The popularity of TED has spread like wildfire in the past couple of years. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual event where the world’s leading thinkers and doers share the latest developments and issues shaping their respective fields. Previous distinguished speakers include Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Frank Gehry, Tim Brown (IDEO), Sir Richard Branson (Virgin), Philippe Starck, Bono, JJ Abrams (Lost), Chris Anderson (WIRED), just to name a few.
Recently, TED has expanded to include an international conference called TEDGlobal and other media initiatives such as TED Talks and TED.com. In the spirit of their motto “Ideas worth spreading”, TED has created a program called TEDx as an outlet for local, self organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. I’m happy to announce that the next TEDx event will be held in Hong Kong on September 19th, 2009.
The press release and more information are available after the jump
(more…)
April 21, 2008 will go down in history as the night Wyclef Jean shook up Hong Kong with his showmanship and charisma. Wyclef held a private concert at MO Bar in Central to promote his latest album “Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant”. This show is part of Sony BMG’s live and unplugged series - previous performances featured artists such as Alicia Keys and Coco Lee.
The concert had everything you could ask for. The bongo-playing, water-spraying, kung-fu fighting, crowd-surfing, blinged-out musician/producer/humanitarian did backflips on the bar tops, played the guitar with his mouth, and had every guy and doll in the audience rockin’ to his mix of solo songs, Fugees nostalgia, and even some 80s disco fever.
Thanks to Nora for the hook up!
