TED India Nov 4th-7th , 2009

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TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) is an academic organization owned by the Sapling Foundation, a non-profit foundation. TED is well-known for its annual, invitation-only conference devoted to "ideas worth spreading". TED is famous for its lectures, known as TED Talks, which originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but have now expanded in scope to a broad set of topics including science, arts, politics, education, culture, business, global issues, technology and development.

TED speakers have included such people as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Nobel laureates James D. Watson, Jane Goodall, Al Gore, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Billy Graham and a lot more.

TED India

After such a long success over the years TED has decided to come to India for the first time in Mysore from 4thto 7th November of this year, 2009.

TED India 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.

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The TEDIndia experience will include:

• A fast-paced, highly curated three-day stage program featuring TED's famous 18-minute talks, plus music, comedy, dance, short talks, video interludes and other surprises
• TED University, the hugely popular pre-conference session where attendees share their areas of expertise, from "How to negotiate a term sheet" to "How to break a board with your bare hands."
• Optional pre-conference activities, including carefully curated TED-exclusive tours of local historical sites and visits with regional NGOs
• Gorgeous, immersive evening events at historic sites around Mysore
• An artisan market on-site, featuring local artists and crafts
• Art exhibits, tech demos, and other immersive on-site experiences
• Intense conversation breaks, where attendees and speakers delve into the ideas introduced on stage
• Our unique Simulcast room, where you can watch the entire conference in a more informal setting
• The famous TED Gift Bag, free to all attendees and filled with complimentary goodies
• Online tools for connecting with other attendees, before and after the conference

TEDIndia speakers will include:
Anand Mahindra, managing director, Mahindra and Mahindra
Anil Gupta, from IIM Ahmedabad, the founder of the Honeybee Network
Anupam Mishra, expert on water harvesting
A. Balasubramaniam, artist
Banny Banerjee, architect
C.K. Prahalad, management and innovation guru
Charles Anderson, marine biologist
Devdutt Pattanaik, mythologist
Erin McKean, editor of the new online dictionary Wordnik
Eve Ensler, playwright and activist
Hans Rosling, medical researcher and data wizard
Harsha Bogle, cricket commentator
Horst Rechelbacher, founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients
Jib Ellison, sustainability expert
Kamal Haasan, film actor and director
Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of Global Fund for Women
Mallika Sarabhai, social entrepreneur and performer
Matthew Spacie, founder, Magic Bus
Pawan Sinha, MIT vision researcher and head of Project Prakash
Pranav Mistry, MIT grad student and inventor of SixthSense
R.A. Mashelkar, business and innovation guru
Robert Thurman, Buddhist scholar
Romulus Whitaker, herpetologist
Ryan Lobo, photographer and documentary filmmaker
Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev, yogi and founder of Isha Foundation
Sashwati Banerjee of "Sesame Street"
Sendhil Mullainathan, economist
Shamsul Wares, architect
Shashi Tharoor, India's Minister of State for External Affairs
Shekhar Kapur, film director and producer
Shukla Bose, founder, Parikrama Humanity Foundation
Sunitha Krishnan, activist against human trafficking
Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com

Performers:
Ananda Shankar Jayant, dancer
Anil Srinivasan and Sikkil GuruCharan, classical musicians
Dan Nainan, comedian
Mukul Deora, rapper and producer
Sidi Goma, African Sufi dance troupe
Usha Uthup, legendary singer