January 25th, 2011
From 1998 to 2003, Collier was the director of the World Bank’s Development Research Group. His book The Bottom Billion identifies the four traps that keep the 50 poorest countries mired in poverty, and outlines ways to help them escape, with a mix of direct aid and external support for internal change.
REMIXit offered a unique experience that enabled TEDx-sters to build on the inspiring talks they saw at TEDxBrussels and share them with the community for great prizes. TEDxBrussels is pleased to announce that, after careful deliberation, the juries have finally delivered their verdicts! Read more >
TEDxBrussels is but a few days away and the social media team provided by ZN is gearing up for the big event. This year however, we aim to take “engagement” and interactivity to a whole new level for those present at BOZAR or watching TEDxBrussels on our livestream.
If you’ve been to TEDxBrussels before, you will
Based in a grounding belief that, overall, people have a desire to “do good” and make positive impact on the world, Smilemundo is a global organization that provides people with the tools to interact with one another and the causes that interest them in order to make their mar
TEDx Brussels has long had the ambition to reach out to students and involve them more in what we do. We've always had a good student presence at the event including both attendees and volunteers. In 2011 we tested a new concept with the VUB in Brussels: that they would show our free webstream live in the the
When the glory and bliss of your dreams are being manifested into your reality it almost feels unbelievable, doesn’t it? It is the case for Charles Hazlewood and his British Paraorchestra.
Many of us, in fact hundreds of millions of people around the world watched the closi
I recently met the Secretary general to figure out if the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA) can have a role as R&D key for contributing in Europe to respond to the big economic crisis. The engineer D. Michel Judkiewicz (M.J.) with the knack for knowing how challenging and stimulating a multi
Earlier this month the EU Marie Curie Conference provided the opportunity for world renowned TED speakers to share the stage with Marie Curie research fellows. The event on July 3 and 4 presented
The nature of childhood is changing. Some people think technology is the great evil of the age, with social media dividing us from ourselves more effectively than ever. Other voices claim digital natives have developed more robust emotional resilience by sharing more and engaging in constant c
Dreams can come true. Or better, they can form the roots of empowerment. I'm a genetics and immunology researcher, that's why I went to the Sundance London Movie Festival. Controversial? Perhaps.
Robert Redford's Sundance Institute has always tried to bring alternative voices and stories to a wider audience, and the film festival is known as a platform for independent films, both fiction and documentary.
Share conference is an event focused on digital and political activism which took place in Belgrade from 26-28 April 2012. The event consisted of three full days featuring speakers from all over the world and evening events with DJs to entertain participants until the early hours.
Share presented a packed schedule with parallel talks and over
Calling out to TEDx Brussels suporters and audience members. Ever thought you could be a TED speaker? Well now you can give it a try.
Yes, it's true: you could share your idea with a worldwide public from the sta
Dancing your Ph.D involves choosing aspects of your research to communicate, devising a storyline and throwing down the hottest dance moves you can muster. There may be any number of reasons to enter – to share your research with the world, to
I have been a dancer in Minneapolis, MN in the US for over ten years now. I was one of the first movers in the dance company Black Label Movement (BLM) in 2004 and am currently an Art
Nothing has changed daily life in the past 10 years more than the Internet. Nothing has stimulated innovation more in those years than the Internet. But, like many other paradigm shifts, some key technology drivers stay under the cove
One Laptop Per Child has been supplying XO laptops to primary-age kids in the developing world since 2006 and there are over 3 million XOs in active use today. The technology has been thoroughly tested in a wide range of classrooms, from schools with no walls, (let alone electricity or books), to thos
Meet Ritik, an 11 year old young man with a creative heart and dreams of a 3D printed world. Our first encounter with Ritik was at Read more >
All the elements were there: an excitable audience, enthusiastic presenter and talented orators but this was no music competition, it was “A Day in the Deep Future” by TEDx Brussels
This year, TEDx Brussels
We are, at this very moment, building artificial human beings.
Not, of course, by assembling pieces of dead flesh and waiting for thunderstorms, as Dr. Frankenstein did. Instead, researche
The EU at TEDxBrussels 2011 needs your opinion
A film crew from the EU DG Research&Innovation, will interview YOU @ TEDxBru
As our first approach to this idea of projection into the future, we interviewed André-Yves Portnoff, a graduate in physical sciences from the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris and a specialist in the immaterial economy and foresight since
I wonder if you could tell us briefly about how the life sciences section of the X Prize came about?
The Life Sciences Prize Group is actually the second oldest prize group for the Foundation. In 2006, we launched our second X PRIZE: The Archon Genomics X PRIZE (Presented by Medco). The A
TEDxBrussels (on 22 November 2011 in Bozar, Brussels) is one of the many independently organised TED events, but for the Brussels chapter it's already the 3rd edition. I'm part of the blogging team
