![For TED2015, we have returned to Vancouver — bringing thinkers, dreamers and mavericks together to talk about our world and what's coming next. Our logo on the Vancouver Convention Centre echoes the enormous globe in the entrance. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ted-logo-and-globe.jpg)
For TED2015, we have returned to Vancouver — bringing thinkers, dreamers and mavericks together to talk about our world and what’s coming next. Our logo on the Vancouver Convention Centre echoes the enormous globe in the entrance. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![TED Curator Chris Anderson addresses a group of TEDx organizers, from communities all across the globe. At this weekend's TEDx workshop, they got to ask Anderson questions like, "What's your favorite TED Talk?" Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/chris-anderson-speaks-to-tedx.jpg)
TED Curator Chris Anderson addresses a group of TEDx organizers, from communities all across the globe. At this weekend’s TEDx workshop, they got to ask Anderson questions like, “What’s your favorite TED Talk?” Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED
![A TEDx organizer is entranced watching a speaker rehearsal. Photo:](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tedxer-watches-talk.jpg)
A TEDx organizer is entranced watching a speaker rehearsal. Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED
![TEDx organizers make their way into the theater to get a sneak peek of Alan Eustace's TED Talk. The wood around them? Local Douglas fir. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tedx-enters-theater.jpg)
TEDx organizers make their way into the theater to get a sneak peek of Alan Eustace’s TED Talk. The wood around them is local Douglas fir. Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED
![At our registration desk, an app helps volunteers know when attendees have arrived. These volunteers pose in front of the "Dare" stairs, at the entrance to TED2015. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/registration-app.jpg)
At our registration desk, an app helps the check-in team know when attendees have arrived. These operations staffers pose in front of the “Dare” stairs, at the entrance to TED2015. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![TED staffer Ladan Wise gives a briefing to the registration team about how to make their work flow as seamlessly as possible. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/registration-training-at-ted2015.jpg)
TED staffer Ladan Wise gives a briefing to the registration team about how to make their work flow as seamlessly as possible. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![A crew member works on a whimsical sculpture that will eventually hang over Target's The Daring Truth Cafe. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/exhibit-set-up.jpg)
A crew member works on a whimsical sculpture that will eventually hang over Target’s The Daring Truth Cafe. Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED
![White and red balls form that hanging sculpture over Target's The Daring Truth Cafe. Photos on Wednesday will show the surprises inside. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/target-sculpture.jpg)
White and red balls form a hanging sculpture over Target’s social space. Photos on Wednesday will reveal the surprises inside this piece. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![Backstage at TED2015, our team works in darkness to make sure that talks look and sound their best. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/backstage.jpg)
Backstage at TED2015, our team works in darkness to make sure that talks look and sound their best. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![TEDActive theater](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/tedactive-theater.jpg)
A scene from TEDActive 2015, a simulcast of the conference for movers, shakers and makers. It takes place this week in beautiful Whistler, in a theater filled with chairs and lots of beanbags for maximum comfort. Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED
![On a TED Fellow trip to Grouse Mountain, fog eclipses all. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ted-fellows-on-grouse-mountain.jpg)
On a TED Fellows trip to Grouse Mountain, fog eclipses all. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![As the TED Fellows explore Grouse Mountain, they spot a bear. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/bear-on-grouse-mountain.jpg)
As the TED Fellows explore Grouse Mountain, they spot a bear. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![As they explore the conference's social spaces, attendees will get to snap a photo with the TED letters. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/setup-ted-letters.jpg)
As they explore the Vancouver conference’s social spaces, attendees can snap a photo with the TED letters. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![A crew member touches up the paint on the 'D' in TED. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/set-up-ted-letter.jpg)
A crew member touches up the paint on the ‘D’ in TED. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED
![More than 20 architecture and design students teamed up to create "Marquee by DBR and Interfor," a pavilion for TED attendees to enjoy. Here, crew members start to build it. Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/setup-of-michael-green.jpg)
More than 20 architecture and design students teamed up to design a pavilion on the plaza called the Marquee by DBR and Interfor. Here, crew members start to build it. Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED
![The TED2015 theater was built out in a matter of days, inside a vast empty ballroom at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Here, an image from the very start. Photo:](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ted-2015-theater-build-day-1.jpg)
The TED2015 theater was built out in a matter of days, inside a vast empty ballroom at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Here, an image from the very start. Photo: TED
![The Vancouver Convention Centre, where TED2015 is being held, sits right on the harbor. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ted2015-at-the-vancouver-convention-centre.jpg)
The Vancouver Convention Centre, where TED2015 is being held, sits right on the harbor. Photo: TED
![An empty ballroom no more — this space is now a fully-loaded TED theater, designed specifically to give a sense of intimacy for talks. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ted-stage.jpg)
An empty ballroom no more — this space is now a fully loaded TED theater, designed specifically to create a sense of intimacy for talks. Read more about design tweaks made this year. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED
![In the TED theater, the crew has a conversation about stage direction. Photo: TED](https://wpvip.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/ted-crew-in-theater.jpg)
In the TED theater, David Waldman, the show’s director of photography, talks with TED’s Katherine McCartney and Scott Hinde about stage direction. Photo: TED
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