TED2012 schedule

Tuesday 28th February 2012

Session 1: The Observatory

by Chris Anderson, Brian Greene, Sarah Parcak, Paul Gilding, Peter Diamandis and Susan Cain

At 11:00am to 12:45pm, Tuesday 28th February
Session 2: The Parlor

by Quixotic, Andrew Stanton, Reuben Margolin, Billy Collins and Michael Tilson Thomas

At 2:15pm to 4:00pm, Tuesday 28th February
Session 3: The Dinner Party

by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Steven Pinker, Jonathan Haidt, Atul Gawande and Julie Burstein

At 5:00pm to 6:45pm, Tuesday 28th February
Session 3: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

by Jonathan Haidt

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.

Jonathan Haidt studies how -- and why -- we evolved to be moral. By understanding more about our moral roots, his hope is that we can learn to be civil and open-minded. His new book is "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion."
- Evolution
- Religion
On Tuesday 28th February

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Session 4: The Lab

by Henrik Schärfe, Chris Anderson, Regina Dugan, Jack Choi, Marco Tempest, Donald R. Sadoway and Vijay Kumar

At 8:30am to 10:15am, Wednesday 29th February
Session 5: The Earth

by T. Boone Pickens, Karen Bass, Sharon Beals, Wade Davis, James Hansen and Civilians Investigative Theater

At 11:00am to 12:45pm, Wednesday 29th February
Session 6: The Crowd

by Reggie Watts, Cameron Carpenter, Reid Hoffman, Lior Zoref, Jennifer Pahlka and Frank Warren

At 2:15pm to 4:00pm, Wednesday 29th February
Session 7: The City

by JR, Edward Glaeser, Eduardo Paes, Suja Lowenthal and Mama Foundation for the Arts: Gospel for Teens Choir

At 5:00pm to 6:45pm, Wednesday 29th February

Session 8: The Courtroom

by Chris Anderson, Jim Stengel, Sherry Turkle, Tali Sharot and Bryan Stevenson

At 11:00am to 12:45pm, Thursday 1st March
Session 9: The Design Studio

by Chip Kidd, Liz Diller, David Kelley, Thomas P. Campbell, John Hodgman, American Ballet Theatre and John Hockenberry

At 2:15pm to 4:00pm, Thursday 1st March
Session 10: The Campfire

by Jared Ficklin, Joshua Foer, Philippe Petit, Jon Ronson and Abigail Washburn

At 5:00pm to 6:45pm, Thursday 1st March
Design, explained.

by John Hodgman

John Hodgman, comedian and resident expert, "explains" the design of three iconic modern objects. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)
- Design
On Thursday 1st March

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Strange answers to the psychopath test

by Jon Ronson

Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gray areas between the two. (With live-mixed sound by Julian Treasure and animation by Evan Grant.)

Jon Ronson is a writer and documentary filmmaker who dips into every flavor of madness, extremism and obsession.
On Thursday 1st March

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Session 11: The Classroom

by Ainissa Ramirez, Chris Anderson, Bill Nye, John Bohannon, Black Label Movement, Al Vernacchio, Kate Messner, Angie Miller, Awele Makeba, Aaron Reedy and Rafe Esquith

At 8:30am to 10:15am, Friday 2nd March
Session 12: The Moment

by Brene Brown, Cesar Kuriyama, Sebastian Wernicke and Leymah Gbowee

At 11:00am to 12:45pm, Friday 2nd March
Sending a sundial to Mars

by Bill Nye

Bill Nye, otherwise known as The Science Guy, inherited his father's fascination with sundials. And so he campaigned to have sundials aboard the Spirit and Opportunity Mars exploration rovers. A look at how a small device reveals big implications as to our place in space.
On Friday 2nd March

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27th February to 2nd March 2012