More than a dozen high-profile speakers from across the Midlands will present at the fourth annual TEDxColumbiaSC. With topics spanning from preserving our rivers to the changing labor force, the members of this year’s lineup will challenge the audience to reconsider how they interact with others and our world.

Join us on January 19, 2015, for a full day of mind-opening topics, audience engagement and a lifetime of memories.

2015 Speakers:
Michaela Pilar Brown | Visual & Performance Artist
Dr. Bobby Donaldson | Professor of History at USC
Wesley Donehue | Founder & CEO of Push Digital
William Edwards | Director of the Center for Behavioral Analysis at Clemson
Chastain Mann Fitzgerald | Chief of Programs at Women Care Global
Tom Ledbetter | Executive Director of the Enterprise Campus at Midlands Tech
Susan Lenz | Fiber Artist
Elise Partin | Mayor of Cayce
Dr. Ann Ramsdell | Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy at USC
Dr. Jessica Richardson | Asst. Professor of Comm. Sciences & Disorders at USC
Dr. Anna Scheyett | Dean of the College of Social Work at USC
Bill Stangler | Director of Congaree Riverkeeper
Dr. Napoleon Wells | Psychologist at Dorn VA Medical Center

Performances by
Dr. Craig Butterfield | Bassist
Chad Henderson | Co-Artistic Director at Trustus Theatre
Shannon Ivey and State of Reality | Theatre of the Oppressed
Christopher McCormick and Kendal Turner | Spoken Word Poetry
Wideman-Davis Dance Company | Dance