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rel="author">Oliver Friedman</a>, <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/renaereints22/" title="Posts by Renae Reints" class="author url fn" rel="author">Renae Reints</a> and <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/tom/" title="Posts by Tom Carter" class="author url fn" rel="author">Tom Carter</a> <br> <time datetime="2024-04-18">April 18, 2024 at 8:00 pm EDT</time> </div> <div class="share"> </div> </div> </header> <!-- end article header --> <section class="entry-content clearfix"> <div id="attachment_117094" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117094" class="size-full wp-image-117094" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5081-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5081-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5081-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5081-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5081-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5081-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117094" class="wp-caption-text">TED’s Helen Walters hosts Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)</p></div> <p>Session 10 of TED2024 plumbs the depths of human emotions, celebrating the beauty of community art, the everyday bravery of family life, the power of sound and more.</p> <p><strong>The event:</strong> Talks from Session 10 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, hosted by TED’s Helen Walters</p> <p><strong>When and where:</strong> Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada</p> <p><strong>Speakers:</strong> Jaime Rojo, Lily Yeh, Mark Grimmer, Kelly Corrigan, Felipe Sánchez Luna, Kylan Gibbs, Lear deBessonet</p> <div id="attachment_117083" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117083" class="size-full wp-image-117083" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0517-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0517-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0517-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0517-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0517-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0517-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117083" class="wp-caption-text">Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell performs at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)</p></div> <p><strong>Performance</strong>: Joined onstage by a marching band, broadway legend <strong>Brian Stokes Mitchell </strong>belts “The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” accompanied by pianist <strong>Todd Almond </strong>— and participation from TED-attendees-turned-singers throughout the TED Theater.</p> <p><b>The talks in brief: </b></p> <div id="attachment_117095" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117095" class="size-full wp-image-117095" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5198-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5198-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5198-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5198-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5198-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT5198-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117095" class="wp-caption-text">Jaime Rojo speaks at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)</p></div> <p>Photographer <strong>Jaime Rojo</strong> shares his experience photographing the migration of monarch butterflies across North America each year, diving into the latest research behind how these mesmerizing insects make their multi-thousand-mile journey.</p> <div id="attachment_117096" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117096" class="size-full wp-image-117096" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT2839-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT2839-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT2839-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT2839-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT2839-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT2839-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117096" class="wp-caption-text">Lily Yeh speaks at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)</p></div> <p>From Rwanda to North Philadelphia to the Chinese countryside, barefoot artist <strong>Lily Yeh</strong> uses the world’s streets and walls as her canvas, collaborating with local communities to weave beauty and healing through the vibrant tapestry of their collective stories and talents.</p> <div id="attachment_117097" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117097" class="size-full wp-image-117097" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3149-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3149-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3149-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3149-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3149-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3149-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117097" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Grimmer speaks at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)</p></div> <p>We are living in the age of immersive experiences, says <strong>Mark Grimmer</strong>, cofounder of 59 Productions. Redefining narrative possibilities, he shares several multidisciplinary projects, including a multi-sensory exhibit of David Bowie that re-animated his kaleidoscopic career through a whirlwind of objects, costumes and videos — and showed what happens when diverse ideas collide.</p> <div id="attachment_117098" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117098" class="size-full wp-image-117098" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0140-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0140-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0140-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0140-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0140-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2JT0140-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117098" class="wp-caption-text">Kelly Corrigan speaks at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)</p></div> <p><strong>Kelly Corrigan</strong> ponders the “Olympic achievements” of everyday bravery: the mundane triumphs each of us racks up simply navigating life’s tribulations, big and small. While bravery may consist of simply hanging around and listening (regardless of whether times are tough or boring), its reward is a “maximum dosage” of total human emotion.</p> <div id="attachment_117099" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117099" class="size-full wp-image-117099" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3309-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3309-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3309-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3309-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3309-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3309-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117099" class="wp-caption-text">Felipe Sanchez Luna speaks at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)</p></div> <p>In an astounding sonic experience, <strong>Felipe Sánchez Luna</strong> takes the audience on a journey of music and code, mixing notes and rhythms with ones and zeroes. His composition combines real recordings with data, AI-driven music and human creativity to tap into the transformative power of sound to evoke a deeper, emotional understanding of our world.</p> <div id="attachment_117100" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117100" class="size-full wp-image-117100" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3452-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3452-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3452-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3452-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3452-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1JT3452-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117100" class="wp-caption-text">Kylan Gibbs speaks at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)</p></div> <p>Video games are increasingly immersive, but they can still make you feel like you’re in a “closed” system, taken from one scripted point to another based on the buttons you press. Inworld cofounder <strong>Kylan Gibbs</strong> is helping expand this world with “AI agents” — characters powered by AI that have depth, realism and “brains.” He explains how these agents generate new game outcomes unique to each player’s decisions, augmenting our ability to tell stories.</p> <div id="attachment_117084" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117084" class="size-full wp-image-117084" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT6230-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT6230-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT6230-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT6230-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT6230-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_2GT6230-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117084" class="wp-caption-text">Lear deBessonet speaks at Session 10 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)</p></div> <p>Church pageants, football games and Mardi Gras aren’t just spectacles — they’re universal human experiences. Theater director <strong>Lear deBessonet</strong>‘s productions ignite the communal, healing thrill of collective expression by drawing their huge casts (often involving scores of performers) from a cross-section of their host communities.</p> <div id="attachment_117087" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-117087" class="size-full wp-image-117087" src="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1RL3474-medium.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" srcset="https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1RL3474-medium.jpg 1200w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1RL3474-medium.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1RL3474-medium.jpg?resize=250,167 250w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1RL3474-medium.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/TED2024_20240418_1RL3474-medium.jpg?resize=530,353 530w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-117087" class="wp-caption-text">The MEI Screaming Eagles Marching Band makes it out of the theater and into the Vancouver Convention Centre’s “Loop” after Session 10 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. 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