Social spaces

A new home for TEDActive

Attendees gather for a final evening at La Quinta, the future home of TEDActive. LA-based Las Cafeteras plays traditional Mexican music, and true to form TEDActive attendees erupt in a dance party.

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Talks from TED2012

The power of introverts

In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.

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Experiences and installations

Cheers to healthy thinking

John Calarutolo of the Active Health Project works in the Creativity Lab where participants meet and engage in highly focused brainstorm sessions for 6 different questions. Each of the Projects present their final call-to-action after a week's worth of collaboration in a celebratory champagne toast.

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TEDYou Session 2

"Stay human where it's really important"

Henrik Schärfe previews his incredibly lifelike robot twin, Geminoid-DK, before it premiers on the main stage at TED2012. During his TEDYou talk he tells us that the most important lesson from his research is "stay human where it's really important."

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Experiences and installations

Leap on, leap up, leap onward

In honor of leap day 2012 attendees jump on trampolines during the morning break, and off -- into the future!

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Talks from TED2012

Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future

Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I’m not saying we don’t have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down.”

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Conference workshops

A desert meeting, a global community

250+ TEDx organizers from 40+ countries across the world gather at the Living Desert for a speaker and workshop session. A day of brainstorming and global connections winds its way to a close with a California sunset dinner at Sunnylands.

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Experiences and installations

Everyone's an architect

Artist Kiel Johnson's "Everyone's an architect" project morphs from a pre-conference installation into a truly collaborative TEDActive experience. Dozens of attendees, representatives from Active Projects and TEDYou speaker Laurence Kemball-Cook all come together to help build and light Johnson's charming cardboard city.

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Conference workshops

Translate! 翻译! Traduire! !ترجمه

Twenty of TED's volunteer translators from all over the world meet to talk about the myriad joys and challenges of translating TEDTalks. Together they discuss the next phase of translation for TED.com and look forward to their next big project: translating 13,000 TEDxTalks into 80+ languages.

Photo: Marla Aufmuth / TED