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What are some other conferences that showcase cool ideas, like TED or the Renaissance Weekend?

27th December 2010

My answer to What are some other conferences that showcase cool ideas, like TED or the Renaissance Weekend? on Quora

http://www.poptech.org/ is quite TED-like—especially good for science topics.

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