What is TED? TED is a short form that stands for TEDTalks started in 1984 as a single conference. It was very popular and so EDUCATION it became an annual event from 1990. Nowadays, TED speakers talk about a variety of topics, including politics, science, culture, education and other academic topics. Speakers at TED conferences come from many different professions, including Since June 2006, the talks have been offered for free viewing online through TED.com. over 3 talks are freely available on the website. From 2006 until 2012, TED talks were watched over 1billion times. It aims to "[reach] The TED Open Translation Project started in 4. out to the 4.5 billion people on the planet who don't 5. according to T curator Chris Anderson. According to Wikipedia, over 70,000 sets of subtitles in 107 languages had been completed by volunteer translators. TED is now a global phenomenon. It still holds an annual conference, but it has expanded to include around the world, bringing academic