For Immediate Release, November 29, 2012
Contact: Allison Sturma, 202-429-4725

(Washington) – TEDxWomen 2012, hosted by The Paley Center for Media and sponsored in part by the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), will take place at the Institute November 30 & December 1. This third in a series of conferences will bring together a diverse group of talented and rousing women and men to challenge traditional gender roles and spotlight groundbreaking advances in topics ranging from autism to violence against women under this year’s theme, The Space Between.

USIP President Jim Marshall will welcome conference attendees on Friday evening, while Manal Omar and Ann-Louise Colgan will participate on Saturday. Omar, director of the Iraq, Iran, and North Africa programs, will discuss her peacebuilding work in the Middle East. As director of the Global Peacebuilding Center, Colgan will provide the closing comments on behalf of USIP.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At the TEDxWomen event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

A complete agenda is available online at: tedxwomen.org/schedule-2012/

The conference will be live streamed at: tedxwomen.org/livestream/

To request media credentials, please contact Allison Sturma at asturma@usip.org. Requests must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, November 30, 2012.

Additional sponsors are AOL, Knight Foundation, WB, Accenture, Coca-Cola 5by20, Verizon, and WeberShandwick.

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The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan conflict management center created by Congress to prevent and mitigate international conflict without resorting to violence. USIP saves lives, increases the government’s ability to deal with conflicts before they escalate, reduces government costs, and enhances national security. USIP is headquartered in Washington, DC. To learn more visit www.usip.org.