Leading brains take on big ideas

From the BBC website ....

By Jo Twist

"Luminaries from the worlds of technology, entertainment and design are gathering in Oxford to share their thinking about our future.

The big thinkers include leading authors, musicians, playwrights, and pioneers in technology and science.

Bob Geldof, top political author Charles Leadbeater, and biologist Richard Dawkins will be among the distinguished delegates at TED Global.

TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is already a top US event. TED Global will be the first time the US conference is held in Europe.

The aim of the event is to explore the three main arenas that shape and influence people's future.

But it also considers how politics, the environment, and other social issues impact daily life in the 21st Century."

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