You're Invited to Join Us for a Simulcast of the TED Talks on March 2

The Greater Des Moines Partnership, my key sponsor, has arranged for a Simulcast of the TED talks and you're invited. The date is Wednesday, March 2. You MUST RSVP as space will be limited.

Agenda

Session 4: Deep Mystery

10 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. 

Presenters

Antonio Damasio, Neuroscientist; Deb Roy, Cognitive scientist; Maya Beiser, Cellist; Felisa Wolfe-Simon, Geobiochemist
 

Session 5: Worlds Imagined

12:30 - 2:45 p.m. 

Presenters

Indra Nooyi, Chair & CEO of PepsiCo; Morgan Spurlock, Filmmaker; Beatrice Coron, Papercutter artist; Julie Taymor, Director, designer
 

Session 6: Knowledge Revolution

3:45 - 6 p.m. 

Presenters

Bill Gates, Philanthropist; David Christian, Historian; Amina Az-Zub Air, Development worker; Bruce Aylward, Epidemiologist; Salaman Khan, Educator
 

Session 7: Radical Collaboration

6:30 - 8:45 p.m. 

Presenters

Edith Widder, Deep-sea explorer; JR, Street artist; The Surprise, Surprise guests; Antony, Musician, visual artist

About TED: TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) was founded in 1984 as a one-off event, and the conference was held annually from 1990 in Monterrey, California. TED's early emphasis was largely technology and design, consistent with a Silicon Valley center of gravity. The events are now held in Long Beach and Palm Springs in the U.S. as well as in Europe and Asia, offering live streaming of the talks. They address an increasingly wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture. Past presenters include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and many Nobel Prize winners.