“Penn State Berks will host its inaugural TEDxPSUBerks event, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. Organized by the Penn State Berks Student Veterans Organization, their goal is to create a memorable experience to connect and bring diverse disciplines and backgrounds together around new ideas, focusing on the theme ‘Love and Education.’

“TEDxPSUBerks will be a unique conference where attendees can openly discuss big ideas and challenges that affect the community. This event highlights an impressive lineup including speakers who are not typically heard from locally but who are doing incredibly creative, innovative and provocative work in their fields.

“The format is short, powerful talks, each focused on a single topic or idea. No talks will exceed 18 minutes. There will be no keynote speeches and no panel discussions.

“Interested attendees can participate by tuning into a live stream or by going to one of the many areas on campus we will have a live stream, such as the Multipurpose Room in Perkins Student Center.”

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Berks County Link collaborative partner, IM ABLE Foundation‘s Chris Kaag is one of the TEDxPSU Berks presenters.

“Chris Kaag, ‘Improvise, Adapt and Overcome: Challenges Are Stepping Stones Not Crutches’

“Kaag is president and founder of the IM ABLE Foundation and Corps Fitness. He works to promote healthy lifestyles for all and to raise money to provide adaptive equipment grants to help those with a physical challenge become more active. As the founder of Corps Fitness, Kaag runs daily workout classes that bring his experience as a U.S. Marine into his no-frills fitness facility, which accommodates both abled and disabled participants. Kaag served in the U.S. Marine Corps until he was diagnosed with a rare degenerative nerve condition.”