{"id":647967,"date":"2013-03-20T16:53:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T20:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=73478"},"modified":"2013-03-20T16:56:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T20:56:19","slug":"continent-by-continent-tedglobal-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/647967","title":{"rendered":"Continent by continent, TEDGlobal talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TED2013\"TEDGlobal has been held in Oxford, England; Arusha, Tanzania; Mysore, India; and Edinburgh, Scotland — with speakers from a wide range of other countries. In other words, it\u2019s a global affair. As we prepare for TEDGlobal 2013: \u201cThink Again,\u201d<\/a> kicking off on June 10, we thought we\u2019d take a closer look.<\/p>\n

Here, go around the world in less than 180 minutes with TEDGlobal talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"GeorgeGeorge Ayittey on Cheetahs vs. Hippos<\/span><\/a>
\nContinent: Africa<\/b>
\nGeorge Ayittey on Cheetahs vs. Hippos<\/b>
\nIt\u2019s an often-told story: corruption is rampant in Africa. But there\u2019s another story happening too.\u00a0 In this talk from TEDGlobal 2007, economist George Ayittey introduces us to the \u201ccheetah generation,\u201d the movers and shakers who are effecting change. He predicts that they will soon overtake the \u201chippo generation,\u201d those in power now.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"LeeLee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine<\/span><\/a>
\nContinent: Antarctica<\/b>
\nLee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine<\/b>
\nHow can we get data on how the global climate has changed over the centuries? In this talk from TEDGlobal 2010, Lee Hotz describes a project to drill into 10,000-year-old Antarctic ice to find out more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"LeslieLeslie T. Chang: The voices of China's workers<\/span><\/a>
\nContinent: Asia<\/b>
\nLeslie T. Chang: The voices of China\u2019s workers <\/b>
\nOver the past 30 years, a large portion of China\u2019s population lifted out of poverty — in part thanks to jobs in booming factory towns serving new global markets. But journalist Leslie T. Chang finds one voice oddly missing from the debate about globalization. In this talk from TEDGlobal 2012, she shares words from factory workers themselves.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"ElizabethElizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer<\/span><\/a>
\nContinent: Australia<\/b>
\nElizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer<\/b>
\nThe Tasmanian devil is an animal only found on the Australian island of Tasmania, and a virulent cancer is killing thousands of them. In this talk from TEDGlobal 2011, Elizabeth Murchison shares with his her fight to save the Taz from this unusual, contagious cancer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"MarkMark Pagel: How language transformed humanity<\/span><\/a>
\nContinent: Europe<\/b>
\nMark Pagel: How language transformed humanity<\/b>
\nMark Pagel is a biologist, and he has a fascinating theory about language — that it\u2019s a technology that evolved to allow for cooperation. As he shares at TEDGlobal 2011, he looks at the example of the European Union\u2014whose 27 members speak 23 languages, requiring translation costs in the excess of $1.45 billion a year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"SheenaSheena Iyengar: The art of choosing<\/span><\/a>
\nContinent: North America<\/b>
\nSheena Iyengar: The art of choosing<\/b>
\nCoke versus Pepsi. It\u2019s a classic choice consumers in the United States and the rest of North America make on a daily basis. In this talk from TEDGlobal 2010, Sheena Iyengar shares her research on the assumptions Americans make about choices and how they are shaped by background.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"PhilPhil Borges on endangered cultures<\/span><\/a>
\nContinent: South America<\/b>
\nPhil Borges on endangered cultures<\/b>
\nPhotographer Phil Borges documents cultures in the world that are in danger of disappearing. In this talk, he shares stunning images of the people living in the\u00a0jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon — a part of South America changing quickly following oil discovery in the 1970s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Want to attend TEDGlobal 2013? Find out more here \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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