Sponsored by iFoundry and Art+Design

Special opportunity: TED Live will be available to a small group of our friends and colleagues Tuesday Feb. 28 – Friday, March 2. It will be broadcast at the I Hotel and Conference Center (1900 S. First Street, Champaign, in the UI Research Park). (room details to come)

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design, and has become a worldwide phenomenon! This is a great opportunity to watch phenomenal TED presenters LIVE.

Questions? Contact Amy Koester at akoester@illinois.edu or David Weightman at diw@illinois.edu.

Tuesday, Feb. 28

SESSION 1: The Observatory

1:00 – 2:45pm

Hosted by Chris Anderson

Speakers:

Brian Greene Physicist

Sarah Parcak Space archaeologist, TED Fellow

Paul Gilding Writer

Peter Diamandis Futurist

Susan Cain  Author, Quiet Revolutionary

SESSION 2: The Parlor

4:15 – 6:00pm

Hosted by June Cohen

Speakers:

Quixotic Performance ensemble

Andrew Stanton Filmmaker

Reuben Margolin Kinetic sculptor

Billy Collins Poet

Michael Tilson Thomas Musician, Conductor

SESSION 3: The Dinner Party

7:00 – 8:45pm

Hosted by Chris Anderson

Speakers:

Rebecca Newberger Philosopher, Novelist & Linguist

Goldstein + Steven Pinker Psychologist

Jonathan Haidt Social psychologist

Atul Gawande Surgeon and journalist

Julie Burstein Writer and radio producer

Wednesday, Feb. 29

SESSION 4: The Lab

10:30am – 12:15pm

Hosted by Chris Anderson

Speakers:

Henrik Scharfe Roboticist

Regina Dugan Director of DARPA

Jack Choi Technologist

Marco Tempest Techno-illusionist

Donald Sadoway Materials engineer

Vijay Kumar Roboticist

SESSION 5: The Earth

1:00 – 2:45pm

Hosted by Chris Anderson

Speakers:

Karen Bass Natural history filmmaker

Sharon Beals Photographer

Wade Davis Anthropologist, ethnobotanist

James Hansen Climatologist

T. Boone Pickens Entrepreneur and energy theorist

Civilians Investigate Theater Theater company

SESSION 6: The Crowd

4:15 – 6:00pm

Hosted by June Cohen

Speakers:

Cameron Carpenter Organist

Reid Hoffman Social entrepreneur

Lior Zoref Crowdsourcing advocate

Jen Pahlka Code activist

Frank Warren Secret keeper

Reggie Watts Vocalist, beatboxer, comedian

SESSION 7: The City

7:00 – 8:45pm

Hosted by Chris Anderson

Speakers:

JR Street artist

Edward Glaeser Economist

Eduardo Paes Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

Suja Lowenthal Vice mayor of Long Beach

Mama Foundation for the Arts: Gospel for Teens Choir Teen choir

Thursday, March 1

SESSION 8: The Courtroom

1:00 – 2:45pm

Hosted by Chris Anderson

Speakers:

Jim Stengel Marketer

Sherry Turkle Cultural analyst

Tali Sharot Cognitive neuroscientist

Bryan Stevenson Public-interest lawyer

SESSION 9: The Design Studio

4:15 – 6:00pm

Guest curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell

Speakers:

Chip Kidd Graphic Designer

Liz Diller Architect

David Kelley Designer, educator

Thomas P. Campbell Museum director

American Ballet Theatre Dance company

John Hodgman Expert

John Hockenberry Journalist

SESSION 10: The Campfire

7:00 – 8:45pm

Hosted by June Cohen

Speakers:

Jared Ficklin Visualizer

Joshua Foer Writer

Philippe Petit High-wire artist

Jon Ronson Writer and filmmaker

Abigail Washburn Clawhammer banjo player

Friday, March 2

SESSION 11: The Classroom

10:30am – 12:15pm

Hosted by Kelly Stoetzel and Rives

Speakers:

Bill Nye Science guy

Ainissa Ramirez Science evangelist

John Bohannon + Black Label Movement Science writer + Dance troupe

Al Vernacchio Sexuality educator, teacher

Kate Messner Author, educator, speaker

Angie Miller Language arts teacher

Awele Makeba Storyteller, teaching artist

Chris Anderson (TED) TED Curator

Aaron Reedy Teacher

Rafe Esquith Educator

SESSION 12: The Moment

1:00 – 2:45pm

Hosted by Chris Anderson

Speakers:

Sebastian Wernicke Statistics whiz

Cesar Kuriyama Video maker

Leymah Gbowee Peace activist, Nobelist

Brene Brown Vulnerability researcher