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Inthisyear'sTEDxTaipeievent,wewishtonotjustfocusonthechallengesfacingtheexistingstatusquo,buttolookbeyondourindividualselfandenvisionwhatthisgenerationandfuturegenerationswillneedfromus.Weshouldcollectivelyaskourselves:Whatmattersmosttous,andhowcanwecollectivelymoveforward? Joinusonthisjourneyinseekingtherightquestionsanddiscoveringwhatissuesaremostcriticaltotoday'ssociety. Huashan1914CreativeParkZhongzhengDistrictTaipeiCity,Taipei,100Taiwan Seemore­T­E­Dx­Taipeievents Speakers Speakersmaynotbeconfirmed. Checkeventwebsiteformoreinformation. EddyYuandHungLam AsfoundersofCoDesign,EddyYuandHungLamestablishedCoLABin2011.CoLABisacollaborativeplatformforsocialinnovationthroughdesign.Inthistalk,bothspeakersshareselectiveworksunderthe"I'MPERFECT"projectthathavehadleftmanytodiscoverwhatitmeanstobeimperfect. BarryKerzin Dr.BarryKerzinisaBuddhistmonk,teacher,andamedicaldoctor.HeiscurrentlyafacultymemberofMindandLifeInstituteandconsultsfortheMaxPlanckInstituteLeipzig’sresearchontrainingcompassion.Hisbrainwasstudiedaspartofaresearchonlong-termmeditatorsattheUniversityofWisconsin,Madison,andPrincetonUniversity. EddyYu AsfoundsofCoDesign,EddyYuandHungLamestablishedCoLABin2011.CoLABisacollaborativeplatformforsocialinnovationthroughdesign.Inthistalk,bothspeakersshareselectiveworksunderthe“I’MPERFECT”projectthathaveledmanytodiscoverwhatitmeanstobeimperfect. HungLam AsfoundsofCoDesign,EddyYuandHungLamestablishedCoLABin2011.CoLABisacollaborativeplatformforsocialinnovationthroughdesign.Inthistalk,bothspeakersshareselectiveworksunderthe“I’MPERFECT”projectthathaveledmanytodiscoverwhatitmeanstobeimperfect. Shih-HaoLu ProfessorShih-HaoLuisanAssistantProfessorofHistoryattheNationalTaiwanUniversity(NTU).KnowninNTUforhiswittyandarticulatenature,heemployedunconventionalwaystoinspirestudentstoviewandanalyzeChinesehistoryasafunandrelevantlearningexperience.ProfessorLulaunchedtheveryfirstChinesehistorycourseonCourseratitled“HistoricalFiguresofAncientChina–FirstEmperorofQin",whichattractedmorethan40,000peopletoregister.Thisclassiscurrentlythetop-rankedonlineChinesecourseonCoursera. TomShaw Tom'sbackgroundasaproducerhastakenhimacrossawidevarietyofmediafieldsincludingliveevents,radio,broadcast,commercialvideoandfilm.AstheExecutiveProducerofDigitalTheatreandDigitalTheatrePlus,heiscurrentlyexperimentingwiththenotionoftheatreproductiononadigitalmediaplatform. XuanLiu LiuXuanlivesandworksattheintersectionofmanyworlds;hismulti-disciplinaryworksspanessays,musicproductions,stageperformancesandDJshows.Heisalsothebestsellingauthorofseveralessaycollections.Hislatestworkisanexaminationofthepsychologicalunderpinningsofluck. YingYingChung Attheageof26,YingYingChungmadeanimportantdecisiontoreturnhometotakeoverthefailingfamilybusinessofKoibreeding.Priortothat,shehadverylittleinvolvementinthefishbusiness,anddidnotknowthattheentireKoiindustryinTaiwanwasfloundering. Despitevariouscatastropheswithdishonestvendors,YingYingmanagedtokeepcompanyafloatandturnthebusinessintoasteadyexport.NowknownastheQueenofTaiwaneseKoiwith4KoiChampionshiptitlesunderherbelt,shesharesherstoriesofhowshefacedadversityamidstmassivecompanydebtandfiercecompetitors. Organizingteam JasonHsu TaipeiCity,Taiwan Organizer DioChiu Operations&ProjectDirector MichelleLo Program&ContentDirector ClaireLee SpeakerCoordination EricaTian PartnershipLead AppleHuang CreativeDirection HazelWei CommunityManager GinnyChen Operations&Finance HenryLin TechnicalEngineer JennyWu GraphicDesigner JoeyLee DesignDirector SophinaChou Editor FrankWu VideoEngineer