TEDGlobal>NYC
Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 7pm
The Town Hall, New York, NY
Program details
TEDGlobal>NYC was held in Manhattan on the early evening of Wednesday, September 20, 2017, with a mission to catalyze new thinking about world issues. The event took place the same week as the gathering of the United Nations General Assembly, and welcomed visitors from the UN as well as a myriad of other global thinkers and doers.
Hosted at The Town Hall theater near Times Square, TEDGlobal>NYC featured a full program of talks and performances, followed by gatherings to discuss the talks and ideas.
Featured speakers
- Christiane Amanpour, Journalist, CNN
- Ibeyi, Musical duo
- Naoko Ishii, Chair, Global Environment Facility
- Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Musician
- Naomi Klein, Author of "No Is Not Enough"
- Robert Muggah, Urban issues expert, Igarapé Institute
- Elif Shafak, Novelist
- Per Espen Stoknes, Chair, Center for Green Growth
- Zeynep Tufekci, Techno-sociologist and author
- Margrethe Vestager, European Union Commissioner for Competition
Curation: Bruno Giussani
Hosts: Chris Anderson and Bruno Giussani
Partners
TEDGlobal>NYC was organized in collaboration with our partners:
Global Citizen
Ford Foundation
Skoll Foundation
UN Foundation