From left: Main Hall at TED2007; Hans Rosling and Sergey Brin at TED2006; Jay Walker at TED2004
What attendees say about TED
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"Thank you a thousand times for inviting me to your wonderful TED conference. I regret not only that I was not at every moment of it, but especially that I missed all the previous ones! It was a great and stimulating experience as well as a lot of fun."
— Rupert Murdoch, chair & CEO, The News Corporation
"At each TED conference something important happens to me: a new business, a new friend. I return exhilarated."
— Nicholas Negroponte, director emeritus & co-founder, MIT Media Lab
"Sign me up for next year."
— Al Gore, activist
"I wasn't prepared for this conference to be so profound. The combined IQ of the attendees is incredible."
— Bill Gates, Microsoft
"It was *&%$ING UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! I can't tell you how much I got out of it. You did more for global warming than you can imagine!!! I have spoken to over a hundred people of importance that are coming on board to get the word out on our movie. Thanks again."
— Lawrence Bender, producer
"A mind-opening experience. If it opens any more, I am afraid it will float past the ozone layer."
— Amy Tan, author
"It was INCREDIBLE. I had a wonderful time and met a thousand fascinating people."
— Malcolm Gladwell, author
"I came to the TED conference with the idea that I wanted to serve a really unique audience in an impactful way; but honestly I gained more than I could ever imagine personally from my attendance. I met so many people ... just phenomenal human beings who had a true social or contribution focus. I developed a lot of friends out of the group and learned an enormous amount."
— Tony Robbins, motivator
"I wish I'd started coming earlier."
— Richard Dawkins, biologist
"TED moments have been echoing in my brain ever since I left Monterey. A wonderful experience."
— Dan Dennett, philosopher
"It was our first time. It was like drinking from a firehose."
— Jay Dedman, ANT
"TED was simply wonderful, an intellectual spa, a 21st-century Chataqua, superb and singular."
— Kurt Andersen, co-chair, Powerful Media
"What an amazing opportunity you gave me. I won't waste it."
— Majora Carter, executive director, Sustainable South Bronx
"Words are inadequate to express my appreciation for the invitation to participate at the TED conference. It was one of the highlights of my entire life."
— Billy Graham, evangelist
"Being a part of TED was a genuine privilege. I've never experienced anything remotely like it. I was entertained, educated, enthralled, moved, challenged, intimidated, humbled and most of all inspired!"
— Jeffrey Katzenberg, partner, DreamWorks SKG
"Truly an amazing experience."
— Joshua Prince-Ramus, architect
