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TED stands for "Technology, Entertainment, Desighn." Founded in 1984, TED was a one time event that emphasized technology and design. The main annual TED conference begain in 1990 in Monterey, California. Owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, TED events involve live streaming of various talks. The slogan that the Sapling Foundation uses to describe TED sums up the purpose: "ideas worth spreading. Nevertheless" Currently, TED events are held throughout the U.S., and in Europeand Asia, in which a wide range of topics are discussed within the research and Asiapractice of science and culture. These speakers giving the talks are innovative in their storytelling to engage the audience.  TEDx began in 2009, when TED started granting liscenses to third-parties to organize independent TED-like events. These TEDx events can be themed in any manner,in which invited speakers can talk about differenent subjects that don't necessarily have to be about science and technology. The