Ted 2011 conference to be live-streamed free from Long Beach to Bondi Beach on Thursday March 3

Free, LIVE stream of Ted 2011 Long Beach, California Conference

Bondi Pavillion Theatre: 3 March 2011 – 3:30am to 2pm AEST

In an Australian first, the global ideas event TED will share the second day of its annual Long Beach, California conference with a live audience in Sydney on Thursday 3 March 2011.

The free event is being organised by TEDxSydney in collaboration with the Bondi Pavillion and the Tamarama Rock Surfers Theatre Company (taking up residency at the Theatre later in March). This event is the one of the first to be held at the freshly refurbished venue on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach and is open to anyone from the public. The live webstream will commence at 3:30AM on Thursday 3 March and run through to around 1:45PM on the same day.

With a limited capacity in the theatre, seating will be on a first-come, first served basis. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register online.

The live stream precedes local event TEDxSydney on Saturday 28 May 2011 which will showcase Australian speakers and performers at CarriageWorks in Eveleigh. Further information can be found on on the TEDxSydney website. Applications to attend that event will be open in March. All registered TEDxSydney members will be notified in advance of that time.

Globally acknowledged as one of the world’s most influential new media brands, TED is a US based not-for-profit enterprise devoted to the propagation of “Ideas Worth Spreading” which is followed by millions of devotees and has a strong Australian fan base. The annual TED Conference in Long Beach is at the heart of the global TED movement.  With capacity for only around 1,200 guests in the audience at the Long Beach event, few Australians ever get the chance to participate in person.

The TED2011 Conference, “The Rediscovery of Wonder,” will be held from 28 February to 4 March 2011 in Long Beach, California. Bill Gates is guest curator for Day 2 of the program, with the speaker lineup for the day including: Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me), Julie Taymor (The Tempest, The Lion King), Bill Ford (Ford Motor Co.), Indra Nooyi (CEO PepsiCo), Antony (Antony & the Johnsons) along with a some surprise guests. See more details on the full speakers line up.

Licensee Remo Giuffre says: “TED is a unique learning environment which pays homage to the potency of ideas. There are hundreds of thousands of Australian devotees who follow TED talks on the global website. We jumped at the rare opportunity to create a satellite event to bring this incredible content live a local audience. The event at the Pavilion will be a fun and somewhat surreal experience.

“This simulcast initiative sets the stage for our own event, TEDxSydney in May which will continue in its mission to establish a platform for local thinkers, doers and storytellers. With speakers from last year’s TEDxSydney already featured on the global website, there are some terrific links being established between Australia and TED in the United States.”