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So you didn't get an invitation to pay US$7,500 and attend Vancouver's first TED conference. Good news: you can watch the TED2014 proceedings for free in Vancouver.

Not from the comfort of your own couch, mind you, but at select locations in the region. For the first time, TED will be live streamed free to the public in its host city.

According to a City of Vancouver news release, the following locations will be showing the video feed from March 17 to 21, during the day:

Public Plazas BC Place Stadium, Terry Fox Plaza, Jumbotron outside, Vancouver

Grouse Mountain, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver Libraries Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver

Surrey City Centre Library, 10350 University Drive, Surrey

North Vancouver District Public Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver

Port Moody Public Library, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody

Richmond Public Library, 100 - 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond

Coquitlam Public Library, 575 Poirier Street, Coquitlam Colleges / Universities British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby

CityStudio, 1800 Spyglass Place, Vancouver

Corpus Christi College, 5935 Iona Drive, Vancouver

Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72 Avenue (Cedar 1240), Surrey

Langara College Library,100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver

Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Scarfe Building, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver Cecil Green Park Coach House, 6323 Cecil Green Park Road Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Room 1372 Sauder School of Business, Angus Building, 2053 Main Mall, Room 165 Sauder School of Business, Robson Square

Makerspace at the UVic Tech Park, 4a-4476 Markham Street, Victoria Non-Profits and Community Centres Potluck Café Society, 30 West Hastings, Vancouver

Trout Lake Community Centre, 3360 Victoria Drive, Vancouver

TED2014 speakers include plasma physicist Michel Laberge, peace activist Zak Ebrahim, musician Amanda Palmer, and futurist Ray Kurzweil.

It's worth noting that attendees of TEDActive 2014 in Whistler are paying US$3,750 for an experience that centres on the TED2014 video feed "plus music, comedy, dance, short talks, video and other surprises".

A participatory version of TED, the independently organized BIL 2014 conference, will take place on March 22 and 23 in downtown Vancouver.