TEDx

Overview

Cure for cancer? Stability for Africa? How about insight into the inner workings of your brain? These are the questions the invited scholars at TED are solving before their morning coffee. Some of the greatest thinkers, innovators and performers of our time have spent their 20 minutes solving problems and entertaining us lay-folk since 1984. Now it is Sydney's chance to host some of our greatest with TEDx Sydney. Within the hallowed walls of CarriageWork's Bay 17, 20 beautiful minds will spread their ideas covering all aspects of technology, entertainment and design.

Unfortunately, registration is now closed for the main event, but thankfully the organisers have asked the Chaser's Julian Morrow to produce a satellite 'forum', free for all. This forum will give us a chance to interact with the speakers directly and will also have an inspiring program all of its own. Sitting in the foyer while the approved elite are comfortably cocooned in Bay 17, you can still make do with guest interviews conducted by Craig Reucassel, Q&A sessions at which you, too, can speak, live poetry readings from the Red Room, live music and performances. It runs all day on Saturday and, as I'm sure the sage TEDx high-achievers would tell you, the early bird catches the worm.