TEDxAmsterdam: Last words host Joris Luyendijk from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo.

TEDxAmsterdam was held on 20 November 2009, and as it happens, today, on the last day of 2009, we finally got round to publishing all the TEDxAmsterdam talks. For your convenience, they are also linked from the TEDxAmsterdam program, and if you really cannot get enough of reading about them, we updated the overview of press coverage as well.

That was it! But of course we hope there will be more. As Wired UK wrote:

“‘And so we happy TEDers spilled out into the chilly Amsterdam night. The event was very well-organised and there was a real excitement to proceedings, whether it was a talk or a tea break. There was a very local pride in the event and Joris Luyendijk, the MC for the day, acclaimed the positive feel of the event, a mood that he said had been missing from the Netherlands. Speaking to one of the organisers afterwards, he described it as the country’s way of saying to the world,  “Here we are”. This is the particular magic of TED in its local format – connecting ideas, but also the places where they are born, with the rest of the world.”

See Joris Luyendijk express that sentiment in the video above – and meet Jim Stolze, Marian Spier, Monique van Dusseldorp and the whole TEDxAmsterdam crew in the video below. We thank everyone involved!

TedxAmsterdam: Crew on stage! from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo.

Time’s up, the year is over. We wish you well – may 2010 bring you a cup o’ kindness, and much more.