Peter’s topic at the conference is "The World Flattens". What does he know that we don’t??

More than 900 corporate, scientific and artistic leaders will converge in Monterey this week for an invitation-only event whose very title — Technology, Entertainment, Design — reflects the agenda and fantasies of Silicon Valley.

Attendees will pay $4,400 to attend the event, which opens today and runs through Saturday. TED’s place in tech history was established the first time it was held, in 1984, when Apple Computer showed off its new Macintosh.

Other speakers include music industry innovator Peter Gabriel and former Vice President Al Gore, who has reinvented himself as one of the forces behind San Francisco’s pioneering grassroots video startup, Current TV.

Conference site here – take a gander!