TEDxLive in Red Deer

"It's what TED always does - it expands your mind."

Make sure to set aside all or part of next Wednesday, July 13, to hear great ideas from the TED Global conference in Edinburgh. This is happening in the Snell Auditorium, Downtown Branch, Red Deer Public Library, 4818-49 Street, and is a presentation of TED and TEDxRedDeer.

Here is the schedule.  We'll be streaming a full day of speakers, delayed by 7 hours. So these times are MDT:

Wednesday, July 13, 2011
8:30 – 10:15
Session 4: Future Billions
Niall Ferguson, Historian
Yasheng Huang, Political economist
Tim Harford, Undercover economist
Robin Ince, Comedian
Josette Sheeran, Anti-hunger leader

11:00 – 12:45
Session 5: Emerging Order
Matt Ridley, Rational optimist
Svante Paabo, Geneticist
Mark Pagel, Evolutionary biologist
Elizabeth Murchison, Cancer researcher
Cynthia Kenyon, Biochemist, geneticist
Joe Castillo, Sand artist
Karol Boudreaux, Poverty economist

2:15 – 4:00
Session 6: The Dark Side
Pamela Meyer, Lie detector
Ben Goldacre, Debunker
Misha Glenny, Underworld investigator
Mikko Hypponen, Cybersecurity expert
Karen Tse, Anti-torture activist
Eddi Reader, Singer/songwriter

5:00 – 6:15
Session 7: Bodies
Daniel Wolpert, Movement expert
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Biologist and writer
Péter Fankhauser, Roboticist
Marco Tempest, Techno-illusionist
Jae Rhim Lee, Artist
Alice Russell, Singer

We'll be providing free coffee & tea during the day. Please bring your own lunch, or you can buy one from Cafe Noir. This is a free event made possible by TED, TEDxRedDeer and Red Deer Public Library.