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Francois Taddei, who served as chair in one session at the conference,  wrote this interesting paper on creativity , worth reading: Training creative and collaborative knowledge-builders: A major challenge for the 21st century education

The European Union declared 2009, European Year of Creativity and Innovation.

The European Year of Creativity and Innovation has the objective to raise awareness of the importance of creativity and innovation for personal, social and economic development, to disseminate good practices, stimulate education and research, and promote policy debate and development.

TED是一个会议的名称，它是英文technology, entertainment, design三个单词的首字母缩写。TED是社会各界精英交流的盛会，它鼓励各种创新思想的展示、碰撞。TED创始于1984年，现在由Chris Anderson创立的非营利机构种子基金会主办。与普通的讲座相比，TED演讲更加注重于创想（creative thinking）的表达与推广，并且为不同领域间思想交锋提供一个适宜而持续的平台。