Imagine there’s no countries: Global-minded talks in Session 7 at TED2016
Parag Khanna speaks at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED It wouldn’t be a conference about dreams without an ode to John...
View ArticleWhen the audience takes the stage: The personal talks of TED University at...
Bruno Giussani hosts TED University Wednesday during TED2016, February 17, 2016. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED At the annual TED conference, the audience is as packed with big ideas as our speaker program....
View ArticleAl Gore feels optimistic about climate change. 6 stats he shared at TED2016...
Al Gore electrified the TED2016 theater with an update on An Inconvenient Truth. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED “I was excited to be a part of the ‘Dream’ theme,” says Al Gore as he walks onto the TED2016...
View ArticleAre we gods now? Jennifer Kahn talks CRISPR at TED2016
Jennifer Kahn speaks at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED Something huge is coming, and it sounds like an ad for a bag of...
View ArticleThe stuff of nightmares? Crucial talks in Session 8 of TED2016
Architect Michael Murphy is working on a design for the first US memorial to racial injustice — an idea inspired by past TED speaker Bryan Stevenson. Murphy spoke onstage at TED2016 on Wednesday,...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: Lessons learned during the third day of TED2016
Attendees watch amazed as Raffaello D’Andrea’s flying machines hover in swirls overhead. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED During day three of TED2016, we felt both wonder and terror. Below, some of the...
View ArticleThe misfit’s journey: Writer Lidia Yuknavitch tells her story at TED2016
Lidia Yuknavitch is a misfit — who calls out to other misfits in the audience to tell their stories. She spoke onstage at TED2016 on Thursday, February 18, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver,...
View ArticleFar, far outside the box: The mind-shifting talks in Session 9 of TED2016
Arthur Brooks looks for a fresh take on leadership that speaks to both liberals and conservatives. He spoke onstage at TED2016 on February 18, 2016. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED The speakers in Session 9,...
View ArticlePantone for skin tone: Artist Angélica Dass reveals her art at TED2016
Angélica Dass stands in front of a collage of her work. She photographs people, pinpoints their skin tone, and places them on a color chart. She spoke onstage at TED2016 on Thursday, February 18, 2016....
View ArticleThe dreams that define us: The global talks in Session 10 of TED2016
Siyanda Mohutsiwa started a Pan-African conversation with a hashtag. She spoke onstage at TED2016 on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED Host Gerry Garbulsky has a feeling that this...
View ArticleChris Milk hosts the “largest collective virtual reality viewing in history”...
In a mass viewing of Chris Milk’s work with Vrse, the TED audience was transported to virtual worlds in Session 11 of TED2016, on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Photo: Marla Aufmuth / TED “You’re about...
View ArticleWhat happens in the brain when we hear stories? Uri Hasson at TED2016
Uri Hasson studies how we tell and hear stories — and how a great story may even allow two brains to sync up. He spoke onstage at TED2016 on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED We...
View ArticleFantasists and catalysts: The wonder-filled talks in Session 11 of TED2016
Alice Rawsthorn highlights some unlikely design heroes — from Florence Nightingale to the dreaded pirate Blackbeard. She spoke onstage at TED2016 on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Photo: Bret Hartman /...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: Lessons learned from the fourth day of TED2016
Alex Kipman demos Microsoft HoloLens, which brings the fantastical into the physical world. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED On the fourth day of TED2016, we heard powerful social justice talks and saw tech...
View ArticleThe best words of TED2016
At TED2016, some amazing words got a moment in the spotlight. Session 11, hosted by Kelly Stoetzel, was themed: “Fantasists and Catalysts.” A ‘fantasist’ is ‘one who creates fantasies.’ Photo: Marla...
View ArticleThere will be no miracles here: Casey Gerald at TED2016
Casey Gerald speaks at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED Casey Gerald’s story begins in an East Texas church on the night...
View ArticleWake up! Invigorating talks from Session 12 of TED2016
Tshering Tobgay speaks at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED In the final session of TED2016, the themes we’ve been talking...
View ArticleThe TED2016 film festival: Conference shorts
TED Conference sessions always include interstitial videos — they’re the connective tissue between speakers. Enjoy the shorts that played at TED2016. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED Thought-provoking, silly...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: Lessons we learned at TED2016
The major themes that ran through TED2016 ranged from social justice to virtual reality. The conference was held February 15-19, 2016, in Vancouver and talks from it are already online. Photo: Marla...
View ArticleImpossible isn’t a fact; it’s an attitude: Christiana Figueres at TED2016
Christiana Figueres speaks at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED In 2009, six months after a spectacularly failed climate...
View Article