Edmonton’s NextGen is pleased to present Pecha Kucha Night 18 (PKN 18), taking place on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at the Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre. PKN 18 features presentations on local ideas, projects and musings in the 20 slides at 20 seconds per slide format made popular worldwide by Klein Dytham Architecture.

PKN 18 presentations include:

• Omar Mouallem, Writer | Dinner of Champions
• Rohan Nuttall, Co-Founder of Lone Pine Apparel | Combating Homelessness? It’s easier than it seems
• Lisa Workman, Exercise Physiologist | Why do You Move? The Missing Question to Our Physical Activity Habits
• David Jackson, Policy and Research Analyst & Wildrose Official Opposition | High Speed Rail, It’s Not Enough
• , Senior Manager of Program Planning and Development at the Clean Air Strategic Alliance (CASA) | Building Consensus for a Sustainable Future
• Allen Ball, Associate Professor, & WenJuan Huang, Post Doctoral Fellow | Consumption: The Art of Nanotechnology
• Amee Barber, PhD Candidate | From Brothels to Love Hotels: Re-imagining Sexualized Space
• Adrian J.A. Louden, Artist | What Is Graffiti and Why Do We Need It?
• Joshua Kupsch, Co-founder of Edmonton Bike Polo | WTF is Bike Polo?
• Randy Boissonnault, Founder and Volunteer Executive Director at Literacy Without Borders | Around the World and Here at Home
• Matthew Jacula, Strategic Coordinator at Kids4Cameras | [per-spek-tiv]
• Kassie Burkholder & Lisa Michetti, Communications at Volunteer Alberta | Volunteerville
• Jabir Devjee, Account Executive at Aurora Flags | Flag Histories and Designs

More than 175 presentations have been given at Edmonton PKNs to date on wide-ranging topics, from lighting up Edmonton’s bridges to spelling bees and everything in between.

Tickets are $17, or $15 with student I.D., and can be purchased online now at http://pechakuchanight18.eventbrite.ca. Doors and bar open at 6:30 p.m., with presentations beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton’s NextGen is proud to partner with Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria again to give away gift cards for all ticket holders.

Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #yegpkn.

PKN 18 is sponsored by: City of Edmonton, Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria, Graphos, and Klein Dytham.

What is Pecha Kucha?
Drawing its name from the Japanese phrase for “the sound of chit chat”, Pecha Kucha Night was devised by Tokyo’s Klein Dytham Architecture in February 2003 as a venue for young designers to meet, network, exchange ideas and discuss their work in public. It rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, for a total presentation length of six minutes and 40 seconds. Why this format, you ask? It keeps presentations concise, fast-paced and entertaining.

For more information, visit pechakucha.org