Ever wanted to watch a TED Conference live? What about live at your favorite coffee shop? In a park on a giant screen? At a castle?
All over the world, TEDx’ers are organizing amazing events — TEDxLive events — to watch day 3 of TEDGlobal (Wednesday, June 12) live via webcast outside, inside, and in venues of all kinds — from a Canadian castle to a Swiss tech lab.
And you can join them — either in person or by following the action on Twitter.
We’ve made a list of all the TEDxLive events that will be sharing stories from their events live on Twitter this Wednesday, and on our website you can find a list of all TEDxLive events happening around the world — but, as a teaser, here are three TEDxLive events to look out for next Wednesday:
- In sunny Zurich, Switzerland, TEDx’ers at TEDxZurichLive will be hosting their second TEDxLive event at the city’s local innovation lab: the HUBZurich. The HUB, built into the arches of a railway viaduct, will provide a stunning space for watching talks and, as team member Karin Friedli says, “the generous hospitality of the team makes everyone feel welcome and at home.”
- At TEDxYouth@HumboldtBayLive TEDx’ers are having a pajama party! The organizing team of this TEDxYouth event found a great way to deal with the time difference from TEDGlobal in Scotland and their event in the United States — turn the 2 AM talks session into a party. There will be pillows, sleeping bags, and TED Talks for all!
- Call the X-Men, because in Canada, TEDxLive will infiltrate Professor Xavier’s X-Mansion. On Wednesday, TEDxVictoria will be held in Hatley Castle in British Columbia — or as it’s also known as — the X-Mansion in the films X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand.
Many events still have spots open to join in — click here to find an TEDxLive event near you to attend.
(Above: TEDx’ers watch live webcasts of TED & TEDGlobal at TEDxLive events)
TEDxLive events bring TEDGlobal from Scotland to your hometown
TEDx’ers watch a session of TED2013 live at TEDxZurichLive in Switzerland
Some things are better shared — and we think TEDGlobal is one of them. With speakers like neuroscientist Greg Gage, risk economist Didier Sornette, and biomaterials researcher Molly Stevens, why wouldn’t you want to get in on TED’s international-minded twin conference? (Also known as a non-stop party for your brain.)
This month, from June 10-14, TEDGlobal will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, but you don’t have to be in the land of the Scots to take in some TEDGlobal magic. We at TEDx have a handy ticket into the action — TEDxLive events — TEDx events centered around a live webcast of one day of TEDGlobal 2013, next Wednesday, June 12.
At TEDxLive events all around the world, curious citizens will gather next Wednesday to watch a session (or two, or three!) of TEDGlobal live together — and you can be one of them!
Why sit at home queuing up DVR’d episodes of The Bachelorette when you could join one of 130+ TEDxLive events all over the world (in places like Bucharest, Lahore, Brighton, San Jose, Sydney, and Belfast) to watch where you just might get to hear a neuroscientist discuss whether we can ever fix a brain, or one of the world’s leading bee scholars (yup, those exist) give insight into the world of our misunderstood flying friends — while hanging out with other people who care about ideas worth spreading.
So hurry up and join an event near you! To find an event close by, browse this list of all upcoming TEDxLive events on our website.
Where can you watch TEDGlobal live in a 4-story former print shop (whose first book was printed in 1585!) with TEDsters, TEDx’ers, and other people just crazy enough to think good ideas can change the world? TEDxVilniusLive!
What is TEDxVilniusLive? Well…
1. It’s a chance for you to hang out, watch an official TED conference (live!), explore a bright and vibrant young city (Vilnius, Lithuania), and party, brainstorm, collaborate, and discuss (maybe even argue) with some of the coolest, smartest, most interesting folks you could hope to meet — all in one place.
2. It’s an experiment between the team at TEDxVilnius and TEDx: the very first 4-day TEDxLive event, which promises to be an epic, historic and extremely fun journey.
In short, it’s probably like the dinner party you’ve always wanted to have, the summer camp every geek hoped to dream into existence, and a great way to watch TED Talks.
This June 10-14, 300 adventurous and passionate folks from around the world will gather in Lithuania for 4 days of immersive workshops, engaging activities, city-exploration, and — of course — the live webstream of TEDGlobal, featuring talks from people like women’s rights activist Manal al-Sharif, risk economist Didier Sornette, and novelist Abha Dawesar.
And something even cooler — you could be one of those 300.
Read more about the TEDxVilniusLive program at their website, or register now and plan your trip to Vilnius.
See you in Vilnius!
(Photos: Views of Vilnius, Lithuania via TEDxVilniusLive)
The world comes together for TED2013: TEDxLive events around the globe
At the end of February, TED2013 went live far beyond the city limits of Long Beach, California. In 60 countries worldwide — excited TED’xers became TEDsters for a day (or night!) — experiencing “The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.” in the heart of their communities: inside theaters, schools, local haunts, and cultural centers. These were TEDxLive events — TEDx events centered around a live simulcast of TED2013 in Long Beach.
In Sidney, British Columbia, Canadian TEDx’ers gathered together to watch day three of TED2013 in a local secondary school for the TEDxSaanichPeninsulaLive event. Organizer Sherry Moir said a moving moment of the day came after 16-year-old Jack Andraka spoke about the new method of detecting pancreatic cancer that he developed when he was only 15. Once he finished speaking, Sherry overheard one of the school’s students say, “He might have saved my dad if he’d only done this at age 12!”
“I thought it was quite profound,” she said. “No limitations on the age of discovery.”
TEDxRawalRiverLive
At TEDxRawalRiverLive across the world in Katowice, Poland, attendees were wowed by the energy and ambition of Session 7 speaker and urban gardener Ron Finley. “You could almost feel that people wanted to go outside the venue and start to plant,” said organizer Paweł Wyszomirski. Finley’s enthusiasm was a welcomed presence in TEDxRawalLake’s Katowice, because as Pawal explains, “Since the collapse of communism, the city is changing from a place dominated by coal mines and steel factories into a place more people-friendly. Such street gardens are very needed in Katowice.” He hopes that by the summer, real change will begin to take place, and that innovators like Finley will start the fire in Katowice’s residents to make that happen.
TEDxNyarugengeLive
In Rwanda, TEDxNyarugengeLive’s TEDx’ers gathered on a rooftop in Kigali for drinks, discussion, kebabs, and ideas worth spreading under the night sky. Much fun was had, with attendee Lee Crawfurd (@rovingbandit) tweeting, “Fantastic @TEDxNyarugenge event with over 100 people on @TheOfficeRW rooftop in Kigali last night, congrats.”
TEDxLakeTravisLive
And in Austin, TX, kids took the cake at TEDxLakeTravisLive. “The highlight of our event were our young attendees,” said event organizer Tracey Vickery. “We had numerous kids, and I was so pleased to see each and every one was riveted…regardless of topic. It was wonderful to watch. They were curious and asked a lot of questions about the speakers and the event itself. I believe we created some young TEDsters, and we hope to host a TEDxYouth event at some point.”
Congratulations to the over 200 amazing TEDx events for making TED2013 a truly global conference. See more pictures from these fantastic events on the TEDx Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TEDxEvents
Above: Photos from TEDxBaghdadLive; TEDxRiversideAvondaleLive; TEDxTallinnLive; TEDxChisinauLive; TEDxUCRLive
