BIL is an ad-hoc conference for people looking to change the world in big ways. It’s a place for passionate people to come together to energize, brainstorm, and take action. BIL brings together inspiring talks, world-changing people, amazing ideas. Yes, the naming & unconference spirit was a play off of the formal & elite approach that TED employed to share ideas. BIL was born out of a play off of TED in an Excellent Adventure sort of way.
Format
BIL:GTO’s format will follow a 20/15 format. This essentially means you should aim for your talk to be 15 minutes inside of a 20 minute window. The extra 5 minutes allows for overages, setup or Q&A. We will ensure a hard stop at the end of your talk and allow for a soft start of the next. If you need to use a projector, be sure to allow enough time before your talk to get things setup.
Speakers & Talks
We will be announcing speakers shortly as we’re notified of who is speaking.
How to Participate
Organizers
- Cody Marx Bailey Facilitator
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Michael Cummings Facilitator
Press
- A BIL and TED Excellent Adventure — Huffington Post
- BIL and the Future [2010] — Western Museums Association
- BIL is to TED as BarCamp is to Foo Camp — BoingBoing
- Where TED Goes, BIL Goes — WIRED
- TED’s Upstart Sibling, BIL, Gets Underway in L.A. — Fast Company
- Organized Chaos Reigns at BIL, the Alterna-TED — WIRED