TED2010 will be our most ambitious yet, seeking out the voices, wherever they are in the world, best placed to help make sense of where we are and to point the way forward. Add extraordinary performances, wondrous art and immersive evening events, and you have a TED experience not to be missed.So what does the world need? Stimulus? Recovery? Sure. But at TED2010 we're digging deeper. We're looking for the core ideas -- and the core values -- that will reinvigorate our quest for a better future. This has taken us to a beautiful plan for the conference. We'll devote each of our 12 main sessions to one key attribute the world needs. And then come at each of them using TED's special outside-the-box multi-disciplinary approach.You can see below how this is shaping up. We won't announce speaker names until a couple months before TED, but already the line-up looks amazing. Here's what we have in mind....Session 1: InsightLooking beyond the crisis (Nobel Laureate Economist. Global Hedge Fund Manager. Historian. Futurist.)Session 2: CourageWhen the going got tough, who had what it took? (Entrepreneur. Contrarian Investor. Mountaineer. Humanitarian.)Session 3: DiscoveryAre there answers in nature? Who's finding them? (Astronomer. Paleontologist. Geneticist. Nanotech Researcher. Explorer.)Session 4: ProvocationThis is a great team to be challenged on some fundamentals. (Corporate Critic. Libertarian. Hacker. Rap Artist.)Session 5: InventionWho is dreaming up the new ideas we need? (Smart-Grid Designer. Collaboration Catalyst. Concept Animator.)Session 6: ImaginationWho can nourish our sense of wonder? (Theoretical mathematician. Sculptor. Landscape Artist. Musician.)Session 7: InspirationCan a wish truly inspire change? (The TED Prize winners.)Session 8: ReasonHow do we think smarter -- about the world, and about ourselves? (Media reformer. Statistician. Neuro-scientist. Philosopher.)Session 9: EnergyBoth metaphorically and literally. (Nuclear reactor designer. Radical Biofuels. Motivational Coach. Dance Troupe.)Session 10: LaughterThere really is a funny side... And humor can catalyze understanding. (Comic author. TV host. Filmmaker. Stand-up. Singer-songwriter.)Session 11: SimplicityIs too much complexity a threat to our world? To our happiness? (Former Derivatives Trader. Legal System Reformer. User Interface Designer. Monk.)Session 12: WisdomStep back, and the view looks different. (Anthropologist. Story Teller. Slum Dweller. Sage.)
