At TED2014, one of the speakers couldn’t fly to Vancouver because he has a felony criminal record… so they hosted him via livestream from the TED Conferences main office. I was fortunate to be in the small group of community members who were invited to watch.

Audience at TED@250 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)

Audience at TED@250 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)

Moderator at TED@250 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)

Moderator at TED@250 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)

Speaker at TED@250 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)

Speaker at TED@250 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)

Aaron Sylvan at TED@250, inside TED Conference Headquarters

Aaron Sylvan at TED@250, inside TED Conference Headquarters

Janet Esquirol at TED Conference Headquarters

Janet Esquirol at TED Conference Headquarters

one of the "TED Bears" (a giveaway for all attendees).  This one is from 2003, and is called "amazon bear" because it's dressed like Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos

one of the “TED Bears” (a giveaway for all attendees). This one is from 2003, and is called “amazon bear” because it’s dressed like Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos