On Oct. 31, the second TEDxPOSTECH was held in the international conference room of the POSCO International Center. TED is a lecture series through which many renowned people from various fields share their opinions and knowledge. TED’s central motto is, ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. Also, it became famous because lectures have been open to everyone through the website since 1990. TEDx is an independent event hosted by a city or groups and it can be held with a license from TED.
Nowadays, many Korean universities such as SNU, KAIST and UNIST opened spontaneous TEDx events. Many Postechians have expressed the desire to share their ideas through TED, and the 1st TEDxPOSTECH was held in 2011.
The following great lecturers were among those who came to spread their ideas: Professor Jin Taek Kim (CiTE), Seong Jin Park (ME), Seung Woo Lee (IBB) Seo yoon Choi (Editor of Monthlyingyeo), singer Jung Hyun Park and Prof. Jae Chan Hwang (Kyungpook National University DAAS).