TEDx IUM

events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxIUM, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxIUM event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. Program:

TEDxIUM will be held on June 6, 2014 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The students and faculty of IUM will organize this event for the university and its community. Something exciting, revolutionary and thought provoking is coming to the International University of Monaco. The TEDx movement has been a highly successful series of independently run events across 100 university and college campuses, in over 70 countries, 37 languages and with numerous attendees. TEDx IUM is a self-organized, invitation-only event featuring a day of "Ideas worth spreading". True to the format of TED conferences, TEDxIUM presenters will give the talk of their lives in less than 18 minutes. The diversity of speakers and their breadth of experience ranges from academia and psychology to sports, music and the arts. "SMALL is the new big" is the perfect theme for the first TEDx in Monaco, since despite being the second smallest country in the world with an area of ~2 square km, it is home to many successes. Though small in size, Monaco has accomplished World-wide achievements: it has a seat in the UN and it is home to many innovations such as 50+ years of coral and marine research (Centre Scientific de Monaco), record breaking electric engines (Venturi), under water living (SeaOrbiter), not to mention having a top football team (AS Monaco FC). Monaco is the most densely populated country in the world with approximately 37,000 residents and more than 120 nationalities living and working together in harmony. Monaco's success is driven by passionate people who follow their dreams, for with "SMALL" steps one can achieve big results. This can only be done by thinking big. No idea is too small to have an impact in the world; the key is to start, think big, and the impact will follow. Studies show that small companies are more successful and profitable than big companies, so…start thinking big! What is your SMALL idea? What is your passion? What is your dream? Just go for it …

Our goal for TEDxIUM is to:
• Share some of the fascinating ideas of our IUM professors - what is their SMALL idea
• Share the ideas of speakers within our community that have had big impact while executing their SMALL ideas
• Share the stories of our speakers to show that with passion and dreams no idea is too SMALL
• Motivate the students of IUM and the community to work on their SMALL ideas so others can benefit from them
• To help people think about their SMALL idea, their passion, their dreams
• To ignite a spark in people to think big
• To make sure our audience learns something new from every TEDxIUM talk

The event, organized by IUM MBA students and faculty, will take place at the Novotel Hotel in Monaco on 6 June 2014.