On of my best friend's PhD thesis is about on-line privacy, and it would be fun to for once to have an idea what the hell he's talking about 80% of the time we meet!

Hi Carlos,

First post, first good reason, you're on, congratulations!

François co-organiser

i went to school with tristan nitot the key speaker! he will surely be glad to see a known face in the crowd. really, do it for him, not for me.

great initiative, geneve needs more tedx's

i admit however that the reply of carlos is pretty strong!

OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED OMG I LOVE TED for real

I have TED talks for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it'd be REALLY nice to go see one for real this time... a real treat in our digital age! ;)

I would like to become motivational speaker at some point in my life and to be the TED speaker would be even better! I love TED and I watched nearly every talk, so for the time being just be part of this great creation would be an extremly exciting moment for me and I would be very grateful to Glocals for this opportunity. Best Regards / Izabela :))))))))))

Hi. Why should I win a ticket you ask?! my parents gave me a Talkboy Deluxe when I was a child and I have been hooked into technology since. I studied information systems kn college and am a technology project mgr here in Geneva! I manage my digital life via Facebook/instagram/twitter on a daily basis to stay connected to my family back in Philadelphia, so this TedX event is the perfect fit to allow me to learn what is on the cutting edge and how I can re-think my perspective of how to maintain my digital life.

-Sean

TEdX is the first thing I do when I move to a new city - I have attended in Addis, Cape Town, and Vancouver. Its the best way to understand the fabric and perceptions of society. I hope you enable me to attend and better understand and integrate in Geneva. 

The first TED talk I watched changed the way I view myself. The TED talkes I've watched since then have changed the way I view the world. The TED talk I watch next, hopefully in person, will bring me one step closer to speaking at a TED conference myself so I can return the favor and change the world. 

I've been watching TED talks for at least 5 years now and find them incredibly inspiring. As I work in the IT field and more specifically in the media area, it would be amazing to have the opportunity to attend this event! Thanks for the offer! 

Im from China where even the Internet is censored. I couldn't access Facebook or YouTube freely before I came to Geneva. Plus,  I have been a TED fan for many years. I really would like to have the opportunity to attend a live TED event and understand more about this topic. Thanks! 

I have always dreamt about attending a TEDx event. I moved to Geneva just last weekend and it would be a great way to meet a lot of inspiring people. Also, I would love to be a TEDx Speaker one day to share how me and my colleagues at euforia are working to impact the lives of 10 million young people until 2018!

I sit and watch TED talks every lunchtime from my bath... would be nice to watch them with clothes on for a change! 

I would love to be at the TedX event because true freedom is the ability to experience anything without money tickets or restrictions, allow me to see this event for free for I can ponder the possibilities of true freedom. Free a ticket for me.

Because

I really

want them

I'm currently a close-minded, xenophobic, dim-witted ignoramus, but exposure to Geneva TEDx could open me up to new thinking and ways of experiencing life. If you can change just one mind, let it be mine! ;-)

1. I've watched many TED talks and liked them a LOT but never been at a TED event in real and would love to attend one 2. I think the topic of freedom, especially in the context of our digital age, is a crucial one and a basic human right 3. There must be great people there to meet and talk to, especially on how to take further action in Geneva and beyond on this topic!

What great conversation, intelligence, and magnificent discussions... But enough about me, got free tickets? I'm in desperate need of a break (freedom?), ideally 6 month vacation... twice a year.

I am an unshamed-broke-young-entrepreneur, this event has been on my agenda for two months but I knew i couldnt afford it... but kept hoping for a little nudge from life and the stars . GLOCALS <3 might very well be this miracle :D

plus - you might save me from breaking my neck as I am still considering to ninja-sneak in ;p that's how much i want to go ! no kiddin' - love 

The anxiety whether I will be chosen by ypu for something that I really want makes me feel vulnerable, very vulnerable. Yet vulnerability is  the true measure for the risk one is taking. 

Is freedom possible without a risk?

Me and my husband Steve desperately need to go on a date. Together. There is not many things that make me more excited then TED(ex) talks and I really want to watch the "L’économie des déchets" with him. If I win one ticket I will buy another one for him and pay the babysitter.

Digital freedom in the 21st century? Sounds almost utopic, but I'm an idealist and I like taking advice from TED :) I was introduced to TEDx a few years ago when I attended a talk here in Geneva. Since then I became a TED junkie and I am desperately waiting for my next shot of xTEDx. Pick me!

My favourite quote by Paulo Coelho says that the truest experience of freedom is possessing something without owning it, which I think applies perfectly to all concepts of freedom, including free access and freedom of expression in the digital age. I am super eager to attend this TedX event as I have been watching Ted videos for years and dreaming of being able to afford the tickets to attend in person one day! Plus watching it in Geneva, my favourite city of all time, while I am living here for only six months would be completely perfect!!!

TED videos were the bonding point of my current two best friends and I on our first road trip together as total strangers. Needless to say, the message of TED has an important place in my heart and was part of the reason I moved to Geneva. 

For the first time the chance to participate on a Tedtalk live is in front of my eyes. I just cannot believe it!! Glocals is the freedom of dreaming in opportunities and be were is important to be. I want to be there, I need to be there. Thanks all be waiting for news.

I discovered and studied Ted few months ago in Boston and I'd be so proud to see this amazing event live.

Thanks to Glocals to give me hope to see the show

Cyril

I'm a poor intern dating a poor student.  Love TEDx, went the last two years running in Monterey, California when it was free because I was a student and one of the "chief interpreter"s.  It would be amazing to experience it in the coolest international city I've been to.  Weekly food budget 50f... Asking for one for me and one for her.  Thank you!

To see whether Benjamin Bratton's view about TEDx events and talks is a valid one:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/30/we-need-to-talk-about-ted

learn lots, love lots, laugh lots, and more importantly listen lots

allow me to share the feeling of freedom which i breathe in everyday and which i teach my children... be passionate, discover, dream big, be generous, be grateful, and listen. @ is yours. 

I am growing impatient to be incomplete,

May a ticket conjure, and make me complete.

                   ...on the freedom to call upon magic

My Film The Distant Sky (Bangladesh, Feature, 2014) will be shown in FIFOG Festival on Sunday the 6th at Grutli at 4:30 PM. It will be wonderful indeed if I can attend the TedX Geneva the very next day. Freedom at digital age is at the core of all our work who are trying to share our work throughout the world and be not limited by national boundaries. 

I would love to see wise men and women,
Talk of internet freedom and Edward Snowden,

What a great way to spend a Sunday;
learning how the future is astray,

And if it isn't that good, I at least get a cool TedX pen.

(I can't limerick...)

Great posts so far :-) We are waiting for you all and TEDx letter are eager to return to service :-)

I love that picture of the TEDx letter waiting in the garage until their day in the sun arrives...(-;

There's a tendency to conflate technological change with the idea of freedom and I think the digital hype might be riding this wave...or that's what I'm writing about now (I study the history of the modern discourse on freedom), but I would like a chance to hear a different or the latest perspective on this. Sorry I'm not very cool, but I am curious.

I cna afofrd to pya flul pirce - so if yuo gvie me a fere tikcet I wlil gvie it to soemnoe woh relaly cna't affrod it - adn I wlil buy a flul pirce tikcet msyelf. 

if you can also afford a new keyboard it would not be a bad idea

Hi Nir, for my son ...

I am a child of the digital age, but all my boundaries were put in place by descendants of the industrial revolution.

This leaves me in a world of seemingly boundless freedom, but where I am told to be afraid of who is watching me and prudent about what I share. 

It would be truly freeing to hear and know more and I would really like to attend at TedX Geneva.  Christophe Kurkdjian, high school, student aged 18.

I love TedX ! They are doing such a wonderful job would love the experience to attend.

I appreciate the work they do. Excellent quality.

hi, I have a wonderful keyboard thanks!  But glad you could read the post. great example of the brain filling in the missing /jumbled up letters - known as typoglycemia

so if there's a glocals prize for "people who waste their time and other people's time with silly off-topic forum posts", you would be a winner. i would not be far behind!

Steve, I definitely can help you get over your narrow minded attitude

You're on, congratulations!

It doesn’t necessarily follow that because one person could fathom your meaning everyone else had the time to bother.

Help a couple in despair?
Allow a babysitter to make money?
Sell an additionnal ticket?
Promote sustainable development?

That's 4 very good reasons, welcome aboard!

Help a couple in despair?
Allow a babysitter to make money?
Sell an additionnal ticket?
Promote sustainable development?

I'm involved in a GPG/OpenPGP project so I'd be happy to attend a TED talk about freedom, privacy and surveillance.

HA ha... You've got your ticket :-)

Good post! Welcome aboard!

And the winners are:

Carlos Nogueira
Steve A
Joannaa
Leman
Norayr

Congratulations and thank you all for your posts! This concludes the thread. See you at the Salle des Fêtes de Carouge for TEDxGeneva!

François
TEDxGeneva Executive Coordinator

Hi,

Many thanks for the TEDx Geneva free ticket.

I really enjoyed it.  I surprised myself by taking the most away from the dinosaur of the team the journaliste Charles-Henri Favrod whose presentation was completely captivating. 

Luciana Vaccaro and Alexis Kauffmann were also very interesting. 

Unfortunately I could not stay for the cocktail because of previous commitments, but I hope to meet up with you at some other occasion.

Big Shoutout for Glocals for getting me that free ticket. TEDx was fuckin' awesome (and imagine if I actually liked Sushi!).

You guys rock!

Norayr, Carlos,

we had a lot of fun preparing and runoing this event, and I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Cheers,
François, co-organizer