★ TED

01重要性说明

TED's influence is disproportionate to its size because of what happens after the room empties: a talk given on that stage in April is watched by millions over the following years, and the format itself has been copied by every conference organiser in the world.

02前后一周

Neither Vancouver nor San Diego is noticeably altered by a conference of this size, and that is part of TED's character: it is a large event in a large city rather than a takeover.

03抵达时间

Arrive the day before the opening; the programme starts early and runs long, and the sessions are the point.

04住宿地点

For the Vancouver years, Coal Harbour and the downtown core around Canada Place put attendees within a short walk of the convention centre, with Yaletown and the West End a little further and quieter; the Fairmont properties on Canada Place and Georgia Street were the landmarks.

05出入与接待

Attendance is by application. TED reviews applicants and admits its audience rather than selling open tickets, and it does not publish a public price on its conference pages; press reporting has long described membership as among the most expensive of any conference, and we quote no figure.

06社交活动场所

Almost everything is inside the conference footprint: the simulcast lounges, the exhibition and workshop spaces, and the meals, which TED treats as part of the programme rather than as breaks from it.

07如何抵达

08实用信息

09历史

TED was founded in February 1984 by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks as a one-off conference on the convergence of technology, entertainment and design, and became annual in 1990.

10相关人士

Company founders and chief executives; venture and philanthropic funders; scientists, physicians and academics; designers, architects and artists; writers, film-makers and journalists; foundation and non-profit leaders; and the TED fellows and speakers themselves, who attend as participants rather than as guests.