July 29, 2010
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston 
At the 2nd annual TEDxBoston event we brought together storied professors, inspiring entrepreneurs, forward thinkers, radical architects, intriguing designers, brilliant scientists and astounding performers who make the greater Boston area one of the most exciting and promising cities in which to launch a business or a social enterprise.
We heard new ways of thinking about democracy and globalization in the 21st century. We learned about breakthroughs in treating spinal cord injury, fabricating a home, and harnessing the ocean’s power. We were motivated by designers and social entrepreneurs who are accelerating innovation in Boston and improving the lives of citizens around the world, and we were amazed by artists who use music and movement to inspire us all.
2010 Speakers
- Susan Avery: The Ocean and Us
- Alexander T. Bok: Batteries: Making the Promise of Renewable Energy and Electric Cars Real
- Ann Christensen: A Lesson Learned
- Felice Frankel: More than Pretty Pictures
- Mary Gunn: One Solution for Two Significant Social Problems
- John Harthorne: Catalyzing a Startup Renaissance in Boston
- César A. Hidalgo: The Product Space and the Evolution of The Wealth of Nations
- Scott Kirsner: What We Need is a Cultural Revolution
- Larry Lessig: Of the People, By the People, For the People
- Dave McLaughlin: Connector Experiments
- Eric Mongeon: What Illustrating Poe Really Taught Me About Fear
- Sapir Ng: The Tremont Underground Theater: Transforming the Past into the 21st Century
- Static Noyze: Offbeat stories told by cutting edge dance moves
- Vibha Pingle: Beyond Microfinance
- Seth Priebatsch: The Game Layer on Top of the World
- Frank Reynolds: Changing the Face of Neuroscience
- Susan Rodgerson: Love, Creativity, and Community
- Marcus Santos' Group: New Concepts in Percussion
- Bill Staby: Water, Water Everywhere: How to Harvest Energy from Ocean Waves
- Chad Stokes: State Radio / Calling All Crows
- Bill Walczak: What We Can Learn From Codman Square
- Lynwood Walker, Claudia Gold, Matt Gordon: Digital Fabrication of Homes
- Bill Warner: How to Build a Startup Company from the Heart
- Omar Wasow: How a $10 Computer Changed My Life
- John Werner: Learning Out of the Box
- Conor White-Sullivan: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Muhan Zhang, Po-Nung Lin, Kimberly Huang: A Musical Evolution of the Erhu, an Ancient Instrument of Uncommon Beauty
Grand Opening Video
Revolutionary Dreams, 2010
