The live transmission from TEDGlobal2014 in Rio de Janerio isn’t just an opportunity to watch the selected sessions from the conference in Brazil. Most importantly, it’s a unique chance to experience the atmosphere of this amazing country that seduces us with its high temperature and incredibly hot energy. There will also be additional attractions, which will keep reminding you that for those few hours, we have virtually travelled to the south.

We invite you on board of the BARKA food.life.music docked by Kładka Bernatka at 5:00 pm. This incredible barge with history starting in 1889 will be our venue to watch the live transmission from TEDGlobal “South!”

BARKA was built in Dutch shipyard J&K Smit and for over half-century was used to transport goods, such as wood, on Ren river. In 1980 the barge was recognized as a maritime shipping historic object and appeared on post stamps in Netherlands. It travelled through our country 23 years later during it’s almost a yearlong trip from Rotterdam to Kraków. In 2009 it was finally docked on Vistula river and became a popular place for meetings and leisuire.

Zdjęcie ze strony http://www.barkakrakow.pl/

How is 9th of Oct 2014 going to mark itself in the barge’s history? The transmission of the first session “Field Work” will start at 6:00 pm and will take around 1.5h. The session will include (to name a few) presentations by Severine Autsserre on her research related to war and conflicts around the world, and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim who will talk about her studies on medical and nutrition aspects of flora on Mauritius island. The artistic part will be taken care of by the Circle of Sound – a musical duet combining styles and instruments from different cultures.

During the break between the sessions, everyone will have an opportunity to participate in upcycling workshops and make themselves a wallet out of used milk box! Make sure you bring the milk box with you and remember to wash it properly and cut out its bottom.

The transmission of the next session entitled “Urban Canvas” will begin straight after the “upcycling” break. The speakers on this session will include the painters Haas&Hahn and Su Yunsheng, working on urban city space projects for fast developing cities showing that being fast does not necessarily mean being less efficient.

The whole TED Global 2014 programme is available here.

Join us on 9th of October and travel with us to the “South”!