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TED | 2014TED 2014 kicked off Monday with free live-streams at select Vancouver schools and libraries.
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
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)
Charmian Gooch
Anti-corruption activist
Sting
Composer, singer, author, actor, activist