TEDxFairfieldWomen set Thursday

The TEDxFairfieldWomen is set from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Fairfield Public Library.

The event continues the global conversation that started at TEDWomen in 2010 about how women and girls are the future.

Live presentations and performance are planned in Fairfield, including live webcasts from the Paley Center in Los Angeles and New York.

Local speakers and performers include Pam Whitworth of the Shanti Children?s Foundation, Phyllis Khare on how ?Women are Made for Socia Media? and Sharon Bousquet.

Live viewing of the TED Talks in New York and LA will feature actress Jane Fonda, Lamis Zein, the woman who heads an all-female bomb-disposal unit in Lebanon, the television personality Barbara Walters, singer-songwriter Morley, social-media maven Tiffany Shlain, Vietnam refugee and tech entrepreneur Tan Le, documentarian Jennifer Newsom and cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson.

Also in the line up, Dr. Oz, who hosts a daily show focusing on medical health, and Gloria Steinem, the American feminist, journalist and social/political activist, speaking about re-imaging a world with true gender equality. Shamila Kohestani also is scheduled to share her story as captain of Afghanistan?s first National Women?s Football team.

As an addition, the TEDxWomen stage will welcome young women throughout the day, such as fashion icon Tavi Gevinson and South African teen Busisiwe Mkhumbuzi to share the insights of a younger female perspective.

TED is a non-profit organization devoted to ideas worth spreading. It began in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: technology, entertainment and design. Since then the scope has become even broader. Along with two annual conferences in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh Scotland each summer. These conferences bring together the world?s thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less.

Reservations for the event in Fairfield can be made by emailing Burt@TEDxFairfield.com or calling 919-2163. The event is $25.