We’re Hosting TED @ Cannes Lions 2010

This summer, Microsoft Advertising and the Starcom Mediavest Group will be hosting a TED@Cannes event in the South of France on June 21st.

The International Advertising Festival is a Mecca for creatives, marketers and innovators, so this partnership with one of the world’s most respected idea enablers is bound to excite all those who attend or watch it on the web.

From the press release:

This is only the second installment of the “TED@” series. The first was TED@State in 2009 sponsored by The Global Partnership Initiative, a government program launched by U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“Innovation and continuously pushing the boundaries of ‘what has been done before’ are core to Microsoft’s DNA,” said Darren Huston, corporate vice president, Consumer & Online, for Microsoft. “The future beckons with new ideas and solutions that will both change and challenge how we connect with each other and how we communicate in an ecosystem that has moved from mass to communities and passive one-way exposures to one defined by active, multi-dimensional conversations. TED@Cannes is truly a unique opportunity and forum, and one that Microsoft is proud to help bring to life.”

Nicholas Christakis, author of ‘Connected’, Stefan Sagmeister, iconic graphic designer and Naveen Selvadurai, Foursquare founder are among the prestigious and up-and-coming speaker ensemble

We’ll be on the ground at Cannes bringing the event alive through social media, so keep an eye on our dedicated site for Cannes Lions 2010 and follow us Twitter for all the action from Le Croisette.

Get a double-helping of insight from Ted too by following them as well: Follow TED

Thanks

Mel

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