The 2009 Technology Entertainment Design Conference is held in Long Beach, California, from February 3 until February 7, 2009.Official Site: TED2009 Speakers at the 2009 conference include Bill Gates, Al Gore and Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World Wide Web. The annual TED Conference was created to bring together leaders in technology, entertainment and design.
Speakers, Gates' Mosquitoes
Gates spoke about malaria, which are spread by mosquitoes. While saying: "There's no reason only poor people should get malaria", he released mosquitoes on the audience. After about a minute, he said that the mosquitoes did not have malaria.Daily Mail: ...Bill Gates released jar of mosquitoes at packed conference (February 5, 2009)
Robot expert David Hanson spoke about and showed robots that imitate human behavior. Al Gore spoke about global warming.ZD Net: TED Conference: Gates, Gore, robot wars (February 5, 2009)
TED@PalmSprings
A simulcast of TED2009 will be available for those unable to attend the event itself. TED@PalmSprings is held in Palm Springs, California, during the same dates as the actual TED conference.Official Site: TED@PalmSprings A select amount of hotel rooms have been reserved in Palm Springs at the Riviera Resort and Spa and the Shilo Inn Suites for the event at $199 and $156 per night, respectively.Official Site: TED@PalmSprings Logistics
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Held in Long Beach, California from February 3 to February 9, 2009
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25th annual TED Conference
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A simulcast event is held for those who did not buy tickets to the actual event
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The simulcast event, TED@PalmSprings 2009, takes place during the same time as the conference
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50 speakers talk for 18 minutesOfficial Site: About TED
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Some of the speakers are Bill Gates, Al Gore, Tim Berners-Lee and David Hanson
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There are also music, comedy and other performancesOfficial Site: About TED
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The annual TED Conference was founded in 1984 by Richard Saul Wurman
