Jason Johnson to organize version of annual TED conference

The vice president of marketing for a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories is a cofounder of TEDxSF, a local, independently organized version of the annual TED conference, which draws famous speakers from around the world. On Tuesday, TEDxSF will host “Creativity & Reinvention” at the California Academy of Sciences.

What is TED? It’s a technology, entertainment [and] design conference that’s gone on for more than 20 years. What TED does each year is it gathers 1,300 of the most amazing people together to spread great ideas, which range from, of course, technology, entertainment and design to business and science and global issues.