Program overview

TEDActive is an opportunity to let your mind travel the world of ideas while watching the live-hosted TED2011 program in a comfortable, customizable space. When the talks are over, your conversations with other passionate people begin -- a chance to engage in inspiring discussions and projects.

What sets TEDActive apart is that it’s not a pre-set conference. Think of it as open-source TED, where you get to shape the program and get involved. This means that in addition to the dynamic experiences built into the conference schedule, attendees can:

• give their own talks at TEDYou
• host workshops
• lead and propose inventive activities
• participate in projects to create action around ideas
• or just sit back, relax and absorb

Included in the TEDActive mix are TED leaders from around the world who are helping to foster TED's mission of spreading ideas: Volunteer translators, independent TEDx event organizers, top commenters, rock-star TED Prize wish contributors and spectacular past TED Fellows. Special workshops create opportunities for these community members to meet face-to-face and exchange best practices.

A pass to TEDActive costs $3,750.

What attendees say

Personally, TEDActive inspires and connects to me on a deep level ... it enables me to affect positive change in ways that I never before could have imagined.
– Rafe Furst, Poker champion and angel investor

I attended the TEDActive event and it blew my mind. It is much more than asimulcast of the "Big TED." We have local speakers of very high caliber and the community feeling is incredible. The smaller sizecreates a very tight family atmosphere ... Long breaks and events like a Friday night party in the desert, cycling, a flash mob in the middle of busy Palm Springs, all combine to create an incredible experience that is about ideas and people. I HIGHLY recommend it.
– Allan Isfan, co-founder of FaveQuest

I've dubbed TEDActive "summer camp for the accidental polymath."
– RossEvans, social renaissentrepreneur