Tickets available here: https://tedxnaperville.ticketspice.com/tedxnaperville-2022-community
Our Fall 2022 event will be held outside on a real, working farm. We are limiting the event to two hundred tickets to allow for intimate conversations with speakers, encourage lively participation, and provide the opportunity to make new friends with other participants.
What can you expect?
Community
Our theme is “Community.” Be prepared for a giant family reunion-style event, surrounded by speakers, and friends, new and old. Expect some fun surprises, too!
True interactivity.
With the smaller event, expect to be bumping into a number of past speakers. They have expressed the desire to be off the stage to have conversations with you. All speakers will be wearing something different, so you will know who they are, but what they talk about - that’s up to you!
YOU guide the conference.
Our Ideashops do not require pre-registration, we will have maps and information on who is hosting the Ideashop and where at the event. We will also have guides pointing the way. Since the event is outside, some Ideashops will require a short 5-minute walk.
Think of this event as an outdoor festival, but instead of music as the focus, it is about ideas (and don’t worry, there will be music too!).
A few Ideashops will be regular tours of the farm, a walking nature photography mini- Masterclass, lessons on resiliency led by an Olympic medalist, and a discussion on diamond computer processors by a leading scientist of nanomaterials.
It’s a Farm. Be prepared!
It’s outside, rain or shine. While we will have tents in certain areas and speakers’ Ideashops, please be prepared for any weather. Bring lawn chairs, blankets - anything that would make you comfortable to enjoy the conversation. Fortunately, the farm does not have any significant challenges, such as animal droppings or angry bulls, but come prepared for the elements.
Food.
All tickets include dinner and we will be hosting food trucks on the farm. While beer and wine will be provided, in the spirit of community you are welcome to bring a bottle of wine or ale should you wish to share it with new friends.
Campfire and Smores
No visit to an outdoor farm would be complete without a smores bar and a campfire to end the evening.