The start of TEDxSMU at SMU

October 10th, 2009 by Frankie De Soto

This morning I had a chance to attend the TEDxSMU over at SMU campus and interview some of the people there. So far, there has been a lot of socializing and it is a pretty big group that’s here to listen to some very notable speakers. I actually had a chance to interview a of the people here. I actually saw one of my university professors here so I hope I have a chance to talk to him.One person I had a chance to do a quick interview with was Dustin Currie, a web developer at LevelTen Interactive in Dallas. I pretty  much asked him what got him interested in coming to this big event. “I’m looking forward to hearing William Kamkwamba speak” Dustin said. “At 14 years old, he was able to build a windmill to provide electricity for his small village.” William is just one of the guest speakers here today, I’m sure the other speakers got some great stories to tell.

Tiffany Vega, who works at SMU and is currently helping out with the event. “This is all very exciting.” she said. “We had a chance to bring TEDxSMU over here to SMU and alot people here that I met are all very excited about it.”

I still have more to do, so I’ll keep everybody posted.

Tags: TED, TEDxSMU