TED2010: What The World Needs Now...
Event Info
Description
A new decade. An ongoing global financial crisis. It's a time to regroup, re-evaluate -- and then to dream. Dream big. Because the world of ideas has never mattered more. For TED2010 we're assembling a lineup of speakers whose ideas and ingenuity will thrill, enlighten and inspire. It's What the World Needs Now ...
So what does the world need? Stimulus? Recovery? Sure. But at TED2010 we're digging deeper. We're looking for the core ideas that will drive our quest for a better future. Each of our 12 main sessions is devoted to one big idea.
TED2010: "What the World Needs Now ..." The schedule for Long Beach attendees (the TEDActive schedule will be similar):
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Registration is open all day
12:30-4pm: Activities and tours
(More information about the activities will be provided in email to registered TEDsters)
4-5:30pm: TED University Session 1
Center Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
(TED U features short talks by TED Fellows and attendees. A program will be provided on-site)
6:30-8pm: Attendees Get-to-know-you Cocktail Parties
8-10pm: Welcome Gala
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Registration is open all day
8:30-10:30am: TED University Session 2
(TED U features short talks by TED Fellows and attendees.
11am-12:45pm: TED Session 1. Insight
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Looking beyond the crisis (Nobel Laureate Economist. Global Hedge Fund Manager. Historian. Futurist.)
2:15-4pm: TED Session 2. Courage
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
When the going got tough, who had what it took? (Entrepreneur. Contrarian Investor. Mountaineer. Humanitarian.)
5-6:45pm: TED Session 3. Discovery
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Are there answers in nature? Who's finding them? (Astronomer. Paleontologist. Geneticist. Nanotech Researcher. Explorer.)
7-10pm: Self-Organized Dinners
(We heard many requests last year for a night where TEDsters could
organize their own groups for dinner. We've reserved blocks of tables
at several Long Beach restaurants; make reservations onsite through the
concierge.)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Registration is open all day
8:30-10:15am: TED Session 4. Provocation
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
This is a great time to be challenged on some fundamentals. (Corporate Critic. Libertarian. Hacker. Rap Artist.)
11am-12:45pm: TED Session 5. Invention
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Who is dreaming up the new ideas we need? (Smart-Grid Designer. Collaboration Catalyst. Concept Animator.)
2:15-4pm: TED Session 6. Imagination
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Who can nourish our sense of wonder? (Theoretical mathematician. Sculptor. Landscape Artist. Musician.)
5-6:45pm: TED Session 7. Inspiration
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Can a wish truly inspire change? (The TED Prize winners.)
7-10pm: TED Prize Dine Around Block Party
Long Beach area restaurants.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Registration is open all day
8:30-10:15am: TED University Session 3
Center Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
(TED U features short talks by TED Fellows and attendees. A program will be provided on-site)
11am-12:45pm: TED Session 8. Reason
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
How do we think smarter -- about the world, and about ourselves? (Media reformer. Statistician. Neuro-scientist. Philosopher.)
2:15-4pm: TED Session 9. Energy
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Both metaphorically and literally. (Nuclear reactor designer. Radical Biofuels. Motivational Coach. Dance Troupe.)
5-6:45pm: TED Session 10. Laughter
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There
really is a funny side ... And humor can catalyze understanding. (Comic
author. TV host. Filmmaker. Stand-up. Singer-songwriter.)
7:30-10:15pm: TED Grand Party
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Registration is open all morning
8:30-10:15am: TED Session 11. Simplicity
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Is
too much complexity a threat to our world? To our happiness? (Former
Derivatives Trader. Legal System Reformer. User Interface Designer.
Monk.)
11am-12:45pm: TED Session 12.- Wisdom
Terrace Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Step back, and the view looks different. (Anthropologist. Story Teller. Slum Dweller. Sage.)
1-3:30pm: TED Farewell Party
