2022 Program


Below is the schedule for TEDxHartlandHill 2022, at Billings Farm & Museum, 69 Old River Road, Woodstock, VT 05091. Parking available for attendees on property—we're excited to share our speaker list. Events and scheduling are subject to change.

 
Birch trees

Morning Program

8:30AM – 9:30AM Coffee Clutch / Check-in

9:30am – 11:00am / History

Welcome
Allison H. Clarkson, Vermont State Senator
Deborah Greene, Executive Director, TEDxHartlandHill

Academy Award winning Documentary
A Place in the Land,” Narrated by Peter Coyote

Commune to Community
Jeff Kahn

Finding Community in Unexpected Places
Helen Hong

Farmer as Artist
Ben Silberfarb

11:30am – 1:00pm / Home

Speak What You Want: Women and the Power of Voice
Tina Packer

Turn On, Plug In, Drop Out:
How Social Media Saved the World
Ben Mezrich

Balance, Harmony, & Chaos
Dr. Jen Ashby

Unburdened: A Survivors Story
Jamie Forbes

1:00pm – 2:30pm / Lunch

Available for purchase at the Farm featuring:
Vermont Picnic Lunch from The Village Butcher,
Dark Chocolate Maple Truffles from The Sweet Spot, and
Vermont Sweetwater Soda.
Or Billings Farmhouse Café, located on the patio by the 1890 Farm Manager's House for savory treats, ice cream, and box sundries.

**Best to stay on property for lunch. The village tends to be overloaded on Fall weekends for lunch.

Afternoon Program

2:30pm – 3:30pm / Heart

The Radical Flower:
Outgrowing our Social Division

Rev. Dr. Leon Dunkley

What Being a White Supremacist Taught Me About Radical Compassion
Tony McAleer

Seeing Our Humanity Through a Photographers Eye
Robert Sturman

3:30pm – 4:00pm / Yoga, Stretch, Sound healing

Yoga & Sound Healing on the lawn with Cassie Reed or Cheese & Spirits
Tasting
featuring Billings Farm Cheese & Vermont Spirits!

4:00pm – 5:30pm / Hearth

A Journey with Flame
Robert Du Grenier

From Many, One: Building Strong Communities
Thato Ratsebe

Global Connectivity
Alpaslan Özerdem

5:45PM / Community Picture at Billings Farm

Ottauquechee Health Foundation & Billings Farm & Museum joins TEDxHartlandHill in honor of International Peace Week — ask you to join in for a Community Photograph in the shape of a peace sign near the Sunflower House.

7:30PM / after-party
Musical PeFormance by Kerubo

Bundle up for the closing celebration under a starry night sky at Artistree!
Music, dancing, and drinks — featuring AfroJazz musician KeruBo and spirits from Silo Distillery.

*Free admitance for TEDxHartlandHill ticket buyers.
**In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved indoors.