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Framed: TEDxYouth@Singapore gears up for TEDxYouthDay 2012 with a bang! See more photos from their photo shoot here.

Some people say I am shy to meet new people. Perhaps that’s true, but I like to keep myself introverted. I don’t particularly enjoy loud gatherings. But being introverted means that I lose out on many opportune moments to connect to others and be part of a wider experience.

TEDxYouthDay aims to bring youth “together to express their ideas, talents and work towards a better future.” I’d like to bring my own mindset and share it with everyone else there. So for once, I’ll go all out and join strangers like me in this communal event.

A future TEDxYouth@Singapore attendee answers the question, “Why do you want to attend TEDxYouthDay?”

TEDxCity2.0 Spotlight: Singapore

In December, for the first time ever, the TED Prize went not to an individual but to an idea on which our planet’s future depends: the City 2.0.This is the city of the future in which more than ten billion people must somehow live happily, healthfully, and sustainably.

This October 13, 2012, TEDxCity2.0 will be a day when TEDx communities around the world will host an event to share the powerful narratives of urban innovators and organizers, stewards and artists, builders and tastemakers. The TEDx platform will harness the power of people across the globe to encourage them to host a TEDx event, themed “City 2.0.”

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Dave Lim is the organizer of TEDxSingapore, a TEDxCity2.0 event in Singapore. We recently talked to him about the event, his visions for a future Singapore, and City 2.0.

TEDx: How is your event planning going? What has stood out to you so far? What are you most looking forward to?
 
Since TED.com and the TEDx programme began, we are now living a vast, interconnected planet of ideas, epitomized by the global TEDx communities of millions of passionate and innovative people. We are most looking forward to hearing and sharing ideas across multidisciplinary fields related to the society and cities 

TEDx: Why did you decide to host a City 2.0 event? What do you think it offers your community?

 A chance for people in Singapore hear ideas and visions for the future that we will create, and to spark off conversations and invent more ideas about this.

TEDx: What does City 2.0 mean to you and your community?

A opportunity to rethink how we think, and consider how we can be more thoughtful people and thinking citizens of the city and world we live in.

TEDx: Are there any speakers in particular that you are excited about?

TED speaker. TED Book author and TED Global guest curator Parag Khanna recently moved to Singapore, and is both co-curating and speaking at TEDxSingapore City2.0.   We are looking forward to hearing his idea about “info states” in our interconnected world of ideas and knowledge.  He recently wrote an article about Singapore here: http://www.paragkhanna.com/?p=1807

What is the one thing you would do if you could change the world?

That was the question The Ruby Alan Show asked attendees and speakers of this year’s TEDxYouth@Singapore.