UAB Talks, the path to talent
10/12/2015
The latest edition of UAB Talks will be held in the Thatre on Monday 14 December at 5 pm in. Have you heard about these conferences?
TED Talks originated in Monterey, California. These conferences have been going on since 1984 and are events that bring together experts on Technology, Entertainment and Design (hence the acronym). However, it was in 2009 that a new variant was created: TEDx Talks, which are live local, independently organized non-profit conferences managed by volunteers. They aim to provide a local forum for ideas within each community, and to inspire people to change in order to improve their lives, their future and the world. But the slogan is still the same: “Ideas worth spreading”.
TEDx Gràcia was created with this purpose in mind, and since 2014 has been organizing conferences every year in the Espai Jove la Fontana or in the Jaume Fuster Library. The speakers that have taken part in the conferences include Maria Jose Caballero, the publicity campaign director of Greenpeace España, and Eugenia Gargallo, the cofounder and director of Inspira-t.
Why not bring this idea to our university? That is how UAB Talks were born. These conferences are a project destined to promote topics of relevance to the whole university community once a month. The first UAB Talk took place in March, when Alex Romaní, one of the creators of this student society, took to the stage to talk about nonverbal communication and the secrets of body language. UAB Talks is a new student society that grew out of another: Unity UAB, founded in January 2015 and which has more than 50 active organizers. Unity UAB allows students to meet people from other degrees and faculties, both to make friends and for academic purposes. It organizes activities such as gymkhanas, meetings, parties and, especially, conferences organized by students.
The latest edition of UAB Talks will take place in the Theatre on Monday 14 at 5pm. The speaker this time will be Robert Ferrer, manager of TEDx Gràcia, and the title is “It is not about the path, it is about how to walk it.” He will talk in depth about talent, how we live and how we can accomplish our dreams.