We are pleased to announce the theme for TEDxWarwick 2013: Building Bridges. Connections between communities, disciplines and places are often made in the most unexpected of ways. The world is expanding and contracting at the same time: global networks proliferate, yet distance is no longer a barrier. At the same time, traditional boundaries in technology, science, art and academia are becoming increasingly blurred. Links are constantly being forged between everything from physics to photography and biology to computing. Discover what awaits the world of tomorrow at TEDxWarwick 2013.

Buy your ticket at www.tedxwarwick.com/2013/. Early Birds are priced at £10, with the remaining tickets priced at £15. This year, TEDxWarwick will be held in Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday 9th March 2013.

What is TED?

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At TED, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

What is TEDx?

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience (x = independently organized TED event).

Teach First will be in the main reception of the Engineering Building tomorrow (Thursday 29th Nov) from 11.30am-1.30pm.

There will be puzzles, free mince pies and a chance to find out more about what we do! Come say hi and grab a mince pie!

On Tuesday 27 November (week 9), Warwick Hub and Warwick International Development Society are jointly hosting a talk by Tony Meloto, the founder of Gawad Kalinga.

Gawad Kalinga was a 2012 recipient of the highly prestigious Skoll Foundation award for Social Entrepreneurship, please see the link below for more details.

Tony's work has been recognized globally, and he has been the recipient of numerous high-profile awards within the Development and Social Enterprise sector.

Tony will be running a small workshop earlier in the day. Places are limited - sign up for it here.

TEDxYouthDay is a series of TEDx events happening all around the world celebrating Universal Children’s Day. These events are designed to empower and inspire young people.

TEDxWarwick is no exception: we will be hosting our very own TEDxYouth@Warwick event in on Saturday 24th November in M1 (Radcliffe Building, Warwick Business School Teaching Centre) from 3pm - 5pm. Entry is free. Our aim is to highlight some of the various accomplishments of students in the surrounding communities as well as provide a glimpse into some of the work that's being done internationally to involve youth.

Our line-up of speakers and videos will stimulate the mind and provoke discussion, and encompasses everything from the future of our youth to their struggles and achievements, with the common objectives of inspiring curiosity, igniting new ideas, and empowering young leaders. Among the speakers is a truly inspirational student and London 2012 Paralympian.

Check our website tedxwarwick.com, the official event page or the Facebook event for more information.

Warwick Emerging Markets Forum 2012 will provide a stimulating platform for discussion, offering a unique opportunity to aid and expand understanding of the emerging markets and their increasing prominence on the world stage. We have secured many influential speakers as we aim to create one of the largest and most widely followed student forums on the Emerging Markets. Our forum aims to inform, engage and stimulate discussion about the rise of the emerging markets and 'upturning of the pyramid'.

This year we are also including a panel tackling the wealth of career opportunities for graduates in emerging markets.

Saturday 24th November, 10.00-18.00, MS.02

We welcome you to join our vision in educating and raising awareness among today's generation about the changing global landscape.

For more information, visit our website and the Facebook event.
Purchase the tickets online: http://www.warwicksu.com/events/15291/9314/

On Saturday 24th November (Week 8) People & Planet and Warwick Hub will be holding the annual Warwick Climate Forum. The aim is "to encourage valuable discussion surrounding climate change and its broader implications in order to inspire a generation of students at this critical moment in global history."

This year's Warwick Climate Forum is set to be an exciting day of workshops, debate and discussion, featuring high-profile speakers such as:

• Chris Goodall (businessman, author (including Ten Technologies to Save the Planet, Sustainability: All That Matters), Guardian correspondent and climate change expert)
• Danny Chivers (Author and Slam Poet)
• Stuart Parkinson (Scientists for Global Responsibility)
• Chris Warwick (Head of Communications at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy)
• Phil Thornhill (National Coordinator for the Campaign against Climate Change Steering Committee)
• Rosemary Collier (Director of Warwick Crop)
• Phoebe Cullingworth (Member of People and Planet's National committee)

+ more...

For further information about the conference visit www.warwickclimateforum.org. Tickets are now on sale here.

For more information on Warwick People & Planet, click here.
For more information on Warwick Hub, click here.

Last chance to buy your ticket for WIDS!

The theme for this years summit is "The Faces of International Development: Old Ideas, New Solutions".

Our speakers include Mahmoud Mohieldin (Managing Director, World Bank), Jeffrey Sachs (Director, Earth Institute Columbia University) and Lord Meghnad Desai (Emeritus Professor and Founder of Global Governance Institute LSE) amongst other high profile figures.

For more information and to buy tickets please visit: www.wids.org.uk or see our Facebook event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

A local school in Birmingham (which is a charity) recently contacted Warwick to ask for voluntary assistance in rebuilding a wind turbine.

The school has a wind turbine that is not working, and the company that made it has now gone bust, so there's no chance of them fixing it. As a result, the school has asked for any Warwick students for assistance in fixing the wind turbine. Since the school is a charity, they don't have much money so any voluntary help they can get would be greatly appreciated.

If you'd be interested in helping out, please email Yung-Yu Lau with your year, pathway/stream and perhaps a small reason for why you're interested, with 'LSProject WindTurbine' in the subject line. If enough people show interest, we can try and organise something :)