The INK Conference (which stands for Innovation and Knowledge) is coming to India later this year. The conference is being run by longtime TEDster Lakshmi Pratury, who co-hosted TEDIndia last year, which attracted a sold-out audience of 1,000 attendees from 46 different countries.
The event will be held at the Lavasa Retreat near Mumbai this coming December 10-12, 2010.
The theme is "Untold Stories," and confirmed speakers include scientific visualization pioneer Alexander Tsiaras, innovative science teacher Arvind Gupta, the world's youngest school headmaster Babar Ali, prolific author Deepak Chopra, and entertainment icon James Cameron.
Additionally, academic and author Jennifer Aaker of Stanford, Lego designer John-Henry Harris, technology mavens Joi Ito and Kevin Kelly, venture capitalist and philanthropist Kamran Elahian, visual communication expert Nancy Duarte, spoken-word artist Rives, surgeon Susan Lim and award-winning innovator Tom Wujec. INK is modeled on TED, and the talks will fit the familiar TED 18-minute format.
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