Where to Watch TED Live and for Free

TED | 2014
TED 2014 kicked off Monday with free live-streams at select Vancouver schools and libraries.

For the first time ever, TED has opened up its live simulcast for free to Vancouver-area community centres, libraries and post-secondary institutions

But there’s also plenty of places to take in the global insight on technology, entertainment and design at public gathering spots, Winter Olympics-style. Here’s where to see all the action as it happens:

Public plazas

BC Place Stadium, Terry Fox Plaza, Jumbotron outside, Vancouver

Grouse Mountain, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver

Libraries

Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver

Surrey City Centre Library, 10350 University Drive, Surrey

New Westminster Public Library, 716 6th Avenue, New Westminster

North Vancouver District Public Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver

Port Moody Public Library, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody

Richmond Public Library, 100 – 7700Minoru Gate, Richmond

Coquitlam Public Library, 575 Poirier Street, Coquitlam

Colleges/universities

British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby

CityStudio, 1800 Spyglass Place, Vancouver

Corpus Christi College, 5935 Iona Drive, Vancouver

Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster

Kwantlen Polytechnic University,12666 72 Avenue (Cedar 1240), Surrey

Langara College Library,100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver

Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Scarfe Building, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver

Cecil Green Park Coach House, 6323 Cecil Green Park Road

Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Room 1372

Sauder School of Business, Angus Building, 2053 Main Mall, Room 165

Sauder School of Business, Robson Square

Makerspace at the UVic Tech Park,4a-4476 Markham Street, Victoria

Non-profits and community centres

Potluck Café Society, 30 West Hastings Vancouver

Trout Lake Community Centre, 3360 Victoria Drive, Vancouver

SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014

8:30 – 10:15am Session 2: Retrospect

Bran Ferren	Technology designer
Marc Kushner	Architect
Yoruba Richen	Documentary filmmaker

11:00 – 12:45pm Session 3: Reshape

Matthew Carter	Type designer
Amanda Burden	Urban planner
David Kwong	Cruciverbalist
Gavin Schmidt	Climate scientist
Peggy Liu	Sustainability catalyst
Michel Laberge	Plasma physicist

2:00 – 3:15pm All-Stars Session 1: Planet Dearth

Wade Davis	Anthropologist, ethnobotanist
Sylvia Earle	Oceanographer
Stewart Brand	Environmentalist, futurist
George Dyson	Historian of science
Bonnie Bassler	Molecular biologist
Amory Lovins	Physicist, energy guru
Edward Burtynsky	Photographer
David Gallo	Oceanographer
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	Economist
Robert Full	Biologist
Imogen Heap	Musician

3:45 – 5:00pm All-Stars Session 2: Beauty and the Brain

Tierney Thys	Marine biologist
Dan Gilbert	Psychologist; happiness expert
Emily Levine	Philosopher-comic
David Brooks	Columnist
Jane McGonigal	Game Designer
Neil Turok	Physicist, education activist
Rory Sutherland	Advertising guru
Philip Zimbardo	Psychologist
Taylor Wilson	Nuclear scientist
Jill Bolte Taylor	Neuroanatomist
William Kamkwamba	Inventor

6:00 – 7:45pm Session 4: Wish

Zak Ebrahim	Peace activist
Melinda Gates (with Bill)	Philanthropist
Bill Gates (with Melinda)	Philanthropist
Charmian Gooch	Anti-corruption activist
Sting	Composer, singer, author, actor, activist