TEDx International conference on freedom of religion Today

Does religion still matter in contemporary society? Are freedom and religion opposites? What gives real meaning to life? These are some of the questions the International conference on freedom of religion attempt to answer. The event will be inaugurated on Friday in Rome by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, a press release revealed.

This Vatican sponsored TEDx conference will see an unusual mix of people - 18 speakers, from artists and NBA basketball players to a pop singer. They will be examining the impact of religious freedom in their own lives and from a global perspective at the TEDx Conference. Cardinal Ravasi will open the event with the theme Freedom of Religion Today.

TED.com is a global non-profit organization devoted to “ideas worth spreading.” At TED’s annual conferences the world’s leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. The talks are filmed and uploaded onto the web for everyone to watch. Ted speakers in the past have included the likes of Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Gordon Brown, Isabel Allende and Bono.

Already a global phenomenon lauded for its commitment to “ideas worth spreading,” TED.com’s online talks are gaining attention in Italy and other European countries through similarly locally organized “TEDx” events.
Source: VR Sedoc