This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The Guardian Newspaper has called Adam Price “brilliant” and “one of the brightest of a new generation of heterodox politicians”. We have asked Adam to speak at TEDxUniversityofNicosia not as a politician going toe to toe with former world leaders; neither as a frequent contributor of The BBC and The Guardian and neither as a successful tech startup creator. Adam is public innovation lead for Nesta in Wales and knows exactly what it takes to make environments more creative. He has hands on experience in revolutionizing and making cities more creative and was on stage presenting about the importance of space in innovation and stimulating creativity.

Adam Price is Public Innovation Lead with UK innovation foundation Nesta. He’s a two-term former Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalist) Member of the British Parliament and Harvard Kennedy School Fellow, a television presenter, writer and researcher on social and public service innovation and the economics of small countries. He is currently building a public innovation lab as part of the world’s first social science park, and leads Nesta’s work on innovative spaces. His tech start-up www.ideoba.com is based in New York and his native Wales.

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