TED@Cannes schedule

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• Hans Rosling on global population growth

  by Hans Rosling

  The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you'll see).

  • Data Visualization
  Coverage video

• How cognitive surplus will change the world

  by Clay Shirky

  Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we're building a better, more cooperative world.

  • Wikipedia
  Coverage video