TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansas announced today, March 2, that it has added American Idol winner and Conway native Kris Allen to its lineup.
Allen will perform March 4 at the University of Central Arkansas’ Ida Waldran stage at Old Main. Purchase tickets to the TEDx event here.
ORIGINAL POST, Feb. 2, 2016:
TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansas has announced the speaker lineup for its inaugural conference, themed “Ideas Whose Time Has Come,” which will be held March 4 in the Ida Waldran Auditorium on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas.
Speakers are as follows:
- Wes Craiglow, deputy director of planning and development at the city of Conway
- John Berrey, chairman of the Quapaw Tribe of Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Phil Fletcher, founder and executive director at The City of Hope Outreach
- Malcolm Glover, communications director and Delta Veterans Program Director at ARVets
- Brittany Hodak, co-founder of Per Diems Against Poverty
- Sandra Leyva, executive director of The Locals
- Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force
- Dan Newbie, YouTube sensation, aka the “Wine Glass Musician”
- Rashod Ollison, entertainment reporter at The Virginian-Pilot
- Omavi Shukur, director of Seeds of Liberation
- Nan Snow, veteran feminist and board chair of Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame
- Sylvia B. Thompson, director of the El Dorado Promise
- Donna Waugh, Search and Rescue (SAR) K-9 Handler with Arkansas Search Dog Association
- Erika Wilhite, founder and artistic director at Artist’s Laboratory Theatre
Purchase tickets here. General admission is $40 and student tickets are $20. Only 100 tickets are available for purchase.
TEDxUniversityOfCentralArkansas will also host free, public live streaming parties on UCA’s campus and in the Conway community.
For more information or questions please e-mail TEDx@uca.edu.