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The New York Times (@nytimes) TED (conference) TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan "ideas worth spreading". TED was founded in 1984 as a one-off event.[1] The annual conference began in 1990, in Monterey, California.[4] TED's early emphasis was technology and design, consistent with its origins in the Silicon Valley. Since June 2006,[1] the talks have been offered for free viewing online, under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Commons license, through TED.com.[8] As of April 2014, over 1,700 talks are available free online.[9] By January 2009 they had been viewed 50 million times. TED's mission statement begins: We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. The TED staff of about 90 people is headquartered in New York City and Vancouver. In 2005, under Anderson's supervision, a more internationally oriented sister conference was added, under the name TEDGlobal.