Dr. Luis Dias, physician, musician and founder of Child's Play India
Foundation (www.childsplayindia.org, a charity which works to bring
classical music to underprivileged children in India), will address The
INK Conference, in association with TED, scheduled for December 9-12,
2010 at Lavasa Hill City near Mumbai.
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Child's Play is inspired by El Sistema, a Venezuelan initiative that
promotes the collective practice of music and music education as a means
of social change and empowerment.
The INK Conference (INK stands for Innovation and Knowledge) is an
annual conference that aims to fuel innovation and foster knowledge by
bringing together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers from a
range of disciplines such as art, architecture, design, entertainment,
entrepreneurship, sports and technology.
The theme of this year's INK is 'Untold Stories', and the line-up of INK
speakers include acclaimed director James Cameron, spiritual guru Deepak
Chopra, internationally-renowned product designer Philippe Starck,
innovator Arvind Gupta, Super 30 founder Anand Kumar, Lego innovator
John Henry Harris, Matt Groenig ,creator of The Simpsons and academic
and author Jennifer Aaker of Stanford, among others.
Dr. Dias is the first Goa-based speaker to be accorded such an invitation.
The INK Conference follows TEDIndia 2009 held in Mysore and is curated
by Lakshmi Pratury, co-host of TEDIndia. TEDIndia 2009 was attended by
close to 1000 attendees from 46 different countries and celebrated the
first-ever TED in Asia. This conference brought together accomplished
artists, architects, technologists, business people, musicians, dancers,
scientists, and social entrepreneurs along with 100 young TEDIndia Fellows.
Links:
The INK Conference www.theinkconference.com
Child's Play India: www.childsplayindia.org
