Hasan Elahi was targeted for screening by the FBI after a case of mistaken identity. So he decided to open his life completely. “There’s 46,000 images on my site now. I trust the FBI has seen all of them.” Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Maajid Nawaz says: “For 13 years I was an extremist […]
Chris Anderson, left (with Bruno Giussani, right): “It’s a beautiful truth that all knowledge is connected. And now: It’s time for TED!” Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Biologist Lee Cronin at #TEDGlobal asks: What is life? What is the most basic unit of matter that can evolve? Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Annie […]
Nathalie Miebach, TEDGlobal Fellow, artist, speaking at TED University during TEDGlobal 2011, July 12, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Jeremy Moon, “Anything Can Be Prototyped”: “Creativity is the life force of the universe,” says Jeremy Moon, the CEO and founder of Icebreaker Clothing, “and my passion is unlocking the creativity in business.” He […]
TED University during TEDGlobal 2011, July 12, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED During Session 2 of TED University, host June Cohen asked: Are you optimistic or pessimistic, and why? and asked for answers of one sentence. I’m optimistic because the number of TEDxes just passed 2,000 and there’s no end in sight! … […]
Alex Steffen, author and futurist, speaking at TED University during TEDGlobal 2011, July 11, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Csaba Manyai, host of TEDxDanubia: To kick off TED University, Csaba Manyai introduces us to the Urania Scientific Theatre, a Budapest society devoted to sharing ideas from science and knowledge … starting in 1899. […]
June Cohen hosts TED University at TEDGlobal 2011, July 7-15, 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED This afternoon at TED U, as the stage was being set up for a musical performance by Somi, host June Cohen (above) asks the audience at the Lyceum Theater: “What’s a trend happening now that we […]
At TEDGlobal University, TEDxDanubia host Csaba Manyai just introduced us to the Urania Scientific Theatre, a Budapest society devoted to sharing ideas from science and knowledge … starting in 1899. He reads us an excerpt from their founding document — and wishes us the same as TEDGlobal begins: “The Urania Theatre aims to be a […]
Lars Jan, transmedia director: Lars creates multimedia performances that questions the boundaries between truth and fiction. Collaborating with “Paul,” a character that operates in the real world, Lars examines whether we can create networks and meaning out of our own semi-fictional selves. His subjects have included Laika the Soviet space dog, a suicide bomber, land […]
Yana Buhrer Tavanier, speaking at the TEDGlobal 2011 TED Fellows Talks, Monday, July 11, 2011, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Somi, singer + cultural activist: Raised in Zambia, living in New York, vocalist and songwriter Somi and her ensemble wake the TED Fellows Talks session into the rhythm of the day […]
We’re welcoming two guest hosts to TEDGlobal 2011 — Pat Mitchell, from the Paley Center for Media, who hosts Session 8, and Matt Ridley, whose 2010 TEDTalk was memorably titled “When Ideas Have Sex,” and who’ll be hosting Session 5. We asked both hosts a few questions about their plans for their session of TED. […]
It’s fun watching the pre-TEDGlobal tweets roll in from our speakers … Lee Cronin (@leecronin): Getting ready for my TEDGlobal 2011 talk on Inorganic Biology. It’s about a revolution not evolution … Sheril Kirshenbaum (@Sheril_): 4 days until TED Global conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2011 Choosing my final slides tonight… Robin Ince (@robinince): 1st draft of TED talk just […]
Meet the extraordinary new class of TEDGlobal Fellows in this gorgeous downloadable guide, just released. Each TEDGlobal Fellow gets two pages to talk about his or her work and ideas — it’s a snapshot of the world to come … Download the 2011 TEDGlobal Fellows guide >>
Next week, TEDGlobal 2011 starts in Edinburgh. Among the many talks will be several spectacular performances, from music to dance to sand painting. If you’re attending, or watching on the webcast, here’s a taste of what to expect from some of these performers: British soul singer Alice Russell fills her music with a passion and strength […]
Via the TED Fellows blog: The TED Fellows Team is ecstatic to announce the remarkable individuals that comprise the 2011 TEDGlobal Fellowship class! This group of extraordinary people will join us at TEDGlobal 2011 in Edinburgh, UK. Among them you’ll find: an stellar astronomer; a Jordanian comic creator and social media entrepreneur; an artist who […]
You can watch all 12 sessions of TEDGlobal 2011 on webcast through our Associates webcast membership. The high-def video stream costs $500 for four days of amazement, and you can watch with (and split the cost among) up to 10 people. ($500 / 10 / 4 = $12.50 per day of mind-blowing live TED.) More […]
The speaker lineup for TEDGlobal 2011 includes perhaps our highest-ever percentage of Twitter legends — use our curated list to find and follow!