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What are some other conferences that showcase cool ideas, like TED or the Renaissance Weekend?

27th December 2010

My answer to What are some other conferences that showcase cool ideas, like TED or the Renaissance Weekend? on Quora

http://www.poptech.org/ is quite TED-like—especially good for science topics.

Posted 27th December 2010 at 3:57 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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