TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading that started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. With two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize. As I understand it, the TED Conference is moving from Long Beach to Vancouver, Canada. The TEDGlobal Conference is moving to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. So this was our last time to visit Edinburgh.
The Autodesk participation in TED events includes being hosts (Tom Wujec), gallery exhibits (Jason Medal-Katz and Matthew Tierney), and activities (Jon Pittman, Jonathan Knowles, and Maurice Conti) such as Cage Match or Formula Veg. The pictures from the event bear this out.
Pictured above:
- Maurice Conti, Autodesk Director of Strategic Innovation
- Jason Medal-Katz, Autodesk Gallery Curator
- Robin Farman, Singularity University
- Matthew Tierney, Autodesk Global Content Manager
Pictured above:
- Jason Medal-Katz, Autodesk Gallery Curator
- Tom Wujec, Autodesk Fellow
- Jon Pittman, Autodesk VP Corporate Strategy
- Jonathan Knowles, Autodesk Adviser to the CEO/CTO
Here are some Flickr links with additional photos.
- Autodesk Gallery Exhibit
- Autodesk Gallery Layout
- Aerial shot of Autodesk Gallery
- Taming Wicked Problems Session Sign
Though it looks like fun and games, as a premiere thought-leadership event, it connects us with like-minded organizations and individuals.
Tom hosted a session on solving wicked problems. Autodesk was able to brainstorm with other companies as to how to address sustainability and climate change — solutions we can certainly be a part of with our design software.
Participation is alive in the lab.
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