The Ultimate Brain Spa – TEDx Talks in Beijing

TED – Technology, Entertainment, Design – is an annual gathering of the world’s leading thinkers that has been described as “the ultimate brain spa.” Speakers have included everyone from Bill Gates to Jane Goodall, Bill Clinton to Sir Richard Branson. On a more humble level, TEDx is a program run by local groups in various cities around the world, bringing people together for talks from local innovators and thinkers. The first Beijing TEDx took place in November last year and videos of the talks are now being posted on the TEDxBeijing site.

First up is Steven Schwankert’s talk on how technology has revolutionized the fields of exploration and discovery. Steven is the founder of SinoScuba, Beijing’s first professional scuba diving operator. In 2007, he led the first-ever scientific diving expedition in Mongolia’s Lake Khovsgol, and his book on a groundbreaking China maritime discovery, The Real Poseidon Adventure, will be published later this year.

Click on the video below to hear Steven's lecture.

We’ll be posting each TEDx video here on the Beijinger blog as it is released. You can read about some of the personalities involved in the TEDxBeijing group here.