Alison Smith is a digital activist, arts producer/manager and accidental entrepreneur. She founded Pesky People in 2009 with the mission to use digital technology to seek and create solutions that improve digital access and inclusion. It also offers a platform and voice for disabled and deaf people to blog their experiences with the aim of challenging digital discrimination and seeking solutions. She was a finalist in the SMK Foundation (Consumer Action) Awards 2010.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
