TEDxBeijing aims to be the bridge between the innovative, creative and inspiring initiatives from Beijing and the world. The theme for our first TEDxBeijing event is Discovering Passion. The talks would then be uploaded online on Tudou and on the TEDxBeijing website.

1. Technology Entertainment Design Featuring world’s leading thinkers and doers Creative Commons Joshua Wanyama

2. Ideas worth Spreading Innovation, Inspiration, Creativity Al Gore- Nobel Prize winner former U.S. Vice PresidentTED2009

4. Bridge between the innovative, creative and inspiring initiatives from Beijing and the world The theme for our first TEDxBeijing event is Discovering Passion Date and Venue “Discovering Passion” Friday, 13th November 2009 Venue: CNEX

5. The secondTEDx event in China! Photo by Michele Travierso

6. Confirmed Speakers/Performers Ben Tsiang Kristie Lu Stout Martin Bloom Stefan Chow Kaiser Kuo Steven SchwankertElyse Ribbons Hung Huang Ines Brunn

7. Film/Entrepreneurship Current Affairs Economics/Clean Energy Design FOUNDER, CEOCNEX NEWS ANCHORCNN CHAIRMANRenesola PHOTOGRAPHERMOUNTAINEERNIKON Professional 2009 LIFESTYLE UNDERWATER DISCOVERIES THEATERMEDIA/DESIGN LIFESTYLE AUTHOR, MUSICIANThatsBJ FOUNDER, AUTHOURSinoScuba FOUNDERCheekyMonkey PHYSICIST, CYCLISTNatooke Confirmed Speakers/Performers Ben Tsiang Kristie Lu Stout Martin Bloom Stefan Chow FOUNDERCIMG Kaiser Kuo Steven Schwankert Elyse Ribbons Hung Huang Ines Brunn

8. Current sponsors and partners Tudou – live online video streaming Yeeyan – online web translation Mobinode TV – video blog TEDtoChina – TED tribute projects Modern Media – Media Publishing

9. Board of Advisors Ludovic Bodin, CEO/Founder, CMUNE Benjamin Joffe, CEO/Founder, +8* Cory Grenier, Global Product Manager, Lenovo Frank Yu, CSO/COO, Shouji Mobile

10. Organizers CMUNE is passionate about creating the next-generation online 3D social platform to bring people together to interact, to learn and to share. CMUNE is a licensee of TEDxBeijing. China Social Entrepreneur Foundation aims to build and sustain essential infrastructure and platforms that foster and enhance Social innovations Social entrepreneurship with local presence and global visions. We believe that the people are the agent for social innovation and transformation. We educate, empower, connect and support social innovators and social entrepreneurs. China Social Entrepreneur Foundation is a licensee of TEDxBeijing.

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