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BIL ConferenceSet minds free
How it Started
In 2007, a group of friends decided to crash the
TED Conference. Once word spread, 350+
people came together to create the first BIL.
Many TED attendees and speakers came to
BIL to spread their ideas to the unwashed
masses.
What is it?
BIL emerged from a community of people who aspire to
change the world for the better- everyone is on equal
standing and we meet to share ideas, problems that need
solving, and discoveries we are excited about with a quite
diverse national and international crowd. Our attendees are
our speakers and our speakers are our attendees and in
true unconference style, attendees are responsible for
shaping the conference itself through their participation.
The Concept
TED cost $6,000+/yr BIL is free
TED is invite only BIL is
open to all
TED is heavily curated BIL is ad-hoc
TED is top-down BIL is
egalitarian
You don’t need TED’s structure to share ideas.
What BIL is not
BIL is not an organization. BIL has no board.
No trademarks. No licenses.
BIL is a concept with little structure and virtually
no rules. There’s a spirit that should be
followed, but is not enforced.
BIL Past Events
BIL Global: Monterey, California (2007)
Long Beach, California (2008-2013)
Vancouver, BC, Canada (2014)
BIL:PIL Washington DC/San Diego (2009)
BIL:Afghanistan Kabul (2010)
BIL:Chennai Chennai, India (2011)
BIL:Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia (2012)
BIL:DZ Batna, Algeria (2014)
BIL:France Paris, France (2014)
BIL:SF San Francisco (2014)
BIL Conference Tunisia
Back in April 2011, Karim Benabdallah send an
email to BIL Conference founders asking to
start a BIL Conference in Tunisia, his request
was directly overwhelmed by Bill Erikson Todd
Huffman and Megan Klimen
The first venue
After several attempts, the first conference finally took
place September 25, 2012 downtown Tunis with 4
speakers and a public of 60 people, the BIL Conference
Tunisia got a huge success.
Today
BIL Conference Tunisia is number one
conference in Tunisia, with more than 25
venues in less two years and 14 sessions
scheduled before the end of the year, BIL
Tunisia did deserve the title the “Open
conference” in Tunisia
The Future of BIL
Develop a worldwide community of BIL’ders.
Streamline the sharing of ideas.
Connect people, places and ideas.
Utilize the web and open culture ethos to build
something greater than the sum of the parts.
Spread to South America, Europe, Oceania
BIL Tradition
All talks are Creative Commons
Keep costs low
Minimal structure
Leave room for serendipity
Follow the unconference model
Involve the audience in the process
Contacts
Michael Cummings
Karim Benabdallah
