TEDxSydney 2013 took place on Saturday 4 May 2013 within the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House before a live audience of 2,200. It was also streamed live to a worldwide audience … viewing from home, the workplace or one of many satellite events. As with any TED event, the programming blended talks and performances with interspersed “tasty video bits.”
TEDxSydney 2013
Date:
4 May 2016
Venue:
Sydney Opera House Sydney NSW 2000
Talks from TEDxSydney 2013
Performance
Make You Feel My Love by Darren Percival
A vocal artist of the highest order Mr.Darren Percival takes his live audiences on a ride at every performance. As the runner-up in the 2012 "The Voice", Darren found...
Performance
John Butler & Jeff Lang sing “Seek High”
Performing a song that they wrote especially for TEDxSydney 2013, John Butler and Jeff Lang sing "Seek High". From busking the streets of Western Australia and becoming Australia's...
Performance
“Give or Take” by Joseph & James Tawadros
Joseph and his brother James bring an exciting performing dynamic to the stage, challenging traditional musical forms and pushing boundaries. They have been nominated 9 times consecutively in the...
Performance
Forbidden Fruit by Joseph & James Tawadros
Joseph and his brother James bring an exciting performing dynamic to the stage, challenging traditional musical forms and pushing boundaries. They have been nominated 9 times consecutively in the...
Performance
Violin Solo by Veren Grigorov
Veren began his musical adventure at the age of three; his natural dedication to the violin prompted a life of passionate devotion to his instrument and musical frontiers. The...
Performance
John Butler & Jeff Lang sing “Right Direction”
Performing a song that they wrote especially for TEDxSydney 2013, John Butler and Jeff Lang sing "Heading In The Right Direction". Live in the Concert Hall of the Sydney...
Talk
Chat With Simon Jackman
After his talk on political, statistical analysis in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Dr Simon Jackman talks politics and more with Tim Brunero in The Studio, during TEDxSydney...
Performance
Fibonacci Melody by Greg Sheehan
Greg Sheehan is one of Australia's premier and most innovative percussionists widely regarded internationally as a leader in his field. As a performer, he is significantly represented in the...
Performance
Beatbox Brilliance by Tom Thum
Armed with just a microphone, Tom Thum pushes the limits of the human voice to create incredible soundtracks of impossible beats and phenomenal sounds, with scratched vinyl, the Michael...
Performance
Humiliation by Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke performs her daunting and stirring piece: "Humiliation". Kate Miller-Heidke released her critically-acclaimed 3rd studio album, 'Nightflight' in 2012, debuting at #2 on the ARIA album chart....
Performance
Performance: Ensemble Offspring
Ensemble Offspring: Australia's new music ensemble, dedicated to the performance of innovative music and cross-genre collaborations. The Sydney-based group is committed to a living classical music tradition combining classics...
Performance
The Tiger Inside Will Eat The Child by Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke performs her amazing and thought provoking song: "The Tiger Inside Will Eat The Child". Kate Miller-Heidke released her critically-acclaimed 3rd studio album, 'Nightflight' in 2012, debuting...
Performance
Sarah by Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke performs her haunting piece: "Sarah". Kate Miller-Heidke released her critically-acclaimed 3rd studio album, 'Nightflight' in 2012, debuting at #2 on the ARIA album chart. Her...
Talk
Chat With Lisa Murray
After her talk in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Lisa Murray chats with Tim Brunero about Sydney and archeology.
Talk
Chat With Danny Kennedy
After his amazing Talk on the TEDxSydney 2013 main stage, Danny Kennedy chats with Tim Brunero in The Studio of the Sydney Opera House, about Australia's success in residential...
Talk
Chat With Jennifer Robinson & Benny Wenda
After their standing ovation in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Jennifer Robinson and Benny Wenda have a chat with Tim Brunero in The Studio.
Talk
Chat With Alice Gorman
After her brilliant talk on the main TEDxSydney 2013 stage, Alice Gorman chats with Tim Brunero in The Studio.
Talk
Backstage with Tom Thum
Question: What do you hope people took away from your performance at TEDxSydney? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Talk
Backstage with Omar Musa
Question: What are you hoping the audience took away from your performance today? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Talk
Backstage with Marita Cheng
Question: What did you hope the audience took away from your talk today? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Talk
Backstage with George Khut
Question: What do you think TEDxSydney audiences took away today from your speech? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Talk
Backstage with Bill Pritchard
Question: What is global food insecurity and what can we do about it? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Talk
Backstage with Damien Mander
Question: What are you hoping the TEDxSydney audience took away from your talk? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Performance
Bharatanatyam by Rajeswari Sainath
Dancer Rajeswari Sainath's art has been hailed as carrying an 'imaginative splendour that goes beyond technique'. Trained in the purist Pandanallur tradition of Bharatanatyam by Indira Rajan of Chennai,...
Talk
Backstage with Ron McCallum
Question: Why do you think computers have benefitted vision impaired people for so long? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Talk
TEDx Talks Are Easy!
You think giving a TEDx Talk is difficult? Comedian Justine Rogers doesn't think so. Not if you follow her simple 6 point plan. Justine Rogers is also an academic...
Talk
CAPITAL LETTERS
Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He is the former winner of the Australian Poetry Slam and the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam. He has...
Talk
How Design Can Help Fight Poverty
Paul is the principal architect of a practice based in Sydney working on urban, rural and remote area architectural projects throughout Australia and overseas. He is also one of...
Talk
A Cure for Ageing?
Can we really cure ageing? David Sinclair thinks so, and he's going to try to prove it. David Sinclair is a scientist and entrepreneur working on increasing human health,...
Talk
Can Art Help Medicine?
Dr George Poonkhin Khut (pronounced Pün-kin, Küt) is an artist and interaction designer working across the domains of contemporary art, design and health research, with a special interest in...
Talk
Modern Warrior
Thirty-three year old Damien Mander served as a special operations sniper and clearance diver for Australia. Whilst deployed in Iraq he project managed the Iraq Special Police Training Academy,...
Talk
We Need to Teach Our Kids to be Makers
2012 Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng is dedicated to changing the way girls view their capacity to contribute to engineering and technology. In 2008 she founded Robogals...
Talk
Does Colour Exist?
Andrew Parker studied marine biology and physics at the Australian Museum and Macquarie University, and then moved to Oxford University. After founding the 'Light Switch Hypothesis' – that the...
Talk
Growing a Rooftop Revolution
Can you grow food, essentially farm, if you live in the city? Dutch-born Joost Bakker is the creator of hospitality venues Greenhouse by Joost and Silo By Joost, as...
Talk
Designer of Scale
Marc Newson is one of the most acclaimed and influential designers of his generation. He has worked across a wide range of disciplines, creating everything from furniture and household...
Talk
The Democracy Data Revolution
Big Data isn't just for big business, it's for the people too. Simon Jackman believes that you can apply scientific principles to politics. In fact, he can prove...
Talk
Courage is Contagious
Benny Wenda is the face of self-determination and human rights in West Papua. This is the story of him and his people as told by his lawyer and friend,...
Talk
Blindness, Technology & Reading
People who are blind, can now effectively read, thanks to technological evolution since the early 20th century. Professor Ron McCallum AO is one of Australia's most respected industrial and...
Talk
Future-Proofing Our Digital Future
Lisa Murray argues for the preservation of our digital records and that they are more fragile than paper records. Dr Lisa Murray is the City Historian at City of...
Talk
The Truth in Social Research
Dr Rebecca Huntley is a researcher, author and social commentator with a background in publishing, academia and politics. She holds degrees in law and film studies and a PhD...
Talk
Space Archaeology
Alice speaks of the cultural and historical significance of what many now call "space junk" currently orbiting around our planet: from the oldest man made satellite in space, Vanguard...
Talk
Activist To Entrepreneur
Danny Kennedy is Sungevity's Founder and author of "Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy -- and our Planet -- from Dirty Energy". A long-time social entrepreneur,...
Talk
The Reality of Food Aid
To solve global food insecurity, the first step is to know the right question to ask." Bill Pritchard, human geographer, challenges our views on what it takes to create...
Contributors from TEDxSydney 2013
