01 May 2008

The power to connect the world: Hector Ruiz on TED.com

Hector Ruiz talks about his commitment to giving the world access to the Internet. Ruiz is the CEO of AMD, and through AMD's 50x15 initiative, Ruiz and his company hope to connect 50 percent of the world to the Internet by 2015. Sharing his own extraordinary life story, Ruiz makes the case that access to education is life-changing. (Recorded June 2007 in Arusha, Tanzania. Duration: 19:57.)

Watch Hector Ruiz's talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances.

Embed this video: Use this code to run the video on your own site:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="320" height="285" id="VE_Player" align="middle"><param name="movie" value="http://static.videoegg.com/ted2/flash/loader.swf"><PARAM NAME="FlashVars" VALUE="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/HectorRuiz_2007G_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="wmode" value="window"><embed src="http://static.videoegg.com/ted2/flash/loader.swf" FlashVars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/HectorRuiz_2007G_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window" width="320" height="285" name="VE_Player" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></object>

Technorati tags: Hector Ruiz

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blog.ted.com/cgi-bin/mte/mt-tb.cgi/3422

Discuss Blog Post

Mark Effinger – May 1 2008

What a wonderfully inspiring voice Mr. Ruiz presents.

And motivation to be that very same catalyst for our own children.

I would hope that we would follow his parent's inspiration in keeping our kids in the flow of knowledge... and creating an environment that encourages real learning... not just book learning. But REAL engaged learning. The kind you only get by exploring with your hands and mind.

Thanks TED, and Victor.
Mark Alan Effinger
ThoughtOffice.com