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19Sep 2011

TEDx Talk with Theary Seng and Channe Suy

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TEDx PHNOM PENH AT META: TALKING ABOUT CAMBODIA’S FUTURE
TUESDAY, 20/09, 7PM

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading”. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, the annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers. In February 2011 the first “TEDxPhnomPenh” event was themed “Building the Future”.

Tonight the project makers present video-recorded TEDx-talks from this session, followed by Q&As with Channe Sue and Theary Seng. Channe Sue (product manager for InSTEDD) will share her ideas on sustainability through building local capacity. Human rights activist and author Theary Seng speaks about reuniting a nation a nation through the on-going Khmer Rouge Trial.

A poster/invite is attached with this mail.

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WEDNESDAY, 21/09
THEATRE: PHNOM PENH PLAYERS PERFORM “SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER”
7PM: Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is a Argentinean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina since 1985.

His play “Speak Truth to Power: Voices From Beyond the Dark” has been staged in theatres across America and around the world, including Geneva, London, Helsinki, Athens, Madrid, Rome, and Sydney. It was first performed in Cambodia in February 2011 by the Phnom Penh Players for Kerry Kennedy and staff of the Robert F Kennedy Centre at Pannasastra University. After two very successful performances last week we invite you for the last performance at Meta.

THURSDAY 22/09
CLOSED TO PUBLIC

FRIDAY 23/09
“FUTURE SHORTS ONE”: THE BEST OF INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS
7PM: Future Shorts Distribution is the world’s leading short film label representing an extensive and eclectic catalogue of original, award winning films from across the globe. Their monthly global festival “Future Shorts One” connects audiences around the world. This month’s FUTURE SHORTS selection at Meta features CULTS – GO OUTSIDE by Isaiah Seret (USA), WAR by Paolo Sessanelli (Italy), A PERM by Ran-hee Lee (Korea), TRAFFIC JAM by Oskar Forsten and Arthur Franck (Finland), Vovo by Luiz Lafayette Stockler (UK), PATH LIGHTS by Zachary Sluser, ONE MINUTE PUBERTY by Alexander Gellner (Germany) as well as FLOATING AWAY by Khmer animator Poi Chhunly.

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10Aug 2011

nerd night | 8.22

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August 22nd is the next Nerd Night, featuring talks on science fiction, the history of comedy, and corporate logos, among other topics.

Nerd Night is (most of the time) a bi-weekly event, so to acknowledge the disappointed groans of the nerdier among you: yes, we were due for a Nerd Night on August 8th.

But August 8th is the 20th anniversary of collapse of the world’s tallest structure. On 8/8/1991, that great beacon of communication (or, some say, an electromagnetic Tower of Babel), the Warsaw Radio Mast, first bent and then snapped in half.

A radio tower can’t stand up by itself. It relies on countless tiny wires to keep it up. Sometimes these wires experience structural failure. Other times, they have crazy weeks at work or get called out of town unexpectedly and don’t have time to make a presentation. It’s no one’s fault. Crazy stuff has happened on August 8ths throughout history.

So let’s all take a moment this August 8th to reflect on the Warsaw Radio Mast. If you need some Phnom Penh-style enlightenment, may we suggest perusing some videos from TEDxPhnomPenh.

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10Jul 2011

TEDxPhnomPenh speaker applications

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Between now and August 12th, we are accepting applications to speak at TEDxPhnomPenh. Do you have an idea worth spreading? Tell us about it. Do you know someone with an idea worth spreading? Tell us about them.

The next TEDxPhnomPenh will be held on October 15th. Work, play: what do you DO? This will be the theme of our event.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxPhnomPenh, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxPhnomPenh event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

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27Jun 2011

TEDxPP Talks screenings

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Chris Brown
“Lean Startup – a bootstrapping guide for budding entrepreneurs”
Software developer, entrepreneur, and general geek, Chris is a vocal and omnipresent figure in Cambodia’s burgeoning hacker community. Chris has founded or partnered in several software startups which are proud to have built their products in Cambodia and sold them globally. Chris is an active member of the Barcamp movement, attending and speaking at events across the region, and is also a founding member of the up-and-coming Phnom Penh HackerSpace. Chris’s vision is for Cambodia’s software sector to leap-frog its neighbors by skipping IT outsourcing and moving straight to product-focused startups fueled by the entrepreneurial spirit that Cambodia has in abundance.

Sithen Sum
“Self-Education: Something helpful you hardly find at schools…”
Sithen is the co-owner of CallMe translation services, which he started up with no capital. He is also General Representative of “Kon Khmer Koun Khmer,” a film collective run by Cambodian young volunteers, and the President of “Mastermind Club.” His current project is the “Cambodian Hero Web Site,” documenting prominent historic and living Cambodian nationals. Sithen says, “All these involvements are the results or parts of what I call ‘Self-Education,’ which is a long-time, yet unused tool of learning and sharing things with Cambodian future leaders.”

Chris Noble
“From Little Things, Big Things Grow”
Chris Noble is the General Manager for WorldNomads.com, a leading global travel insurance company. He is also the co-founder of The Footprints Network, an alliance of e-commerce businesses working with global NGOs and grassroots organizations to fund community poverty-alleviation projects around the world. Chris’ passion for travel, marketing, social media, travel philanthropy, and customer engagement has helped position WorldNomads.com as one of the most innovative travel services companies online. When he’s not wrestling with his kids and twittering from obscure locations, he can be found travelling off the beaten track, shooting documentaries, and wishing he could hold a tune in Karaoke. At TEDxPhnomPenh, he will share with us his ideas on how engaging your customers can mean changing the world.

When: June 29th @ 7pm
Where: Meta House, #37 Sothearos Boulevard, Songkhat Tonle Bassak, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh
Who: Screening videos from Chris Brown, Sithen Sum and Chris Noble, live Q&A w/ Chris Brown and Sithen Sum

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18Apr 2011

After Khmer New Year: TEDx

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* INSIDE JOB”
TUE, 19/04, 7PM

This DOCUMENTARY OSCAR WINNER 2011(2010, 120 mins) provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, US director Charles Ferguson traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia.

Attached is also a personal invitation to Wednesday’s TEDx PHNOM PENH” event at Meta featuring a live talk with Khmer blogger Kounila Keo/

* IDEAS WORTH SPREADING
“TEDx PHNOM PENH”
WED, 20/04, 7PM

Launching in February 2011, TEDxPhnomPenh is a TEDx event that will combined live speakers with TED video screenings and discussions over the course of a day. The first event featured a Cambodian blogger, an English entrepreneur and a Japanese live artist, amongst many others. The second event is scheduled for late 2011, and promises to bring the same array of innovative and engaging speakers to Phnom Penh in the name of ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. On April 20th, TEDxPhnomPenh will come to Meta House to launch a ‘TEDTalks’ series leading up to the next event. The videos will be followed by a Q&A with Kounila Keo.

* THUR, 21/04
“RISE UP!”
LANDMINES, AMPUTEES AND EMPOWERMENT IN CAMBODIA

7PM: It’s hard to get firm numbers on the percentage of Cambodia’s population which is living with disabilities. Part of the problem stems from the stigma which surrounds disability in Cambodia. In the framework of our ScreenDocs series we invite you to a SNEAK PREVIEW AND CAMBODIAN PREMIERE SCREENING of a BRANDNEW INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY focusing on empowerment of disabled women in Cambodia. We can’t tell you its title, so be surprised! This presentation is accompanied by two films, which have been produced by Meta House: RISE UP! (2009, 30 mins) follows vocational training in Battambang; MY VOICE (2010, 20 mins) encourages people living with disabilities to vote.

* FRI 22/04
STONE MEETS PILGER:
“SOUTH OF THE BORDER” IN LATIN AMERICA

7PM: Two controversial films examine the free-market economic policies pushed by the U.S. and the International Monetary Fund, and how they have largely failed to alleviate Latin America’s chronic income inequality. WAR ON DEMOCRACY (2007, 96 mins) by award-winning journalist John Pilger investigates America’s manipulation of Latin American politics during the last 50 years leading up to the struggle by ordinary people to free themselves from poverty and racism. Oliver Stone’s SOUTH OF THE BORDER (2009, 78 mins) is a “political road movie”. The renowned Hollywood director travels from the Caribbean down the spine of the Andes to interview eight South-American presidents.

* SAT, 23/04
AFTER GENOCIDE: DMC NIGHT AND
“KAMPUCHEA: DEATH & REBIRTH”

6.30PM: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD (PT. 2) consists of another 10 mini-doc films on Khmer Rouge history and reconciliation. Students from the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) visit a market vendor, who remembers her family members that were killed under Pol Pot. A teacher recalls how he taught people to follow KR orders. Khmer students learn about the Holocaust during a trip to Germany. 8PM: KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH (1979, 90min) is the first documentary film after the genocide. The scenes filmed during spring 1979 are part of history: Phnom Penh left to rampant nature and heaps of skulls…

* SUNDAY, 24/04
“THE PROMISE OF MUSIC”:
A TRIP FROM VENEZUELA TO GERMANY
8PM: This TV documentary (2008, 93 mins) on Venezuela’s visionary music-education system introduces the audience to the “Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela” and its charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Spanish-German Director Enrique Sánchez Lansch accompanies him and four young musicians from rehearsals in Caracas to their performance at the Beethoven festival in Bonn. Meet these young musicians, watch their daily lives, hear their stories, and watch them perform and discover that their commitment to the Youth Orchestra is an essential part of their life. Filmmaker will be present at the screening (Q&A) by invitation of the Goethe-Institut.

Where: META HOUSE
#37, Sothearos Blvd.
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Fixed +855- (0)23 – 224 140,
Mobil +855- (0) 10- 312 333
Homepage: www.meta-house.com,
email: mesterharm@gmx.net

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05Nov 2010

Khmer Young Entrepreneurs Meet-up

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Topics:
1. Self-introduction
2. Update from TEDxPhnomPenh
3. Khmer Talks Brainstorming

- What is Khmer Talks?
- What is going to look like?
- Objective of Khmer Talks event?….
- Planning
- Responsibility
- iTeam/committee

4. Presentations (3 max)
- IDEACAMP by Mr. Peng Saochheng from Mithsomlagn
- Cambodian Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), by Mr. Channthla An,
He will provide the real situation related to Cambodian investment and development as well as the potential factors for Cambodia now.

5. Wrap up
6. End

Note: This month we will try our first try out project is to bring our meeting to live on internet. Watch KYE community meeting on the date above via the Khmer Talks — http://khmertalks.com/live-meeting/

When: 2pm – 4:30 pm
Where: Baitong Restaurant, No. 7, Street 360, BKK1, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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22Apr 2010

TEDxPhnomPenh: gathering

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TEDxPhnomPenh: a gathering this Saturday April 24th at 10am at Living Room.

Anyone who is interested in helping to coordinate TEDx or just to learn more should try to attend. We are looking for a variety of people to take on leadership roles in the coordination of the event.

What’s TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDxBeijing, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxBeijing event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

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