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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The City: Session 7 at TED2012

This year, the TED Prize has been given to a concept, The City 2.0. In this session, we reveal all, interspersed with a host of speakers who’ve dedicated their life and work to making our world’s cities as excellent as they can be.

In this session:

2011 TED Prize winner and street artist, JR shows the world its true face.

Economist, Edward Glaeser‘s work focuses on the role of cities as centers of idea transformation.

Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro. He is on a mission to ensure the Rio’s renaissance creates a positive legacy for all its citizens.

Suja Lowenthal is the vice mayor of Long Beach.

Gospel for Teens Program is a program of The Mama Foundation for the Arts and Vy Higginsen’s School of Gospel, Jazz and R&B Arts.

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