About this event: TEDxShenkarCollege is back and opens to the public for the second time. We are proud to feature national and international speakers from the world of design, hi-tech, culinary science and academia. They will each present their own amazing, unique story as part of this year’s theme, “Journey.” After an exceptional first TEDx event, Shenkar is ba...

Healthcare innovator + emergency medicine doctor

About this event: THE FALLACY OF SECURITY “When the rooster crows, the sun rises. Therefore, the rooster causes the sun to rise.” This statement is a fallacy, an error in reasoning. Although an argument might look formally valid it can still be fallacious and therefore erroneous. Fallacies represent a dangerous idea for society since people tend to accept ...

Esther Chae’s one-woman show, So the Arrow Flies, is about North Korean espionage, post-9/11 themes of conflicting ideologies, government sanctioned torture, and how changing political tides affect one’s family. After learning how the piece resonated with international audiences, Esther is eager to take her work to a whole new level. Like the ...

No, “humble narcissism” is not an oxymoron; it’s a combination of qualities that the best leaders and companies have. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant explains why. Who would you rather work for: a narcissistic leader or a humble leader? The answer is more complicated than you think. In a Fortune 100 company, researchers studied whe...

​Sketches that speak volumes. When illustrator Christoph Niemann wakes up after falling asleep on an airplane, he says, "I have the most terrible taste in my mouth that cannot be described with words ... But it can be drawn." Then he shows a spot-on sketch of an outstretched tongue with a dead-fish-rat-hybrid creature on it. Trying to recap ...

What capitalism prioritizes, the world does more of. So how can we change capitalism so that it focuses on what humans really want and need? Entrepreneur Andrew Yang has a surprising proposal. Think of the activities on the list below: Parenting or caring for loved ones Teaching or nurturing children Creating art, music, dance Working in ...

Industrial designer

About this event: MORE THAN 300 LEADING THINKERS AND DOERS EMBRACE CHANGE WITH TEDxYEREVAN 2012 YEREVAN, The third TEDxYerevan took place on September 29th at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies, which brought together more than 300 leading thinkers and doers from a myriad of fields, such as architecture, art, technology, education, entrepreneurship, and...

CEO + Founder, Tenrehte Technologies

James Patten creates physical interfaces for technology -- producing rich, captivating experiences for the user. Your studio explores new ways physical objects relate to digital information. Why is that mission important to you? The way the human body and human mind are set up, we’re incredibly good at using physical objects and interactin...

Designer Tino Chow helps organizations tell the stories of their Big New Ideas to make the world a better place. He also spends time on his own big ideas -- from a “24 Hour Design Jam,” to a cross-country bike ride. Despite the challenges of being an awful speller, Tino is living his dream, and plans to continue storytelling and community-buil...

Yamini Aiyar founded the Accountability Initiative to track and inform the public of what really happens to government money in India. The Initiative also researches the effectiveness of accountability efforts in the country. The group’s work has drawn praise from Indian government officials, and even from President Obama. Taking a cue from he...

The event: Talks and performances from TED Fellows, celebrating the 10th anniversary of this life-changing, world-changing program. Session 1 is hosted by TED Fellows director Shoham Arad and TED Senior Fellow Jedidah Isler. When and where: Monday, April 15, 2019, 10:30am, at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC. Opening: W...

In Session 2 of today's Fellows Talks: a waterborne peep show in San Francisco, a triage app that saves lives, the architecture of death, and more! The session starts with Bill "Blinky" Sellanga performing "Usinibore" solo on acoustic guitar. "It was a song I wrote in 2008 in response to the post-election violence," he says, "when I was f...

In her public art pieces, Candy Chang uses low-tech tools such as chalk, Post-it notes, and stickers to help people make their cities more user-friendly. We sat down with Candy to ask her more ... Candy asks: If you could ask one question to all of your neighbors, what would you ask? Click here to respond on Facebook now! Or join Candy'...

About this event: The power of innovation reaches beyond mere technology. At its core, innovation is about questioning conventional wisdom, disrupting existing markets, and challenging theoretical assumptions. Innovation requires us to create new networks among people, places, and ideas, and to overcome the fear that inevitably attends change. Join TEDxFSCJ fo...

Jia Jiang's journey through rejection revealed a world hidden in plain sight, where people are much kinder than we imagine.

Cosmin Mihaiu is the CEO and co-founder of MIRA Rehab, which develops software that engages patients in interactive and therapeutic games, making physical rehabilitation fun.

Iraqi-born Zainab Salbi founded and runs Women for Women International, and has dedicated her life to helping women in war-torn regions rebuild their lives and communities.

In 2004, Sal Khan, a hedge fund analyst, began making math tutorials for his cousins. Twelve years later, Khan Academy has more than 42 million registered users from 190 countries, with tutorials on subjects from basic math through economics, art history, computer science, health, medicine and more.

TED Resident Jason Shen uses data and technology to help leaders identify talent.

MIT Professor Rosalind Picard invents technologies that help people better understand emotion and behaviors that impact human health.

James Irungu Mwangi helps drive economic transformation in Africa through large-scale climate action.

Social Entrepreneur

Journalism entrepreneur

TED Fellow Dr. Rebecca Brachman is a pioneer in the field of preventative psychopharmacology, developing drugs to enhance stress resilience and prevent mental illness.

TED Fellow Rola Hallam helps local humanitarians provide aid to their own war-devastated communities.

By retrofitting existing aircraft with a hybrid-electric system, mechanical engineer Cory Combs is building the biggest plane ever to fly with hybrid propulsion: the Electric EEL.

Hilary Cottam wants to redesign the welfare state using the power of relationships.