the independently produced TED conference. The spin off, dubbed TEDxMaui, will be a one-day event featuring 18 speakers from the islands of Hawaii and beyond. OluKai will host the conference as part of its mission to strengthen social innovation and regional collaboration in Hawaii, according to the details it sent out yesterday:
In an effort to support wide-scale, worldwide social innovation while also strengthening regional collaboration in Hawai’i, OluKai <http://www.olukai.com> , the leading premium ocean lifestyle brand, will be partnering with TEDxMaui, an independently produced version of the globally renowned TED conference devoted to “ideas worth spreading.”
On January 22, 2012, to support new global thinking and positive action, OluKai will present TEDxMaui, a full-day thought provoking collective of 18 speakers from the islands and beyond. Similar to the mission of OluKai’s Talk Story series, the conference will spark learning and discussion as people across the world pass on knowledge from luminary speakers such as Elizabeth Kapu’uwailani Lindsey, Ph.D., the first Polynesian Explorer and female Fellow in the history of National Geographic Society and internationally recognized expert in the emerging field of cultural intelligence; New York Timesbestselling author and Editor-in-Chief at O Magazine Susan Casey; Charles Hambleton the Associate Producer of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove” based on the mass killing of dolphins; renowned scholar and author Dr. Pualani Kanaka’ole Kanahele who is of pure Hawaiian decent and was raised in the Hula tradition; and Byron Washom, an alternative energy pioneer named one of Fast Company Magazine’s “100 Most Creative Persons in Business;” amongother inspiring speakers.
Posted by on 12/23/2011 at 10:50AM HST (4 months ago)
