(Photo above: Tchicaya Missamou a presenter at TEDx)
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. What began more than 25 years ago as a single four-day conference on Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) has grown into a global force for inspiration.
This year’s event on April 18 at Bend High School will feature 18 presenters—twelve speakers and six entertainers—from around the world and right here in Bend. This year’s presenters include Tchicaya Missamou, Nicole LeFavour, Wyatt Carrell & Hayden French.
Sparked by the celebrated TED conferences worldwide, TEDxBend is our very own locally organized event featuring 18 talks, demonstrations and performances under 18 minutes each. TEDxBend is 100 percent locally organized in Bend and includes more than 100 passionate volunteers.
What, where and when is TEDxBash?
TEDxBash is the official after party, where event-goers and presenters can connect over the day’s events, with our guest DJ, food by Bleu Bite Catering, beer by Deschutes Brewery, beverages mixed by Spork with Humm Kombucha and Bendistillery spirits, photo booth by DA Booth of Portland, and a few surprises too.
Former Orvis Company Store location
In the Old Mill District north of REI
Saturday, April 18, 2015
7 PM (Shortly following the main event)
Announcing three of this year’s 18 presenters.
Tchicaya Missamou
Raised in the Republic of Congo during their civil war, Missamou was recruited by rebel forces in 1992 and taught to fight at age thirteen. In 1997, he fled his homeland, eventually arriving in America and joining the U.S. Marine Corps. In 2003, he was instrumental in finding and releasing captured Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. Missamou founded Warrior Fitness in Valencia, California, inspired by his military experience and his belief that freedom is not something to take for granted—it’s something to live. His memoir, “In the Shadow of Freedom,” is the uplifting story of his quest to achieve his own American Dream.
Nicole LeFavour
An American politician, educator and activist, LeFavour served as an Idaho State Senator from 2008 to 2012. In 2006, LeFavour criticized the passage of Idaho Amendment 2, which made it unconstitutional to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. In 2007, she was named one of Idaho Business Review’s Women of the Year. LeFavour was involved in Idaho’s Add The Words campaign in 2014, which sought to add language including “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the state’s human rights act. LeFavour was featured in the documentary, “Add the Words,” which premiered at BendFilm Festival in October 2014.
Wyatt Carrell & Hayden French
Just one of six entertainment acts this year, these Bend High School students are magicians specializing in sleight of hand, cardistry and illusion.
Highlights from past years
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Portland Cello Project
Thomas Lauderdale
Bob Hurley
Brianna Mercado
Bend High School Auditorium
Saturday, April 18, 2015
1 PM to 6:30 PM (includes one-hour intermission)
How can you purchase tickets?
Tickets go on sale March 20 at TEDxBend.com. Last year, tickets sold out in five days.
Single ticket + student sponsorship: $85
Includes admission for you to the event and the Bash and helps underwrite a ticket (and transportation) for a Central Oregon student to the main event.
Single ticket: $55
Includes admission to both the main event and the Bash.
