The speech will focus on Gore's own television channel Current TV, which the former US Vice-President launched in 2005 to showcase audience-created content.
Billed as "The TV network created by people who watch it", Gore has described the channel as "the television homepage for the internet generation".
The network offers unique short-format, non-fiction content, and includes music, videogames, politics, finance, technology and environment programming, all from a perspective of a demographic often bypassed by traditional television formats.
Democrat Gore, who lost out to George W Bush in the 2000 Presidential race, said: "The internet opened a floodgate for young people whose passions are finally being heard, but TV hasn't followed suit.
"Young adults have a powerful voice, but you can't hear that voice on television. We want to transform the television medium itself; giving a national platform to those who are hungry to help create the TV they want to watch. We're creating a powerful brand of television that doesn't treat audiences as merely viewers but as collaborators."
Gore's other major focus of recent years, the environment, is also expected to feature in his Edinburgh speech. A passionate environmentalist, 2006 sees the release of his documentary, 'An Inconvenient Truth', the gripping story of his quest to address the effects of global warming.
The Alternative MacTaggart Lecture was launched in 1997 and is meant to be a counterpoint to the famous James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.
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