Highlighted photos from TEDxNOLA, a one-day conference that addressed the question: how can creativity save a community? View all the photos on Flickr and Facebook.

TEDxNOLA was a local, self-organized conference convened in New Orleans to explore the pivotal role that crisis plays in the development of groundbreaking ideas. On August 27th, 2010 during the week of remembrance of the 5th Anniversary of Katrina, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre hosted intellects and achievers to examine how crisis forces us to rethink, reinvent and reinvest. How can creativity save a community?

View all the photos from TEDxNOLA on Flickr and Facebook.

Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans

James Carville

Gary Solomon, Jr., The Solomon Group

John Besh, John Besh Restaurants

Lisa P. Jackson, EPA

Matt Wisdom, Turbosquid