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Theme: Big Hopes for the Next Decade. This event occurred on. January 15, 2011. 5:00pm - 2:00am CST. (UTC +8hrs). Taipei, Taipei Taiwan. Menu Mainmenu TED Watch TEDTalks BrowsethelibraryofTEDtalksandspeakers TEDRecommends GetTEDTalkspickedjustforyou Playlists 100+collectionsofTEDTalks,forcuriousminds TEDSeries GodeeperintofascinatingtopicswithoriginalvideoseriesfromTED. TED-Edvideos Watch,shareandcreatelessonswithTED-Ed TEDxTalks Talksfromindependentlyorganizedlocalevents Discover Topics ExploreTEDofferingsbytopic Podcasts TED'soriginalpodcastinitiatives TEDBooks Shortbookstofeedyourcravingforideas IdeasBlog Ourdailycoverageoftheworldofideas Newsletter Inspirationdeliveredstraighttoyourinbox Attend Conferences Takepartinourevents:TED,TEDGlobalandmore TEDxevents Findandattendlocal,independentlyorganizedevents TEDonscreen ExperienceTEDfromhome Participate Nominate Recommendspeakers,AudaciousProjects,Fellowsandmore OrganizealocalTEDxevent RulesandresourcestohelpyouplanalocalTEDxevent Translate BringTEDtothenon-Englishspeakingworld TEDFellows Joinorsupportinnovatorsfromaroundtheglobe About Ourorganization Ourmission,history,team,andmore Conferences TEDConferences,past,present,andfuture Programs&Initiatives DetailsaboutTED'sworld-changinginitiatives PartnerwithTED Learnhowyoucanpartnerwithus TEDBlog UpdatesfromTEDandhighlightsfromourglobalcommunity TEDGuidetoPublicSpeaking Aninsider’sguidetocreatingtalksthatareunforgettable Membership Signin Search Search: Cancelsearch Attend  ›  TEDxEvents TEDxTaipei x =independentlyorganizedTEDevent Theme: BigHopesfortheNextDecade Thiseventoccurredon January15,2011 5:00pm-2:00amCST (UTC+8hrs) Taipei,Taipei Taiwan TEDxTaipei TEDxTaipeiYoutubepage Additionallinks TEDxTaipeiFlickrpage Westandatthecuspofthenextdecade,ourcollectivefatesintertwinedinwayscompletelyunimaginableinyearspast. Headlinesremindusofthingsgoneawry.Itappearsthatourfutureloomsbeforeus,thatweareruiningeverythingwetouchandbringingabouttheextinctionofourownkind. Andyet,againstthisapocalypticbackgroundareawholehostofnewideas,innovations,andprocessesthatdefydogma.WecallthemHOPES.Theyrepresentwhatourfuturecouldlooklikebyapplyingthetoolswealreadyknow. Hereareninequestionstogetusthinkingaboutoutcollectivefuture: 1.Whatisitliketolearnlikeababyagain? 2.Isourculturecontrolledbythemedia? 3.Whatmakeslifeworthcelebrating? 4.Howclosearewetosustainableenergy? 5.Issimplicitygoneforever? 6.Howfarisourimaginationfrontier? 7.Inwhatworldwillwelivetomorrow? 8.What'sthepriceofcleanwater? 9.Dowehaveroomfordisappearingcultures? Huashan1914CreativePark#1,Sec.1,BaDeRoadTaipei,Taipei,100Taiwan Seemore­T­E­Dx­Taipeievents Organizingteam KevinPeng Taipei,Taiwan Organizer JasonHsu Co-curator YolandaLiu Director,People+Operations PeggyLiao CommunityDirector GraceSoong SpeakersManager AlexTrup Media+Productions BillSo TechGuru