Michael Milken to Speak at Inaugural TEDxMilkenHighSchool

Tune-in to the live stream at http://www.milkenschool.org/TEDx
Sunday, February 9 at 9:00 a.m. 

Milken Community Schools presents the inaugural TEDxMilkenHighSchool on Sunday, February 9, 2014, with philanthropist and financier Michael Milken as a featured speaker. Michael Milken is chairman of the Milken Institute and co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation. Details are at www.mikemilken.com 

TEDxMilkenHighSchool, created by students for students, is conceived and organized by Milken senior Daniella Wenger. The event is private but will be broadcast on the Milken livestream from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. TEDx is the independent counterpart of TED with a focus on "ideas worth spreading." Each TEDx talk is creatively linked to the theme and maintains the spirit of TED itself: multidisciplinary, focused on the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives, and, ultimately, the world. 

The theme for TEDxMilkenHighSchool is "The New Order." It is a concept, fad, and/or trend suggesting that our world is currently undergoing monumental and significant transformations. It is the creative, the innovative, the cutting edge, and the model for the future. Those who acknowledge “The New Order” consider each day as a blank canvas; they realize that now is the time to challenge one's values and question one's moral compass.

Milken Alum Dominic Kalms ’06 and Dr. Russell Steinberg, Director of the Milken Classical Music Academy will present, as well as the following current Milken students:

Madison Levine '14: "Fashion at its Most Intimate Level" – Fashion defined as architecture and culture.
Noah Wallace '14: "Unintelligent Understandings of Intelligence" – Society's incorrect conceptions of intelligence.
Nathan Hakkakzadeh '14: “The Engineering of Art” – Exploring technology as a work of art. 
Max Cherman '16: "Education, Capitalism, and the Digital Divide" – Students’ responsibility in bridging the gap.
Robyn Rose Valentine '15: "Standing Between Bubbles" – The only black student at Milken, an outsider looking in.

What is TEDx?
In the spirit of "ideas worth spreading," TED has created TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxMilkenHighSchool where x = independently organized TED event. At TEDxMilkenHighSchool 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.

About TED 
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California almost 30 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes on a diverse mix of topics. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The TED2014 Conference will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast in neighboring Whistler. TEDGlobal 2014 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; and TEDBooks, short e-books on powerful ideas. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TEDFor information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration

About Milken Community Schools
As a grades 7 – 12 college preparatory institution, Milken Community Schools is one of the largest Jewish, independent, co-educational schools in the country. We are a place of rigorous academic exploration and intellectual inquiry built on a foundation of spiritual and ethical practice. We develop students with sharp minds, generous hearts, and kind souls. Our 10-acre campus is located in the Santa Monica Mountains along the Mulholland Corridor.