POTSDAM -- Videos of talks led by SUNY Potsdam faculty, students and guest speakers from the College's first-ever TEDxSUNYPotsdam event have now posted online.

TEDxSUNYPotsdam focused on "The Future of Creativity," and was hosted on April 6 at the College's Performing Arts Center.

Videos of the talks from the event that have posted on the official TEDx Talks YouTube channel and social media feeds, include:

• "How Technology Threatens the Arts," Nick Prokop & Clemens Prokop (guest speakers, of TYE: Shows, Düsseldorf, Germany)

• "Esports is Real Sports," Anthony Betrus (professor of educational technology and business administration)

• "The Rebirth of the Modular Synthesizer," Jerod Sommerfeldt (associate professor of music theory and composition) & Bobby Rice '19 (music education major)

• "Dinosaurs, Asteroids and Climate Change," Page Quinton (assistant professor of geology)

• "Building the Future of Creative Arts Out of Our Communal Past," Sara Cantwell (adjunct instructor of English and communication)

• "The Creativity of Artificial Intelligence," Jeremy Waltz '19 (political science and philosophy major)

• "Technology in Dance: On & Off Stage," Cynthia DuFault (assistant professor of dance)

• "The Beauty of Interconnection," Melissa Dolese (assistant professor of psychology)

• "Exochemistry: Expanding Science Beyond 'Earth Normal,'" Martin Walker (professor of chemistry)

• "Journey from the Stage to the Classroom," Harold Simmons (guest speaker, artist known as Fyütch)

• "Performances on the Correctional Environment of Northern New York," Rivka Rocchio (assistant professor of theatre)

• "Music Will Never Die," Kelly Friedmann '22 (music composition and music education major)

For more information, visit http://www.tedxsunypotsdam.com.