Bringing TED home through TEDxJakartaLive March 12th, 2011
Although delayed by over a week, the enthusiasm in Jakarta (Indonesia) toward TED2011: The Rediscovery of Wonders was not dampened. On March 12th, 2011, over 700+ people came to watch the conference's second day together. We were fortunate to secure the perfect venue "@america" - one of the first high-tech cultural centers in the world. The door opened at 10 am and we completed all the four sessions by 9pm. It was a free-flowing event as people came to sessions of their choosing, and explored our exhibitions.
Our TEDxJakarta team was inspired by the TED Active atmosphere and set up three main areas:
The Main Auditorium
This main hall was a great cinematic auditorium complete with the latest audiovisual technologies. People sat on paddy-field inspired terrace seatings with cushions and inflatable chairs. Some even sat on the floor not wanting to miss out on the show.
Incredibly, all four sessions were fully occupied. And though we were watching a delayed screening, people were laughing, clapping and engaging the content as if it was live. Many were seen taking down notes and discussing, albeit softly, as the talks unfolded.
The Exhibition Areas
The exhibition area was prepared for people to minggle aroudn during breaks and to accommodate attendees who could not get seats in the main auditorium. The walls were digitally decorated with looping videos and pictures from TEDx events around the world. People could experiment with the Google Liquid Galaxy machine, borrowed iPads to browse TED content and learnt more about TED2011 and TED in general on our large touchscreens.
This hall was also packed with people seated on the floor when the show began.
The TEDxJakarta Classroom
The TEDxJakarta Classroom is a corner where we people could discuss the content, debate on anything and learn more about TED and TEDxJakarta. Across LCD screens and touchscreens, we showed our past videos and informational slides on our direction. Our volunteers encouraged people to participate more on the discussions on TED.com and to look into hosting their own TEDx events.
