Last year I authored THIS POST about my experience live streaming the TED 2013 conference at our office, due to an old friend I worked with in California bringing me on to help curate some videos for segues. This year we're not streaming the conference here, but over the past few months we've been hearing things here and there about live streaming being available all over town, and to be honest I imagined it might be sparse. I was wrong. The city RELEASED this full list of places where you can go and watch this year's live stream for free.
Last year’s conference streaming at the V.I.A. office downtown, 2 blocks from this year’s conference at the Convention Centre
The web stream will run during the day starting Monday, March 17 through Friday, March 21 at the following locations:
Public plazas
BC Place Stadium, Terry Fox Plaza, Jumbotron outside, Vancouver
Grouse Mountain, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver
Libraries
Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
Surrey City Centre Library, 10350 University Drive, Surrey
New Westminster Public Library, 716 6th Avenue, New Westminster
North Vancouver District Public Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
Port Moody Public Library, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody
Richmond Public Library, 100 - 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond
Coquitlam Public Library, 575 Poirier Street, Coquitlam
Colleges/universities
British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby
CityStudio, 1800 Spyglass Place, Vancouver
Corpus Christi College, 5935 Iona Drive, Vancouver
Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72 Avenue (Cedar 1240), Surrey
Langara College Library,100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Scarfe Building, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver
Cecil Green Park Coach House, 6323 Cecil Green Park Road
Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Room 1372
Sauder School of Business, Angus Building, 2053 Main Mall, Room 165
Sauder School of Business, Robson Square
Makerspace at the UVic Tech Park, 4a-4476 Markham Street, Victoria
Non-profits and community centres
Potluck Café Society, 30 West Hastings Vancouver
Trout Lake Community Centre, 3360 Victoria Drive, Vancouver
Why did they choose Vancouver to hold the 30th annual event? Here's Chris Anderson explaining it when they announced it (note that at the 0:12 mark he's turning around and looking out at the North Shore mountains)...
