Here’s the video from the Shinnenkai. It was quite a party!!

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In 2003, TEDxTokyo members, architects Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, launched an event where young designers could meet, network and show their work in public called Pecha Kucha at Super Deluxe in Tokyo. The presentation format of 20 slides for 20 seconds each was perfect for spreading ideas in an non-intimidating and easily digestible way. The idea took off and has evolved into a massive celebration of creativity, with events regularly being held in over 270 cities. Last year, more than 6,000 presentations were given at +600 PechaKucha events.

Now, in collaboration with TED Prize Winner Cameron Sinclair’s Architecture for Humanity they are setting up an audacious way to mark the seventh anniversary: a “wave” of events in 24 hours, all around the globe to raise money for a cause that’s important to the TEDxTokyo community. Pecha Kucha for Haiti aims to illustrate the power of innovative minds, creative passion and, most of all, sharing ideas for change and sustainability.

Please come on down to Super Deluxe this Saturday, February 20th to experience a one-of-a-kind event. If you won’t be able to attend in person, the event will be streaming live on UStream. A few of us will be down there showing our support, so if you see us be sure to say hello!

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We want to thank everyone for coming to the TEDxTokyoEntertain Shinnenkai at the MLB Cafe on Friday! We had almost 200 people come together to connect and socialize. It was a great start to the new year as we look forward to the upcoming TEDxTokyo event on May 15th 2010.

Some people have asked about the video content that was playing throughout the night. We’ve compiled a playlist so that you can watch them on the TED.com site:

Herbie Hancock’s all-star set

Raúl Midón plays “Tembererana”

Theo Jansen creates new creatures

Nick Veasey: Exposing the invisible

Anand Agarawala demos BumpTop

Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth

Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil

David Griffin on how photography connects us

Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+

Robert Lang folds way-new origami

Natasha Tsakos’ multimedia theatrical adventure

Paul Debevec animates a photo-real digital face

Taryn Simon photographs secret sites

Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics

We also took the opportunity to showcase our speakers from the 2009 TEDxTokyo event. Over the next few months, we will be showcasing these videos here, so be sure to follow us for more inspiring talks.

You can see photos from the party tagged on Flickr, and get involved by supporting us on Facebook!

We’re looking forward to the 2010 event!

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Welcome to the revised TEDxTokyo site, which has integrated our previous website into our blog site. Lots of good things are happening to further develop the TEDxTokyo community. Please add us as an RSS feed, join our Facebook page or on follow us on Twitter to keep updated on our activities.

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TED India was a true celebration and showcase of the Indian culture and its national pride. The speakers shared stories that provided insight into India’s current pulse and inner workings. This was a very different TED, as was to be expected with a TED conference organized outside of California. In addition to the distinct Indian atmosphere and vibrant talks, the fact that 90% of the 800 attendees were first-time TED participants heightened the level of excitement, joy and engagement.

TED India was hosted at the Infosys campus, which Fortune magazine calls the Taj Mahal of training centers. The campus is the size of Disneyland — 15,000 trainees go through it annually — and looks like it in many places, as well. It was quite an amazing site to explore during our days there… although I was glad I brought along my skateboard to cover its expansive grounds.

India TED talks have started to appear on the TED site, so check it out to listen to some of the talks and learn more.

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