TED to move to Vancouver in 2014

[Mazmaz]

In your face California

http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/04/the-n...s-of-whistler/

In 2014, TED will celebrate our 30th anniversary. And to mark this spectacular event, we’re planning something very special. We are moving our annual West Coast conference from Long Beach, California, to Vancouver, Canada. From March 17 to March 21, 2014, TED will be held in this great city, which boasts a thriving spirit of innovation as well as stunning views — the harbor and mountains in the same scenic vistas.TED2014 will be held at the world’s most eco-friendly meeting venue — a convention center positioned directly on Burrard Inlet, which took our breath away upon first seeing it. The Vancouver Convention Centre is connected to three incredible hotels and features a sprawling, six-acre living roof. Inside this center, we’ll be building a new kind of TED theater — one designed to maximize the impact of talks while also taking advantage of the panoramic views of the North Shore Mountains. Our stage designers are dreaming up what this new space will look like as we speak.

If you look hard enough from the theater, you may be able to see the new home of TEDActive 2014 — the gorgeous ski resort of Whistler. Just 90 minutes outside Vancouver, the Fairmont Chateau Whistler will host this conference for movers and shakers, which features a full simulcast of TED, its own unique programming and a slew of field trips for adults, all designed to inspire conversation.

TED2014 will be a time to look forward as well as back. We have decided to hold our base-level pricing to the same as it’s been the past three years. Meanwhile, we’ve opted to scale back our audience size from 1400 to 1200 paid attendees, to strike the right balance of scale and intimacy and allow for more in-depth human connection. Alongside attendees, we’ll also be inviting one hundred of the best TED speakers of all time — to be selected by you. Some will speak on the main stage again, while others will mingle in break-out groups, lunches and dinners. It’s a chance to reflect on the most significant developments of the last 30 years, and to inspire innovation in the next 30.

Registration for both TED2014 and TEDActive 2014 will open on Monday, February 11, 2013. The theme: “The Next Chapter.” We want you to be a part of it »

Will this be a next chapter for TED? Quite possibly. From 1984 to 2008, TED was based in Monterey, Calif., before moving to Long Beach with TEDActive nearby in Palm Springs. While we have absolutely loved the past five years there, but as TED has crossed major milestones — our billionth video view last fall and our 6,000th TEDx event last month — we feel ready for a new adventure. Our staff is pumped for TED2013, our grand finale year in Long Beach, and are thrilled to be able to go exploring in 2014.

[Drex]

even TED has given up on the mess that is California

[Mazmaz]

This is political or religious how?

1. TED talks are often political or concern religion.
2. This subforum is the spam of general, so who cares.

[kuronosan]

Saw Ted, thought of movie.

[Churchill]

sage this shit

[Mazmaz]

So if you were to move, would you make a thread for that here too?

You missed the significance of the event, probably because you don't know what TED is.

They hope the strategy will make Vancouver synonymous with creative thinking, the way Austin is now the city of independent music as a result of South by Southwest, and Davos means serious talk about international finance because of its association with the World Economic Forum.

So Vancouver will be able to market itself as the TED host city and Canada as the TED host country. And tourism planners are looking at ways to spin off other city events and draw top companies to Vancouver for meetings, using attractions such as extra speeches from some TED presenters.

tl;dr California lost a chance to draw in innovators and entrepreneurs.
I can make a Canada thread if I want dill with it

[Rhyis.]

[Not Kuno]

People arguing if this thread belongs here or not: Acceptable
People not knowing what the TED talks are: Unacceptable

Time to get spoonfed some fucking knowledge.

http://www.ted.com/

Pick any topic or field that interests you.

[Kuya]

The only thing i know about vancouver is that reapers hit it hard, really hard.

[AoE]

Ted Danson is not pleased.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...0,214,314_.jpg

[Churchill]

The only thing good about Vancouver is easy cooze. Should call it Vancoozer.

[Churchill]

Unless you're mazmaz.

[kuronosan]

People arguing if this thread belongs here or not: Acceptable
People not knowing what the TED talks are: Unacceptable

Time to get spoonfed some fucking knowledge.

http://www.ted.com/

Pick any topic or field that interests you.

Ah yes not knowing something is just totally unacceptable. Remind me to hawk you until you post in a thread you're ignorant of so that I can quote you.

[Qalbert]

[kuronosan]

Nope. Not butthurt at all. I'm just lost as to how people can expect everyone to know everything every time.

[Stumblingdrunk]

It's just an expression man. Something people say when they think something is really great. Nothing to take personally.

[SephYuyX]

Idk, Kuro has been pretty emo lately.

Canada is an odd place though, would have expected somewhere in in west Europe if anything, as it has become much more gloabl, if it was going to leave the US.

[SephYuyX]

mt

[Rhyis.]

The only thing i know about vancouver is that reapers hit it hard, really hard.

[Howie Roary]

You missed the significance of the event, probably because you don't know what TED is.



tl;dr California lost a chance to draw in innovators and entrepreneurs.
I can make a Canada thread if I want dill with it

I'm from Canada and in no way does anything you've said justify why this thread is in poopdeck. There is no spam of any section, there is only spam. You are just an idiot who hates spam, and made a mistake.

Insert Billy Madison we are all dumber speech here.