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State Department to Host First U.S. Government Sponsored
TED Talks
On June 3, 2009, the Global Partnership Initiative will host TED@State, the first U.S.
Government-sponsored Technology, Entertainment, Design, or TED, event in Dean
Acheson Auditorium from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The TED@State speakers will be as
follows: social-media analyst Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody;
philanthropist Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of the Acumen Fund; futurist Stewart Brand,
author of the Whole Earth Catalog; economist Paul Collier, author of The Bottom
Billion; and data visionary Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institutet Professor of International
Health. Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, the Department of State's Special
Representative for Global Partnerships, will introduce the speakers, and Chris Anderson,
Curator of TED, will moderate a question and answer session.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton launched the Global Partnership Initiative on
April 22, 2009 at the Global Philanthropy Forum. The initiative seeks to establish public-
private partnerships with foundations, businesses, non-governmental organizations,
universities, and faith communities. As the first major event under this initiative, the
Special Representative for Global Partnerships is proud to welcome the TED program
and these visionaries to the Department of State.
Video from the talks at TED@State will be posted on the TED website, www.TED.com,
and accessible free of charge via the internet.
Global Partnership Initiative
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