Might be a great way to advance your research or Open Science agenda... - Bill Hooker

've had a discussion yesterday – why haven't anyone presented open science ideas at TED? Bill, Michael, Cameron, JC aren't you up for this? ;-) - Yaroslav Nikolaev

Open Science TED talk? That would be just so awesome..... - Graham Steel

Yaroslav - it would be great but it is pretty hard to follow Bill Gates :) - Jean-Claude Bradley

Yaroslav -- I was indeed thinking of Jean-Claude, Cameron and a growing number of others who are actually *doing* Open Science. The TED people seem pretty forward-looking so I don't think it's necessary to have already changed the world, just made a good start on that project. A TED talk would certainly put ONS on a LOT of peoples' radar, which is where collaborations come from, which is the secret to ONS success... - Bill Hooker

Yes, I like to see this at TED too. - Meryn Stol

*squints eye, looks askance, scratches cheek* - Karen James

Care to elaborate, Karen? - Bill Hooker

My feeling, at least as far as I am concerned is that I've still got a bit more "doing rather than talking" to get on with here. JC has actually got out and done a lot more - Cameron Neylon

http://mcblawg.blogspot.com/2009... - Graham Steel

Bill - Sylvia Earle, who I believe is involved in a partnership with the Beagle Project, won one of the TED Prizes this year. I'm guessing that's what Karen is referring to. - Michael Nielsen

Yaroslav - Sure, it'd be great fun, and would, I hope, do some substantial good for open science. - Michael Nielsen

great, seems we might expect one of you on TED 2010?! ;-) Or what about this one – http://www.ted.com/pages... I believe we could make some open biocrowd-sourcing to help financially! ;-) - Yaroslav Nikolaev

I brought this to the attention of Peter Suber yesterday who has given this his full approval. - Graham Steel

actually was the Open Access concept ever presented at TED? there are many scientists who are not aware of these ideas...Graham, do you think Peter might consider presenting OA as well? - Yaroslav Nikolaev

Damn, Yaroslav, I like the way you think. Peter Suber would be an *excellent* candidate for a TED Fellowship, and community financing to send someone to a TED conference regardless of fellowship awards is also a great idea. (Before anyone nominates Peter, note that he has had health issues and may not be up for the travel. Still a great idea.) - Bill Hooker

I just flipped through the "tech" category and found no OA-specific talks but a number of related ones that I think set the stage for an OA talk: Jamais Cascio (http://www.ted.com/index...), Kevin Kelly (http://www.ted.com/index...), Yochai Benkler (http://www.ted.com/index...) and Richard Baraniuk (http://www.ted.com/index...). - Bill Hooker

Nice work, Yaroslav and Bill. I wasn't aware of Peter's health issues. As such, can I throw another hat into ring - what about John Wilbanks? - Graham Steel

John would be a brilliant choice as a first step... - Cameron Neylon

+10 on John!!! Ideally it would be John + Michael/JC/Bill, since OA and OS perspectives are slightly different...although it is not clear of what are the chances of securing two fellowships?! - Yaroslav Nikolaev

John Wilbanks is another great idea, and more complementary to than competitive with Peter Suber: Peter for OA, John for Open Data. I'm flattered to be mentioned above but won't accept a nomination: I'm not *doing* anything but cheering from the sidelines and imo that's not the face the Open (Notebook) Science community/movement/whatever wants to show the world. - Bill Hooker

Interesting development. TED have been in touch !! Following comment was posted on my above blogpost overnight "Hi, we'd very much be interested in seeing an application from one of you working Open Science projects! Cheers, Tom Rielly TED Conferences". - Graham Steel

great news Graham!! ;-) this year only TED@Oxford (July 21-24) is left for the Fellowship..Can you ask Peter whether he might consider that one a possibility? - Yaroslav Nikolaev

Cool, Graham. - Meryn Stol

John will reply in more detail later, but says he would be honored to take part in this!! - Yaroslav Nikolaev

Yes, it was xlnt to hear from TED via the blogosphere. I established contact with Tom Rielly last January as I mentioned in this post, BTW, you must watch Tom's Ted Talk, it's a hoot.:- http://mcblawg.blogspot.com/2008... Looking forward to hearing from John :) - Graham Steel

Whilst we're here, can I also flag up POP!TECH:- http://www.poptech.org/ . I am now able to confirm that Hope Leman has submitted a nomination for Jean-Claude and is in the process of doing the same for Cameron and Michael. With this in mind, i.e., wheels are already in motion, it's most certainly worth giving this a shot. POP!TECH Fellows page:- http://www.poptech.org/sifello... - Graham Steel

TED is a slightly different entity and imo, taking all of the above into consideration, John would be the most, but not only, practicable person to self-apply for a TED Fellowship before the 3rd April deadline for this year:- http://www.ted.com/pages... - Graham Steel

John has applied for the fellowship, and Graham made sure Tom Rielly (TED) is updated on this! hoping its a safe bet & we will see Open Science at TED soon! ;-) - Yaroslav Nikolaev

Whilst this thread is currently off the FF radar, a quick resume. Thanks to all involved in this discussion (on and off web) John Wilbanks has put himself forward as a TED Fellow (TED have been advised by myself), and POP!TECH nominations for Cameron Neylon, Jean-Claude Bradley, and Michael Nielsen should now be complete. A big thanks to y'all !!!! - Graham Steel

sweet! - Björn Brembs

For the public record, here's what I said to Tom Rielly - Partnership Director TED Conferences on 4th April:- "Dear Tom, I've just been informed that John Wilbanks http://revminds.seedmagazine.com/revmind... has applied for a TED Fellowship. As Vice President of Science, John Wilbanks runs the Science Commons project at Creative Commons. On behalf of the Open Science Community, we wish him lthe best of luck in applying for a TED Fellowship. Warm regards, Graham" - Graham Steel

Graham and Hope, many thanks for all the legwork you have both put into this. Is there anything to be gained by sending Tom Reilly individual or a joint email further supporting John's application? - Bill Hooker

I think if we are to do something, it probably would be better to send Tom a joint email. - Graham Steel

This thread is pretty much fossilized by now, but for completeness: http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-lif... - Bill Hooker