Last week a group of TED-fans gathered in BoomChicago, a comedy club in Amsterdam. They spent hours in the dark, sitting on chairs -breathless, or lying in fatboys looking at a huge screen. What was going on? TEDxLive! It’s a new TED format where people all over the world can watch a live conference feed together.
During TEDxAmsterdamLIVE those TED-fans enjoyed the live stream coming from the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford and co-created an unforgettable event themselves. A wonderful group of volunteers made this possible.
The group picture taken by Claudio Encina
It was thanks to the effort of Saskia Kok, Nephtalie Demei, Martin Voorzanger, Antoinette Hoes, Maarten Wolvekamp, Saskia Maas, Jane Tjon Tjauw Liem, Gabrielle de Nijs Bik and Claudio Encina that we had such a great time…and such a lovely program!
Tuesday
- Introduction by Jon Rosenfeld -artistics director BoomChicago
- Musical performance by Noam Vazana
- Watching live TEDGlobal session 1
- Surprise performance of Merlijn Twaalfhoven (composer)
- Watching TEDGlobal session 2
Even the food was delicious. Jane and Maarten enjoy their sponsored soup
Wednesday
- Introduction by Jim Stolze -founder/organizer TEDxAmsterdam
- Watching TEDGlobal session 3 “Found in Translation”
- Live performance of Pim Betist (Africa Unsigned)
- Watching TEDGlobal session 4 “Irrational choices”
- Audience participation: what’s your favorite TED-talk and why?
- Watching TEDGlobal session 5 “Healthier Together”
- Live deejay act DJake
- Live performance Michiel Drijber (Fun as a binding factor)
- Watching TEDGlobal session 6 “Different by design”
Singer / poet Leslie Ebony on stage
Thursday
- Introduction by host Arjan Amin
- Watching TEDGlobal session 7 “Creatures”
- Live performance Anouk Piket “Dare to Dream”
- Live performance Jasper van Impelen “Inner Superhero”
- Watching TEDGlobal session 8 “Adventures in Fairness”
- Musical performance of Leslie Ebony & Stefano Bocconi
- Presentation by Monique van Dusseldorp about TEDxAmsterdam 2010
- Watching TEDGlobal session 9 “The unknown brain”
- Live performance Roderik van Grieken “The power of debating”
- Watching TEDGlobal session 10 “Who’s the teacher?”
Friday
- Introduction by host Pim Betist (Africa Unsigned)
- Watching TEDGlobal session 11 “The Tiny Blue Dot”
- Special performance by Harmen van Doorn (Founder PIF-World)
- Watching TEDGlobal sessoin 12 “Waging Peace”
- Audience participation: what’s your favorite TED-talk and why?
Some quotes from visitors:
Salmaan Sana about audience participation:
“By the end of the days, I was able to chat with many people during the breaks. Some stories we heard from the crowd watching were incredibly inspiring, in particular one we heard on Friday from Yahay (@yahay) pursuing his dream organise a TEDx in Iraq! Wow!! He received huge applause, left some of us a little emotional and now has a lot of support in his future ventures from the people attending.”
And finally Lia Hesseling – van den Hooven:
“I was a bit down and went three days to Boom Chicago to follow the live stream of the TED conference in Oxford. I have never before listened and watched that intensively to speeches. I am inspired, updated en motivated. I see life in general and my life especially in a much larger perspective. Thanks for the inspiration and please invite me for TEDx Amsterdam in November! P.S. I was the (only!) elderly lady with the grey hair”
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