About TED
Daniel Tammet is a writer, linguist and educator. He is the creator of Optimnem, a website that has provided language learning instruction to thousands around the globe. His 2006 memoir "Born on a Blue Day" describes his life with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome; his new book, "Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind," is a personal and scientific exploration of how the brain works and the differences and similarities between savant and non-savant minds.
Tammet
set a European record on March 14, 2004, when he recited the
mathematical constant pi (3.141...) to 22,514 decimal places from
memory in a time of 5 hours, 9 minutes.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has
grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives.
The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and
doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available,
free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane
Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani,
Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime
Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long
Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held
each year in Oxford, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where
new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which
provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability
for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has
established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a
wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes
into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize
local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows
program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to
become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact
of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.
TED2011, "The Rediscovery of Wonder," will be held February 28-March 4, 2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs, California.
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED
