TEDxFultonStreet 2014 Recap
Channel: TEDxFultonStreet
Date: 2015-01-23

This all-day conference connected an audience of entrepreneurs and innovators, with 28 world-class presenters - including: the winner of 25 Tony Awards, the winner of 2 Emmy Awards, a Grammy Nominee, a Black Panther, a Digital Attacker, a Hostage Negotiator, the former Managing Editor of Forbes Magazine, a TV Shopping Icon and Business Leader, a Tibetan Lama, a crusader against Human Trafficking, a star of ABC's "Shark Tank", a curator of 19th-century technology, an Architectural Historian, the structural engineer who built the Fulton Center 'oculus' sky-mirror array, a Digital Dating entrepreneur, a Conceptual Artist, a Theoretical Particle Physicist researching 'dark photons', a 'Big Data' technologist, a bestselling entrepreneurship author, and more incredible presenters.

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On stage, the presenters were: Jamal Joseph, Dennis Kneale, Stacey S. Schieffelin, Chongtul Rinpoche, Kim Dempster, Brad Hirschfield, Robert Galinsky, Shannon Hamm, Vivek J. Tiwary, Kevin Harrington, Mike Michalowicz, Lori Cheek, Jason Joseph, Chris Nickerson, Gerard Schwarz, Denny Daniel, Charlie Stryker, Hank Weghorst, Yehuda Hanani, Zak Kostura, 13 Hands, Randy Joy Epstein, James Beacham, Barbara Stehle, Xavier Roux, George Kohlrieser, Elisabeth Cardiello, Kinja Dixon, and Mark E. Sackett.

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The production team was: Aaron Sylvan, Janet Esquirol, Jason Moore, Sohee Kwon, CJ Yeh, Cynda Media, Greg Bloom, Jason Ledyard, Brad Boyer, Robert Galinsky, Barbara Stehle, David Carlos, DJ CherishTheLuv, Pattie Belle Hastings, Helene DeLillo, Herrick Goldman, Amaris Ahonen, Asher Rogovy, Tong Su, Christopher Isaiah Green, Carlos Bolanos, Ester Zar, Ivan Habilic, Tyler Fields, Khush Naterwalla, Chris Jon Conti, Hulie E. Manso, Frandy St. James, Danny Mirabal, Jazmine Rivera, Kermit Mercado, Mark Beckerman, Fernando Ceballos, Delano Samuels, Juan Rugero, Jan Gonzales, Carolyn Slupczewsky, Alicia Young, Lindsay Bubbico, Ashley Aberbach; with special thanks to our hosts: Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Joy Besozzi, Heather Wells, Pace University.

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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 financial partners Xaxis, Launch LM (part of the Alliance for Downtown New York, of the NYCEDC initiative), and Sylvan Social Technology.  Additional in-kind support came from Finn Partners, Cynda Media Lab, Jason Moore, Sunny Island Ventures, Yapp, Lemonade Heroes, Shutterstock, Tanz Entertainment, Ultralight Startups, Startup Onestop, Nothin' but foods, Pretzel Crisps, Hint Water, and Pop Chips, and LiveStream.  Academic partnerships with Art Institute of New York City and Bennington College helped to facilitate the event.

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The organizers would like to thank everyone who contributed to making TEDxFultonStreet 2014 a truly spectacular conference!

— Aaron Sylvan, Executive Producer