![Neri Oxman wows the audience with the "first wearable digestive system." Read more about her talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/creative-ignition-a-recap-of-the-fiery-talks-in-session-10-of-ted2015/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/neri-oxman-ted2015-bh.jpg)
Neri Oxman wows the audience with the “first wearable digestive system.” Read more about her talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Bill Gates tries on an Ebola suit, in a replica Ebola field treatment center. Read about this exhibit. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED http://ideas.ted.com/how-we-treat-ebola-and-why-we-must-do-better/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/bill-gates-in-ebola-suit-rl.jpg)
An attendee tries on a full Ebola treatment suit, which takes up to 11 minutes to put on. The Gates Notes brought the suits to TED2015 to powerfully underscore the point that the tools, treatments and systems we have in place are not enough for the next epidemic. Read about this exhibit. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![Suki Kim shares the incredible experience of living undercover in North Korea for six months. Read an excerpt of her book. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://ideas.ted.com/what-i-learned-from-teaching-english-in-north-korea/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/suki-kim-ted2015-bh.jpg)
Suki Kim shares the experience of living undercover in North Korea for six months. Read an excerpt of her book. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![TED2015 attendees enjoy a talk in a simulcast lounge.](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/social-space-ted2015-rl.jpg)
TED2015 attendees watch Steven Wise’s talk in a simulcast lounge. Photo: TED
![Lewis Dartnell shows his "gasifier stove," which could help society rebuild after an apocalypse. Read more about his talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/how-to-rebuild-our-world-from-scratch-using-science-lewis-dartnell-at-ted2015/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/lewis-dartnell-ted2015-bh.jpg)
Lewis Dartnell shows a tin-can gasifier stove, one of the tools that could help society rebuild after an apocalypse. Read more about his talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Kelly Stoetzel and Jay Herratti host TEDActive 2015, held in parallel to TED in Whistler. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tedactive-hosts-ma.jpg)
Kelly Stoetzel and Jay Herratti host TEDActive 2015, held in parallel to TED in Whistler. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED
![At a "speed meeting" session, TED2015 attendees get to know each other. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/speed-meeting-ted2015-rl.jpg)
At a “speed meeting” session, TED2015 attendees get to know each other. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![At the IBM Engagement Center, attendees could dig into real-time data about the conference aggregated from social media. They could see what words people were tweeting, where they were tweeting them from and, perhaps most intriguingly, who was tweeting the most like them. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ibm-engagement-center-at-ted2015.jpg)
At the IBM Engagement Center, attendees could dig into real-time data about the conference aggregated from social media. They could see what words people were tweeting, where they were tweeting them from and, perhaps most intriguingly, who was tweeting the most like them. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![The Kitchen Sisters tell the story of "Wall Street," a prisoner at San Quentin who is a natural at trading stocks, during Session 8. Read more. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/pop-up-magazine-the-engrossing-talks-of-session-8-of-ted2015/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/kitchen-sisters-ted2015-bh.jpg)
The Kitchen Sisters tell the story of Wall Street, a prisoner at San Quentin who is a natural at trading stocks. Read more. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![A view of Whistler, from TEDActive. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tedactive-view.jpg)
A view of Whistler, from TEDActive. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED
![In his wrap-up of TED2015, Baratunde Thurston unveiled the "TED Flag." It breaks every single rule for flag design laid out in Roman Mars' TED Talk earlier in the week. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/baratunde-thurston-ted2015-bh.jpg)
In his wrap-up of TED2015, Baratunde Thurston unveiled the “TED Flag.” It breaks every single rule for flag design laid out in Roman Mars’ TED Talk earlier in the week. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi didn't talk about peace—he talked about anger. Read more about his talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/im-urging-you-to-be-angry-kailash-satyarthi-live-at-ted2015/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/kailash-satyarthi-ted2015-bh.jpg)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi didn’t talk about peace—he talked about anger. Read more about his talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Author Pico Iyer signs a copy of his TED Book for a fan. Read Iyer's travel tips. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED http://blog.ted.com/travel-tips-from-pico-iyer/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/pico-iyr-book-signing-ted2015-rl.jpg)
Author Pico Iyer signs a copy of his TED Book for a fan. Read Iyer’s travel tips. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![Thinking hard in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Culture of Health Café. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/robert-wood-johnson-foundation-rl.jpg)
Thinking hard in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Culture of Health Café. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![The speakers in Pop-Up Magazine's session line up for a bow. Read about Pop-Up Magazine's curation strategy. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/the-pages-of-a-magazine-brought-to-life/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/pop-up-magazine-ted2015-bh.jpg)
The speakers in Pop-Up Magazine’s session line up for a bow. Read about Pop-Up Magazine’s curation strategy. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED h
![Chris Burkard made the audience chilly with his beautiful images of arctic surfing. Read more about his talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/passion-and-consequence-the-inspiring-talks-in-session-11-of-ted2015/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/chris-burkard-ted2015-bh.jpg)
Chris Burkard shows the audience his beautiful images of arctic surfing. Read more about his talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![TEDActive 2015 attendees enjoy their bean bag seats. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tedactive-theaters-ma.jpg)
TEDActive 2015 attendees enjoy their bean bag seats. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED
![In an exhibit about the TED Prize, Larry Brilliant shares an object that inspired his wish: a statue of Shitala-ma, the "smallpox goddess." Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ted-prize-exhibit-rl.jpg)
In an exhibit about the TED Prize, Larry Brilliant shares an object that inspired his wish: a statue of Shitala-ma, the “smallpox goddess.” Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![Sri Lankan opera singer Tharanga Goonetilleke, a TED Fellow, takes the stage. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tharanga-ted2015-bh.jpg)
Sri Lankan opera singer Tharanga Goonetilleke, a TED Fellow, takes the stage. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela rock out with an electrifying acoustic performance. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/rodrigo-y-gabriela-ted2015-bh.jpg)
Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela rock out with an electrifying acoustic performance. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Attendees got an unusual look at their personality via beautiful designs, in Target's The Daring Truth Café. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/target-daring-design-print-outs-rl.jpg)
Attendees got an unusual look at their personality via design, in Target’s The Daring Truth Café. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![A late night lip-sync event at TEDActive 2015. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tedactive-karaoke.jpg)
Aloe Blacc and wife Maya Jupiter perform at the TEDActive Top of the Mountain party. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED
![At The Engagement Center powered by IBM, attendees could see incredible data on TED2015, visualized for easy understandability. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ibm-engagement-center-rl.jpg)
At The Engagement Center powered by IBM, attendees could see incredible data on TED2015, visualized for understandability. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![In Session 11, fashion designer Hussein Chalayan shared his unusual take on fashion. He shoed how a table can become a skirt and how this he makes a motif of speed. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/passion-and-consequence-the-inspiring-talks-in-session-11-of-ted2015/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/hussein-chalayan-ted2015-bh.jpg)
In Session 11, fashion designer Hussein Chalayan shared his take on the intersection of fashion, commerce and high art. Read more about his talk. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![At the Synthetic Gecko Adhesive Exhibit, attendees got to play with the stuff that lets geckos climb up walls. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/gecko-wall-rl.jpg)
At the Synthetic Gecko Adhesive Exhibit, attendees got to play with the stuff that lets geckos climb up walls. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![BJ Miller spoke on how we can design for a better end of life—and how 11,000 volts of electricity in college first got him thinking about this. Read more. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/bj-miller-ted2015-bh.jpg)
BJ Miller spoke on how we can design for a better end of life—and how 11,000 volts of electricity in college first got him thinking about this. Read more. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Chris Anderson, TED's Curator, hosts a chilling session, "Just and Unjust." Read a full recap of it. Bret Hartman/TED http://blog.ted.com/just-and-unjust-a-recap-of-the-powerful-talks-of-session-9-at-ted2015/](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/chris-hosts-session-9-bh.jpg)
Chris Anderson, TED’s Curator, hosts a chilling session, “Just and Unjust.” Read a full recap of it. Bret Hartman/TED
![Our TED2015 speakers become art. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/speaker-signs.jpg)
Our TED2015 speakers become art. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
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