Friday, June 19, 2009

TED Talks: "The Future Beckons You at TED India"

I am a member of the TED Community and great admirer of TED Talks. I have received a mail about upcoming TED conference to be held in Mysore, India during November 4-7, 2009. Under the theme “The Future Beckons,” TEDIndia will be presenting for three days inspiring speakers from the worlds of technology, entertainment, design, science, business and the arts. Join TED India and those who have the opportunity to participate/witness the conference, are most welcome to do so. I am reproducing the mail received by me from TED Team in full:

date Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM
subject: Join us at TEDIndia!

Dear Members of the TED Community,

We are thrilled to tell you about TEDIndia, the upcoming TED conference to be held in Mysore, India November 4-7, 2009.

About TEDIndia:

Under the theme “The Future Beckons,” TEDIndia will present three days of inspiring speakers from the worlds of technology, entertainment, design, science, business and the arts.

"At a time of huge economic uncertainty, one thing remains clear: There's been an unmistakable shift of influence to the east," says TED's Curator Chris Anderson. "We wanted to examine the future from the vantage point of India, a country that's re-inventing itself daily and whose influence is reshaping the world."

Inspired speakers and game-changing ideas, evocative locations and transporting entertainment: TEDIndia offers a vision of the future that's rich with invention, entrepreneurship, cross-disciplinary problem-solving, unexpected solutions and sensory delight. Hosted in a country that's reinventing itself - and reshaping the world …

TEDIndia will be held at the incredible high-tech campus built by Infosys to train its thousands of engineering graduates, representing the heart of the Asian outsourcing industry. And while we have not yet announced the speaker program, it's already shaping up to be an extraordinary line-up. Speakers will include India’s most promising innovators, from entrepreneurs to artists, storytellers to scientists. And about one third of the program will come from outside India. We’ll hear from celebrated global icons as well as undiscovered talent that’s due broader recognition.

To learn more about the conference, visit http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/.

How to Attend:

1. Apply for a TEDIndia Membership: The registration fee for TEDIndia is US$2,000, plus $400 for all housing, meals and airport shuttle. Apply online here: http://www.ted.com/registration/tedindia.

2. Apply for a Reduced Price Membership: We will be offering a limited number of spots to individuals in the education and nonprofit worlds at a reduced price of US$1,000, plus $400 for all housing, meals and airport shuttle. Apply online here: http://www.ted.com/registration/tedindia

3. Apply to be a TEDIndia Fellow: We will be welcoming 100 Fellows to TEDIndia free of charge. Applications for the TED Fellows program close in just one week! To learn more about the program, visit www.ted.com/fellows. Apply online here: www.ted.com/fellows/apply.

We hope that you will consider joining us at TEDIndia!

All the best,

The TED Team
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Grateful thanks to TED Team

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