Igluu The Hague | July 13th 2011 | 08.30 – 21.00hrs | Cost: 0 Euro | Request invite: here
Up to 150 TED-fans are invited to attend TEDxTheHagueLIVE at Igluu Den Haag.
TEDxTheHagueLIVE offers its guests a varied program from 8:30 – 21:00hrs, combining both live performers and an exclusive simulcast from TEDGlobal 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Among the live performers will be critically acclaimed opera singer Eva-Maria Westbroek.
TEDxTheHagueLIVE is free of charge but attending is only possible for invited guests.
The theme of TEDGlobal2011 is The Stuff of Life.
Eva-Maria Westbroek received rave reviews for her performance as Sieglinde in Richard Wagners’s Die Walkure at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She will present together with her father, geologist Peter Westbroek. Also speaking will be composer/conductor Merlijn Twaalfhoven, artist Martin Sjardijn, urban gardener Rachelle Eerhart and fitness specialist Richard de Ruijter plus Kathy Voyles, food activist, speaker and natural chef, who will be responsible for the lunch for about 200 guests, speakers and volunteers.
The simulcast from Edinburgh features historian Niall Ferguson, comedian Robin Ince, sand artist Joe Castello underworld investigator Misha Glenny and many more.
Please fill out this pre-registration form if you want to share in this experience.
Pre-registration for TEDxTheHagueLIVE starts on Friday June 17. Only 150 seats are available, these spots will be divided as fairly as possible. To ensure a diverse audience, policy makers, artists, students, expats and entrepreneurs are especially encouraged to pre-register. TED-fans who make it to the guest list, will receive a confirmation by email before July 7.
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. The annual TED conferences, in Long Beach/Palm Springs and Edinburgh, bring together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less).
Meet you on July 13!