(NOTE: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim stepped down as president of Mauritius in March 2018, following accusations that she misused a credit card given to her by a nonprofit. Read "Criticisms & Updates" below for more details.) Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was an academic and entrepreneur before being appointed president of Mauritius -- the first Muslim female h...

(NOTE: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim stepped down as president of Mauritius in March 2018, following accusations that she misused a credit card given to her by a nonprofit. Read "Criticisms & Updates" below for more details.) In this intriguing talk, biologist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim introduces us to rare plant species from isolated islands and regions of...

Millions of images and videos are uploaded to the internet each day, yet we rarely see shocking and disturbing content in our social media feeds. Who's keeping the internet "clean" for us? In this eye-opening talk, documentarians Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck take us inside the shadowy world of online content moderators -- the people contract...

Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive.

You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."

Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that -- with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve -- it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world.

South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo explains why investing in Africa can make great business sense.

Talking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing world. Look for new analysis on China and the post-bailout world, mixed with classic data shows.

Rich scientific evidence comes from the history of life on Earth -- we just have to ask the right questions to find it. Whether it's figuring out the cause of the dodo bird's extinction or the bite force of a Tyrannosaurus rex, paleontologist Michael Benton shares some offbeat quandaries from the past, present and future.

Myrtis Smith has spent a lifetime navigating career changes. While change can be scary and uncertain it also holds potential. Here she shares how riding the wave of change can help you find your true calling.

Moritz Magnus Reitschuster (32) is an original "Münchner Kindl." Since finishing his philosophy studies in 2015, he’s been actively involved in humanitarian aid. Moritz Reitschuster started as a volunteer for IHA helping refugees along the Balkan route. Afterwards, he worked as a field coordinator for CESRT, a local grassroots initiative on the...

Los héroes de capa y espada quedaron en las fábulas para niños. Hoy algunos de nuestros héroes cambiaron las capas por las batas blancas, y las espadas por el corazón. ¡Le damos la bienvenida a Ricardo Pun Chong como parte de los speakers de ésta nueva edición de TEDxLima 2019! Ricardo es fundador de un albergue en el que ofrece alojamiento grat...

Nuestro cuerpo nos habla, y quien decide prestarle atención e investigarlo, encontrará las respuestas que siempre buscamos para nuestro bienestar general. ¡Le damos la bienvenida a Ale Llosa como speaker de nuestra nueva edición de TEDxLima 2019! Ale escuchó a su cuerpo con atención y decidió hacer algo por él que le cambió la vida, por lo que e...

Convertirse en madre es una meta común para muchas mujeres, y si bien es algo hermoso y hasta heróico, el desear/poder no serlo es una decisión todavía muy cuestionada en nuestros tiempos. ¡Le damos la bienvenida a Cristina Quiñones al equipo de speakers TEDxLima 2019! Cristina es una mujer empoderada que ha sabido hacerle frente a una sociedad ...

Para impactar en el mundo en el que vivimos, primero tenemos que conocerlo a profundidad, y sin duda la internacionalmente destacada antropóloga Norma Correa es una de las personas que mejor lo conoce. Habiendo investigado y publicado sobre política social, pobreza, innovación, interculturalidad y desarrollo económico, Norma se une a la lista de...

Septembre 2015. Une image, un article, un livre, depuis ce jour là, ma vie a basculé. Ce challenge de réduire mes déchets a changé mes habitudes, mon quotidien, et bien plus encore. Êtes-vous prêts à ce que la vôtre change aussi ? Event : https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/37157 Vidéo by : https://www.blondepourbrune.com Lieu : ECE Paris Lyon, éco...

Si la lectura es la puerta a la cultura, la experiencia de viajar por el mundo entero para ponerse en contacto con las diferentes perspectivas sobre la vida, es la puerta a la felicidad, pues a veces lo único que necesitamos para ser felices, es entender la vida desde otro plano. ¡Le damos la bienvenida a Oriana Cicconi a nuestro equipo de speak...

Alma believes her talk points out the clear connection between sexism and women being killed. Latin America has one of the highest rates of femicide, the killing of a woman or girl, not surprising perhaps considering the extreme prevalence of macho culture. Sexism kills and too many lost lives are evidence of this. Feminism is also on the rise, ...

Mauritz is a building engineer who has focused on development projects regarding sustainable and energy efficient buildings. He has also been involved in several projects working with companies in the cleantech sector. Working closely with companies, cities, municipalities and organizations, he is used to trying to grasp the bigger picture of ho...

Even if you believe climate change is real, you probably still hold a few myths in your head about the impact a changing climate will have on your life. A leading climate scientist helps sort fact from fiction and stresses the importance of adapting to an uncertain future. Linda Mortsch has devoted her career to addressing climate change issu...

Traveling the world in one day: it’s all about transportation, as fast, clean and cheap as possible. But for the last 50 years nothing really has changed. So it’s time for a revolutionary innovation! The main challenge is the resistance from air, which is why we can’t go faster and cleaner (yet). The answer really is a basic solution: a vacuum t...

Le damos la bienvenida a Maritza Espinoza, nuestra primera speaker para el TEDxLima 2019! Con 40 años en el periodismo, Maritza viene navegando por nuestra realidad nacional desde todos los espectros, poniéndose en contacto a flor de piel con la verdad de nuestra sociedad, representada por cada uno de nosotros, y teniendo la oportunidad de encon...

Encontrar nuestro lugar en nuestra sociedad puede ser una tarea muy compleja cuando no encajamos en los moldes y estereotipos que nos plantean a diario, pero cuando aprendemos a mirar hacia adentro antes de mirar hacia fuera, nos damos cuenta de nuestro verdadero lugar y nuestro verdadero valor. ¡Le damos la bienvenida a Paloma Casanave como spe...

Imagine a world without organ transplant waiting lists or organ trafficking - where twenty five percent of donated organs are not discarded because they are deemed unsuitable for transplantation. Biomedical engineer David Martos Ruiz is researching a process that could make this new world a reality. This process, known as “decellularisation”, co...

En El paso más pequeño, José Gregorio Martos presenta una hoja de ruta práctica y versátil en la que se resume un modelo de 5 pasos orientado a provocar las pequeñas acciones indispensables para alcanzar aquellos sueños que nos proponemos y nunca hemos logrado. Funciona en el plano laboral o personal. Esta charla arroja una alternativa precisa a...

With over 2 billion people using Facebook world-wide and several millions uploading content on Instagram, YouTube and other social media, we could potentially expect a lot of horrible content to be spread around. However, in reality, we actually see dangerous or ugly content only very rarely in our feeds. How come? Who cleans our information ch...