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TEDxOmaha, the local version of the well-known TED events, has released their list of 15 presenters. General tickets for the event, which will take place Saturday, October 16 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., go on sale today,  August 23.

TEDxOmaha is being put on by the team at REBEL INTERACTIVE, the sponsor of the event's production, and headed by REBEL employees Andy Melichar and Brian Smith. Amy Mather and Cindy Grady are also a part of the planning team as they led the speaker search.

Here are this year's presenters, some are speakers and others are performers (in alphabetical order):

§ Julian Adair of Adair Dance Academy

§ Dr. Jonathan Benjamin Alvarado of University of Nebraska at Omaha

§ Yasmeen Bora, Violinist

§ Robert Byrnes of Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems

§ Nancy Kirk of Tri-Faith Initiative

§ Jeff Koterba of Omaha World-Herald

§ Shane J. Lopez, Ph.D. of Gallup

§ Rebecca Lowry of All Young Girls Are Machine Guns

§ Matt Mason of the Nebraska Writers Collective

§ Annette Nathan of Mark Kamin & Associates

§ Rita Paskowitz, Professional Storyteller

§ Jack Phillips of the New Tree School

§ Tom Trenolone, AIA of HDR Inc

§ Gary Wasdin of Omaha Public Library

§ Lamarr Womble of Passion for Leadership

As more details are released, we'll follow up with additional posts.

To learn more about TEDxOmaha, see our post: TEDxOmaha set for October 16, speaker suggestions welcome.