Nominate a Speaker

Theme of the Event: Momentum
Date of Event: TBA
Date Speaker Proposals are due: TBA

Nomination Form will be posted soon.

If you have an idea worth spreading, consider applying for the TEDxSBU 2015 lineup. It is perfectly alright (and actually encouraged) to nominate yourself, or to nominate someone else. Check with the person you are nominating to make sure they have Nov. 6 open on their calendar, and find out if they are even interested in delivering a TEDx talk.
Speakers and performers will be selecting by the organizing committee. Speakers that are chosen will not receive any speaking fees.  Our intent in that all speakers will be available to watch online on our TEDxSBUWomen youtube channel.

Video Required

A video clip is required as part of the nomination process. You do not have to give your entire TEDx talk in this video. We just need to see your presentation skills in front of a camera.

Helpful Hints

  • We do want hard concepts explained for the masses.
  • We do want artistic, musical, theatrical performances and other creative performances.
  • We do want to highlight areas of study that Stony Brook is known for (e.g. anthropology, computer science, medicine/health sciences, etc.)
  • We do want talks that focus on the expertise and research of the speaker rather than personal experiences. This ensures content that is more informative and thought-provoking.
  • We are not looking for you to pitch a company idea, especially if the idea has no truly inspiring or humanitarian story to accompany it.

Speech Rules

  • Talks follow a maximum of 18 minute format.
  • Every talk’s content must be in compliance with copyright law. Speakers must inform us beforehand of any third-party material that will be used in their presentations and seek written permissions to copyrighted materials when applicable.
  • No commercial agenda. Speakers should not promote their own products, books, or businesses or those of a company which employs them. The only exception is where they have specifically been invited to give a powerful product demo, or to describe the ideas in their book, and here the focus should still be on the technology and/or the ideas.
  • Avoid pseudoscience. TED and TEDx are platforms for showcasing and explaining genuine advances in science, and it’s important we retain the respect of the scientific community. Speakers should avoid the misuse of scientific language to make unsubstantiated claims.
  • No talks with an inflammatory political or religious agenda, nor for polarizing “us vs them” language. We seek to build consensus and provide outside-the-box thinking, not to revisit familiar, unresolvable disputes on these topics.