TEDxGateway partners with Genesis Burson-Marsteller for fourth consecutive year

TEDxGateway is back with its seventh edition. A spectacular line of speakers will share their inspiring stories to a live audience and many more across the world through live-streaming from Mumbai in December

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | December 1, 2016

The seventh edition of TEDxGateway will take place in Mumbai on December 4. It will feature a spectacular line of speakers. Celebrating TED's mission, 'Ideas Worth Spreading', the 2016 conference will be bringing together more than 24 brilliant and dynamic speakers from across India and the world under one roof. They will tell their inspiring stories to a live audience and many more across the world through live-streaming.

Genesis Burson-Marsteller is collaborating with TEDxGateway as its official communications partner. This partnership marks its fourth year of association with the TEDxGateway platform, having successfully popularised the main event held last year as well as the first ever TEDxGatewayWomen held in early 2015.

Prema Sagar

Prema Sagar, Vice-Chair, Asia-Pacific and Principal Founder, Genesis Burson-Marsteller, said, “TED is universally celebrated as a unique platform bringing to fore some of the most brilliant minds in the world, and TEDxGateway has been successfully bringing that experience to India year after year. It is a privilege for Genesis Burson-Marsteller to be associated with a platform like TEDxGateway and provide our support for creating a social movement.”

Yashraj S Akashi, Curator of TEDxGateway and Senior Ambassador of TEDx in India, said, “It gives me immense pleasure to continue our partnership with Genesis Burson-Marsteller for the fourth year and gives us confidence that we are building a right kind of profile and communication for this seventh edition of TEDxGateway. We believe Prema Sagar and Genesis Burson-Marsteller not only bring the best communication expertise to the table but help us define the essence of TEDxGateway's journey in India.”

This year's TEDxGateway will host achievers, including Boaz Almog, a quantum researcher; Dr Roozbeh Ghaffari, nanotechnology and bioelectronics pioneer, MC10 Co-founder; Zak Ebrahim, a peace activist; Uday Deshpande, a Mallakhamb legend; El Seed, a global artist; Angelica Dass, artist and photographer; Neel Ghose, the founder, Robin Hood Army; Florian Radke, an augmented reality futurist; Kalyani Khona, a digital match-maker and innovator; Sparsh Shah, a singing prodigy; Capri Everitt, a child prodigy, Youth Ambassador and singer among others.

TEDxGateway is expected to draw more than 1,350 attendees at NCPA. It will also host live streaming for audiences at Phoenix Mall, Lower Parel along with a special screening for 650 students at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). In addition, the main event will be telecast live on the website TEDxGateway.com/live.

TED is a non-profit organisation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California almost 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives.

Genesis Burson-Marsteller is a leading public relations and public affairs consultancy that delivers integrated communication services to some of the best global and Indian companies.

For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration

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