The IdeaWave conference is similar to TED (but more affordable). The first conference took place in July, in Victoria, and the next one is scheduled for February 2011. The conference consists of fifty speakers, ten minutes each, with no limits on subject matter. The only requirement is that the talk must be a unique idea developed or refined by the speaker.
I was a speaker at the first conference and I had a blast. I was coming off a night shift so I was tired. My plan was to give my presentation and then go home. However, I stuck around for a couple of presentations and I enjoyed them so much that I ended up staying the whole day. The conference organizer, Kris Constable, is now putting one or two conference videos online each week. I would encourage you to check out ideawave.ca to see more videos.Closely associated with the IdeaWave conferences are the Idea Meetings that take place in several cities around the world. Check out the Wiki and perhaps start an Idea meetup in your city.
Sweet! ;-) Ha ha I'm so funny.
ReplyDeleteI have a few thoughts, but first let me say how lucky you are the whole thing is on video. This gives you the opportunity to watch it many times so you can learn from it.
Of course I think the sugar analogy is great! :-) With regards to that part, I think you could intensify that aspect of your presentation in a few ways. Contact Dean or Sanho Tree or others to get some specific numbers of percent markup on drugs, then do some sort of extrapolation to apply that to sugar. Even if you go with a conservative number it will still be shocking I bet.
Cavities is definitely a logical problem of too much sugar. But you can increase the punch of the "reasons" to prohibit it by mentioning diabetes. Another shocker is that diabetes can lead to amputations! For various reasons (I'm not diabetic or an expert) some diabetics must have toes, even feet, amputated!
Even the most gross descriptions (I've read) of heroin injecting drug users, with scabs, puss-filled wounds, etc… do not end with "and their arms/legs" had to be amputated.
Another shocker for the sugar segment would be the purity comparison. Track down the purity regulations for sucrose and you'll probably be surprised it mentions acceptable/unacceptable amounts of things you DO NOT want in your sugar, like fly eggs, rat hairs, cockroach legs, etc… I am not making that up. Then point out that under sugar prohibition, those safe levels of contaminants go away, and for sure there will be much more cockroach legs, fly eggs, rat hairs…
Keep up the good work!
U.S. FDA
ReplyDeleteChocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
Defect Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans
(This second link will make you eat with eyes wide open next time you sit down! :-)
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is. I could have sworn I heard it ages ago. Someone with a bit more time, or phone contacts, should be able to locate it.
U.S. FDA
ReplyDelete1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
2. Defect Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans
(This second link will make you eat with eyes wide open next time you sit down! :-)
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is. I could have sworn I heard it ages ago. Someone with a bit more time, or phone contacts, should be able to locate it.
U.S. FDA
ReplyDelete1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
2. Defect Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans
(This second link will make you eat with eyes wide open next time you sit down! :-)
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is. I thought I heard it ages ago. Someone with a bit more time, or phone contacts, should be able to locate it.
1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
ReplyDelete2. Defect Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans
This second link will make you eat with eyes wide open next time you sit down! :-)
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is. I thought I heard it ages ago. Someone with a bit more time, or phone contacts, should be able to locate it.
1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
ReplyDelete2. [Impurities] Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans
This second link will make you eat with eyes wide open next time you sit down! :-)
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is. I thought I heard it ages ago. Someone with a bit more time, or phone contacts, should be able to locate it.
1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fda.gov/Food/ScienceResearch/LaboratoryMethods/MacroanalyticalProceduresManualMPM/ucm084382.htm
2. Defect Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans
http://www.fda.gov/food/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/guidancedocuments/sanitation/ucm056174.htm
This second link will make you eat with eyes wide open next time you sit down! :-)
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is. I thought I heard it ages ago. Someone with a bit more time, or phone contacts, should be able to locate it.
1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
ReplyDelete2. [Impurities] Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is. I thought I heard it ages ago. Someone with a bit more time, or phone contacts, should be able to locate it.
1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
ReplyDelete2. [Impurities] Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable [Impurities] in foods that present no health hazards for humans
A quick search did not turn up regulations specific to refined sugar, but I'm sure there is.
1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
ReplyDelete2. [Impurities] Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable [impurities] in foods that present no health hazards for humans
1. Chocolate, Sugars, and Related Products
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fda.gov/Food/ScienceResearch/LaboratoryMethods/MacroanalyticalProceduresManualMPM/ucm084382.htm
2. [censored] Levels Handbook: Levels of natural or unavoidable [censored] in foods that present no health hazards for humans
http://www.fda.gov/food/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/guidancedocuments/sanitation/ucm056174.htm