For the third consecutive year, TED has invited a guest curator to host a session at the conference. This time, duties have fallen to a duo: design commentator, Chee Pearlman, and architect and founder of Rockwell Group, David Rockwell. The two are collaborating on “The Design Studio,” a session featuring a host of boldface creative […]
Over 250 TEDx event organizers from over 45 countries met in the California desert on Sunday to discuss the next steps for this already-prolific community. After presentations by TED staff and fellow organizers, everyone dispersed to nine stations for brainstorming sessions on speaker training, PR and social media, university events, youth events, storytelling, sponsorships and […]
Congratulations to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who won an Oscar this evening for her short documentary Saving Face. Obaid-Chinoy accepted the award with co-director Daniel Junge. She may be the first person from Pakistan to win an Oscar — and she’s definitely the first of our TED Fellows to take home an Academy Award. Watch the powerful […]
Look for great photos of TED2012 on our Pinterest boards — starting with Backstage at TED … and expanding throught the week!
From April to June 2012, TED will be throwing 14 auditions around the world to search for unheard voices that need to be put onstage for TED2013. Learn more about TED2013 Worldwide Auditions >> Just announced: Auditions are open now in Nairobi! If Nairobi is the closest audition spot to you geographically, sign up to […]
From the TED Fellows blog: Taking off full force on the first day of their pre-conference, TED2012 Fellows were treated to a cluster of workshops offering tools on how best to get attention and support for their extraordinary work — from the profits and pitfalls of public speaking to how to run an exciting crowd-sourcing […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCOgBmLmMGk] Cross-posted from the TED Fellows blog: The TED2012 Fellows and three classes of Senior Fellows have arrived in Long Beach from every corner of the planet! Happy reunions and excited introductions — but what’s really on their minds as their week begins? Watch this video to hear just a few of the Fellows on […]
On Monday, TED2012 kicks off in Long Beach, and TEDActive in Palm Springs. If you’d like to watch one day of TED — in company of great people from your community — check out TEDxLive! Around the world, local TEDx organizers will be sharing a livestream of Wednesday’s TED sessions in theaters, homes, cafes and […]
From April to June 2012, TED will be throwing 14 auditions around the world to search for unheard voices that need to be put onstage for TED2013. Learn more about TED2013 Worldwide Auditions >> Just announced: Auditions are open now in Johannesburg! If Jo’burg is the closest audition spot to you geographically, sign up to […]
On Wednesday night, join the world to watch Session 7 of TED2012 for free. In Session 7, the TED Prize wish for this year’s winner, The City 2.0, will be revealed onstage, and you’ll hear great speakers on the subject of cities … updates from past TED Prize winners, including last year’s winner, JR … […]
Building the stage for TED2012 at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on Wednesday night. Photo: Jason Wishnow It’s almost time for TED2012: Full Spectrum! On Monday at 1:30pm California time, our first pre-session begins with the remarkable TED Fellows conference. While the two sessions of the TED Fellows conference won’t be livestreamed, look for […]
Building the stage for TED2012 at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on Wednesday night. Photo: Jason Wishnow It’s almost time for TED2012: Full Spectrum! On Monday at 1:30pm California time, our first pre-session begins with the remarkable TED Fellows conference. While the two sessions of the TED Fellows conference won’t be livestreamed, look for […]
About this talk About the speaker Peter Weyland has been a magnet for controversy since he announced his intent to build the first convincingly humanoid robotic system by the end of the decade. Whether challenging the ethical boundaries of medicine with nanotechnology or going toe to toe with the Vatican itself on the issue of […]
Meet the phenomenal new TED2012 Fellows in our just-released downloadable guide. Inside you’ll find photos and profiles of all 65 Fellows onsite: the class of TED2012 as well as all three classes of Senior Fellows. Dive in to explore their lives, work and ideas — and prepare to lose your socks! Download the TED2012 Fellows […]
Welcome to the TEDActive 2012 Projects! Whether or not you’re attending TEDActive in Palm Springs next week, you’re invited to join a few brainstorms and get ideas flowing around six big topics. Jump into the online discussions, find other amazing people and spark collaborative conversation on Facebook. There are six projects listed below. Read the questions that […]
MoveTVnetwork asked dancer and choreographer Galen Hooks, shown above in rehearsal with The LXD, about her favorite performing moment. In this wonderful 4-minute interview, she talks about what it was like to dance onstage at TED2010 — and to receive the longest standing ovation in TED history: [vimeo http://vimeo.com/36883994 w=525&h=294] Watch the full video of […]