New Delhi, Aug 1 - The world's biggest conference of ideas, TED (technology, entertainment and design) is coming to India this November.

TED will hold the first India edition of its conference at the Infosys campus in Mysore Nov 4-7. It will also mark the Asian debut of this landmark annual event.

'TED, which has acquired a cult status with the cream of the world's intellectuals, will attract the best of talent from the technology, entertainment and design sectors from across the world,' Lakshmi Pratury, who is bringing TED to India, told IANS.

'The idea is to stimulate the five senses. The ideas that emerge at TEDIndia might translate into world changing actions in the future. Moreover, it will also create new business and innovation networks and lifelong associations,' she said.

For instance, in 2008 at TED-Global in Long Beach, California, product designer Yves Behar met motorcycle enthusiast and technologist Forrest North. 'Both got talking and this year (2009) they launched the world's first eletrically powered motorcycle in the US. We expect similar things to happen at TEDIndia,' Pratury said.

The theme of TEDIndia will be 'Future Beckons'.

'Over four days, the speakers will give the select audience of 400 the 'talk of their lives' and interact with them in special workshops bouncing ideas and discussing innovations,' the co-host said.

The audience will be selected and groomed by the TED team after a rigorous online test. 'Those willing to attend will have to apply first, fill the test forms and then be screened because they will have to be participatory,' Pratury explained.

TED, held every year in Long Beach, California, sees the participation of over a 1,000 curious minds with the potential to transform the world.

Over the years the conference has attracted speakers like Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, U2 musician Bono, founder of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos, mathematician-magician Arthur Benjamin, novelist Isabel Allende, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and religious scholar Karen Armstrong, said Pratury.