TEDxFultonStreet 2015 Recap
Channel: TEDxFultonStreet
Date: 2015-11-13

This all-day conference connected an audience of entrepreneurs, innovators, and new media professionals — with 20 world-class presenters, including: a treasure hunter, a pioneer in wearable computing, a boudoir photographer, a drug smuggler, a dyslexic typographer, two supermodels, a concert pianist, an urban revitalization expert, a beekeeper, the first investor in Pinterest and more!

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On stage, the presenters were: Kimball Gallagher, Laura Klahre, Rishon Blumberg, Majora Carter, Nathaniel Raymond, Peter Laughter, Debi Silber, Amanda Parkes, CJ Yeh, Christian Boer, Bruce Rosenbaum, Jen Rozenbaum, Diandra Forrest, Brian S. Cohen, Emme, Bradford Baker, Sarah Chayes, and Richard Stratton.

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The production team was: Aaron Sylvan, Janet Esquirol Sylvan, Sohee Kwon, Brad Boyer, Robert Galinsky, Jason Moore, Jason Ledyard, Tina Hung, Michael Conn, Jason Black, Sally Cohen, Joseph Decker, Tanner Evans, Patrice Francois, Kelby Gates, Brody Hough, Esti Klein, Caleb Navin, Sean Stryker, Drew Thorpe, Jason Moore, Lamont Baldwin, Jeaning Corbet, Sarah Cutcher, Dexter David, Amina Ebada, Eric Frierson, Rimma Kalyakina, Kevin Keating, Sally Lomidze, Tracy Lovett, Leroy Rivera, Adrian Padilla, Robert Weinstein, Michael Zhonga, Sohee Kwon, Tong Su, Olga Campbell, Hrvoje Bekan, Eriq Ortiz, Lia Sfiligoj, Arianna Bollers, Herrick Goldman, Aidan Kernochan, Danii King, Frances Pollitt, Asiya Vorontsova; with special thanks to our hosts: BMCC TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, Rokia Shearin, Mark Goodloe, and Carol Cleveland.

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Generous support for the event was provided by Silver Squirrel Foundation, a 501(c)3 Not-for-Profit Corporation, as well as partners Jason Moore, Finn Partners, Cynda Media, Sylvan Social Technology, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and Shutterstock.  Academic partnerships with Brooklyn College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, and Bennington College helped to facilitate the event.

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The organizers would like to thank everyone who contributed to making TEDxFultonStreet 2015 a truly spectacular event!

— Aaron Sylvan, Executive Producer