Theme: New World Order(s)

TEDxLimassol 2016
New World Order(s)

The world stabilizes into a constant state of unpredictable change.
We come to terms with fragmented new world orders, new realities, new perceptions of contemporary life.

Small groups are mushrooming across the globe disposed to revolutionary change, ready to reveal their antipathy to the status quo. Military powers shift. Governments disempower. Pitchforks sharpen.

Digital companies set the agenda, traditional media outlets deteriorate at the expense of social media, and an increased number of bloggers are more influential than politicians and journalists.

As we learn to live more self-fulfilling lives, artificial intelligent life becomes a threat and an opportunity. As the world becomes more moderate and liberal it also becomes more conservative and extremist.

These are the new world orders. This is TEDxLimassol 2016.

The NEW WORLD ORDER(S) theme meets three of the most essential TEDTalk objectives.
§ To democratize knowledge and science
§ To stimulate and arouse audiences around the world
§ To spark deep discussion and connections

Trakasol - Limassol Marina
Limassol Marina
Limassol, Lemesos, 3601
Cyprus

Delirium Elephants – Performer

Website: deliriumelephants.com In2012 Dimitris Zachariou collaborates with Stefanos Georgiadis and they form the band Delirium Elephants. They combined their musical backgrounds to create the soundscapes of their first album Songs and Poems and in 2013 they signed their first record contract with 2419 Record Label. Now as a 7-piece band they finished their second album, driving into the night.

SomeTake

SOMETAKE were formed in Nicosia in 2012. In a time where music technology is evolving hugely and at tremendous speed, SOMETAKE choose to create music within a rather unexplored landscape, combining electronic and natural sounds, bringing together man and machine.

Charalambos Theopemptou

Twitter:@Theopemptou Charalambos has been very active in the Environmental NGO “Ecological Movement”. For over a decade he was the Technical Advisor of the Cyprus Youth Board and in July 2006 was appointed by the then President of the Republic as the first Environment Commissioner, a position he held for six years. In 2013 he became a lecturer at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology of the Cyprus University of Technology. In May 2016 Charalambos was elected as a member of The Cyprus Parliament.

Christo Menelaou

Facebook: christo.menelaou I am Menelaous Christo Menelaou born on 25 April 1979 in Pretoria, South Africa. I left from school at the age of 15 due to my dyslexia and I started my own garden service business. During April 1995 I decided to move out of the house and disclose my sexual preference to my parents. (My moving from my parents’ house was a personal decision and was not due to my sexual preference). My business evolved and grew from strength to strength to the point where I now have 120 employees and we do development and construction of houses, shopping centres, office blocks etc. I was in a 11-year relationship with a man that didn’t work out and in 2007 I met my husband Theo Menelaou. We married in May 2013 where he took my surname. Early on we decided to have children and tried to adopt which proved to be tedious and fruitless. We then opted for surrogacy in 2014 and are now the proud parents of triplets Joshua, Kate and Zoe.

Dr. Simon Hegelich

Dr. Simon Hegelich is Professor for Political Data Science at the Technical University of Munich. He has done research on social bots, data mining and artificial intelligence and is CEO of the data analyzing company ddductr GmbH.

Graham Fuller

Website: grahamfuller.com Graham is a former senior CIA official who worked many years in the Middle East and Asia before retiring to the academic world some 30 years ago. He is currently Adjunct Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He has lived and worked overseas for nearly two decades, speaks a number of languages of the region, is the author of many articles on international politics and a dozen books on Turkey, Central Asia, Iran, the Middle East as well as political Islam. His latest book is a novel: Breaking Faith: a novel of espionage and an American’s crisis of conscience in Pakistan.

Imani Robinson

Imani Robinson is a London-born British-Caribbean, African-American organiser. She has been working collaboratively to strengthen movements and build consciousness about issues concerning anti-black racism, black feminist liberation, LGBQTNI+ rights and decolonial environmental politics. Imani is deeply invested in liberating minds and livelihoods through art, education, movement-building and dialogue.

Irene Shamma

Website: www.theplan.is Drawn by geometry, nature, and purpose Irene completed her Architecture and Urbanism graduate degree in London. In 2012 she set up her independent journey theplan.is, to pursue her passion to create art installations, exhibitions, stage designs and festival structures. Two years ago she embarked on a journey to reconnect with nature and explore the world of ecological design, sustainability and permaculture. Along this journey she felt inspired to research and raise awareness on pressing environmental matters and recently created a campaign to spread awareness of deforestation. This led Irene on a 5 month-long reforestation mission in the Amazon rainforest.

Mark Stevenson

Website: markstevenson.org Mark is an entrepreneur, author, broadcaster and expert on global trends and innovation. Mark’s book, An Optimist’s Tour of the Future has been translated into 10 languages and was described by Wired ‘a very coherent and entertaining journey through the world of future technology’. Mark has also written for The Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Intelligent Life, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, The Daily Telegraph, and The New Statesman. His key skill is an ability to take complex or abstract concepts and make them understandable by non-specialists without trivialising the subject matter.

Pea Horsley

Pea Horsley Website:animalthoughts.com Pea is the UK's most highly regarded animal communicator. She is an internationally renowned workshop facilitator and the author of Heart to Heart and The Animal Communicator's Guide Through Life, Loss and Love, published in 6 languages. Pea is passionate about helping people awaken to the teachings the animals wish to share.

Sasha Krohn

Tumblr: sashakrohn-performer.tumblr.com Sasha is a Circus Performer performing worldwide and specialising in Aerial Straps Acrobatics, Hand Balancing and Contemporary Ballet. Sasha’s work is composed of dark erotic elements and physical expression through Acrobatics and Dance.