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11 December 2005

TED2006 Speaker Line-up Unveiled

This year's program, just posted, has already generated a blizzard of excited emails to TED HQ. Perhaps because it includes...
- a former US vice-president
- a rock music icon
- the world's greatest aircraft engineer
- a pastor whose book has sold more than 20m copies
- an 11-year-old violinist
- a Nobel laureate
- America's leading motivational speaker
- and 50 more scientists, architects, musicians, creatives, techies, comedians, pundits, artists, business leaders, activists, geniuses and mavericks
...and perhaps also because our web partners Macromedia have figured out a wonderful way to show-off this remarkable group of people. Check it out.

TED2006 "The Future We Will Create" is February 22-25, 2006. Looks like we will sell out earlier than any prior year, but there are still some passes available.

Posted by Chris Anderson |

Comments

Why doesn't the $4,400 fee and "invitation only" status make this event an obscene joke?

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Posted by: Tom Lord | 12 December 2005 at 02:28 AM

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