Photo: James Duncan Davidson A darkened stage, a moment of silence … and a mysterious note of jazz. Opening TEDGlobal 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland: Jonathan Batiste, a musician who has delighted audiences in more than 40 countries and collaborated with diverse musicians from Prince to Jimmy Buffett to Wynton Marsalis. He’s the co-director and music curator […]
Mission: Take chances, be brave, move ahead past the crossroads and achieve wisdom. From the director: “Crossroads are thresholds of exchange and choice, meeting places and tropes of possibility. The crossroads in our film allow us to explore these ideas and tensions, bringing out a sense that each decision we face can feel momentous and […]
Click above to watch the session-opening animation It’s time for TEDGlobal2012! We’ve gathered in beautiful Edinburgh for what we are quite sure will be a thought-provoking, mind-expanding conference. The overall theme of the event this year? Radical openness. As TEDGlobal2012 co-curator and TED’s European director Bruno Giussani reminded us, this is always a founding principle […]
TED University is our attendee-driven program, and this year’s is the most globally diverse group of attendees — people are here from 71 countries. We think of it as a snapshot and collage of who the TED audience is and what it is they do. And we begin with a meditation on what “radical openness” […]
Photo: Ryan Lash Andrew Nemr, tap dancerAndrew takes the stage again – one built especially for his performance here – to dance in improv based on his time at TED so far. Even as his rhythms – some familiar, some confounding – intensify, he dances as naturally as walking … painting with his body and […]
Photo: Ryan Lash At the Lyceum Theatre today, the TEDGlobal 2012 Fellows brought audiences to their feet with two sessions of astonishing and moving talks before TEDGlobal 2012 mainstage sessions began. Here’s the rundown: Usman Riaz, musician & artist Usman plays guitar like an introverted genius alien from another planet who landed here, happened to […]
Photo: Ryan Lash It was an emotional two sessions at the TED Fellows talks today at the Lyceum Theatre. The audience thrilled to the musical virtuosity of guitarist Usman Riaz and violinist Robert Gupta & Joshua Roman, cheered the political courage of artist Bahia Shehab, marvelled at the ingenuity of Sheref Mansy and Max Little’s […]
At the TEDx Workshop on Sunday, June 24, at TEDGlobal 2012, six TEDx organizers took the stage to address the best practices and lessons learned from organizing a TEDx event: Photo: Bret Hartman Everything is not a democracy, say no when you need to, says Dave Troy of TEDxMidAtlantic, who spoke on creating a resilient […]
Crossposted from the TEDx Tumblr: What do a zombie apocalypse, the spread of cholera, a burger box and toilets all have in common? All of them were mentioned this morning during the City 2.0 pitch sessions, hosted as part of our TEDx Workshop leading up to TED Global 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. There were four […]
TED Senior Fellow Robert Gupta thoughtfully captured in a stunning photo by Ryan Lash.
TEDx organizers hike a blustery Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh as photographed by the multitalented Bret Hartman.
TED Fellows Juliette LaMontagne, Diana Yousef, Suzanne Lee and Cesar Harada at TEDGlobal 2012, June 23, 2012, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Ryan Lash It’s been an intense first full day for the TEDGlobal Fellows, starting with a morning workshop on public speaking from coach Richard Mullholland. The South African former roadie’s methods were rapid-fire and […]
The stage crew is wiring up the red TED sign — which means it’s almost time for TEDGlobal 2012, kicking off Tuesday morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, and bringing 70 amazing speakers to explore Radical Openness in all its forms. Follow our coverage here on the TED Blog as the conference unfolds. Photo: James Duncan Davidson
On Friday, June 22, 53 TEDGlobal Fellows and Senior Fellows from all over the world landed in Edinburgh for TEDGlobal 2012. After a low-key day of adjusting to changes of climate and time zones, this video captures a dinner full of happy reunions and already-intense discussions about everything under the summer rain clouds. (Check out […]
No stranger to the TED stage himself, geo-strategist and author Parag Khanna is curating one of the sessions at this year’s TEDGlobal. “The Upside of Transparency” promises to be enlightening, thought-provoking — and perhaps just a little bit scary. Helen Walters recently talked to Parag in London. An edited version of their conversation follows. How […]
Want to know what’s going to happen next in the worlds of science, art, tech and more? Get to know the 2012 class of TEDGlobal Fellows and Senior Fellows in our downloadable guide (PDF). Some 55 TEDGlobal Fellows and Senior Fellows will attend TEDGlobal next week. As director Tom Rielly writes: Our Fellows truly embody […]