
TEDSummit 2019
A Community Beyond Borders
July 21-25, 2019 Edinburgh (GMT +01:00)
TED is a global community of people interested in how ideas can improve the world. Every few years, TEDSummit gathers over 1,000 members of that community for five days of performances, workshops, brainstorming, outdoor activities, future-focused discussions and an eclectic program of TED Talks.
TEDSummit 2019 | A Community Beyond Borders
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Session 1: Weaving Community
- "All that we share"-Video interstitial
- Mackenzie Dalrymple0:03:00Mackenzie Dalrymple is a proud Scot who traveled the world for many years, and now is a passionate tour guide with a few tales to tell.
- Pico Iyer0:09:10Novelist and nonfiction author Pico Iyer writes on subjects ranging from the Cuban Revolution to Islamic mysticism, from Graham Greene to forgotten nations and the 21st-century global order.
- Jochen Wegner0:42:47Jochen Wegner edits Zeit Online, the website of German weekly "Die Zeit," which prizes deep dives into cultural issues.
- Hajer Sharief0:58:41As an activist promoting human rights in Libya and beyond, Hajer Sharief works against society's flow -- and across generations -- to find solutions.
- Mariana Lin1:10:45Mariana Lin shapes AI personalities. At Apple, she was the principal writer for the voice of Siri, directing its character traits and dialogue throughout the world.
- Carole Cadwalladr1:28:41Carole Cadwalladr is an investigative journalist and features writer.
- Bruno Giussani-Bruno Giussani is the Global Curator of TED and Chairman of FIFDH, the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights.
- Findlay Napier1:48:25Findlay Napier helps keep Scottish folk tradition alive with "The Ledger," a song cycle inspired by a series of folk songs his grandfather clipped from a newspaper.
- Gillian Frame1:48:25Gillian Frame has traveled the world playing infectious fiddle music. With "The Ledger," Frame and songwriter Findlay Napier train their musical lens on Scottish folk history.
- Susan Cain2:08:17Our world prizes extroverts, but Susan Cain makes a case for the contemplative. She's leading a social revolution that's showing people that looking inward is a virtue, not a problem.
- Chris Anderson0:23:25After a long career in journalism and publishing, Chris Anderson became the curator of the TED Conference in 2002 and has developed it as a platform for identifying and disseminating ideas worth spreading.
- TED Recommends1:46:29Video interstitial
- "Mirror"2:04:57Video interstitial
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