Patenting a new drug helps finance its immense cost to develop -- but that same patent can put advanced treatments out of reach for sick people in developing nations, at deadly cost. Ellen 't Hoen talks about an elegant, working solution to the problem: the Medicines Patent Pool.

Tania Simoncelli advises the White House on science and technology policy.

Barton Seaver is an advocate of sustainable seafood and a chef in Washington DC. His work tells the story of our common resources through the communion we all share – dinner.

About this event: St Mary's University is delighted to announce TEDxStMarysUniversity - an afternoon and evening of enlightening and exciting 18-minute talks. As well as questions around whether the traditional university is dead, we'll be discussing the ethics of vaccine passports, climate change and whether psychoanalysis can teach us about online misogyny. I...

CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations, opening up the possibility of altering entire species forever. More than anything, the technology has led to questions: How will this new power affect humanity? What are we going to use it to ch...

About this event: Synthesis: How innovation becomes reality, from the lab bench to the store shelf. It can be easy to take for granted the myriad of products that improve our lives dramatically. However, the journey from a laboratory experiment to a real-world solution is often long and complicated. Along the path, businesses and scientists need to grapple with ...

About this event: TEDxInjibara is open for all people living in Injibara. The event is held in English and is a great opportunity to speak English with Ethiopians as well as foreigners! Each month we have a new theme that is relevant to the lives we live.

In this short talk from TEDxCooperUnion, bioengineer (and TED Fellow) Nina Tandon talks about her experiment in using TED Conversations as a teaching tool in a tissue engineering class -- inspiring students to ask bigger questions online, and engage with a broad community to create wide-ranging discussions about biology, ethics, perception an...

Valarie Kaur is a social justice activist, lawyer, filmmaker, innovator, mother and Sikh American thought leader who founded the Revolutionary Love Project -- a movement that envisions a world where love is a public ethic.

About this event: Each year we are gathering our university community around speakers and generating new connections and ideas. This year, TEDxULB is exploring the possibility of human beings. We will question what it means to be human and what it will mean in the future. From medicine to technology, through ethics and art, you will meet amazing speakers and mind...

Every day, most of us do something morally indefensible -- we go about our lives without sending help to the 6.9 million children under the age of 5 who will die this year from poverty-related disease. In today’s talk, philosopher Peter Singer makes the case that ignoring these kids is as inhumane as ignoring a child who's been hit by a car on...

"It's a great time to be a molecular biologist," says Ellen Jorgensen, a biologist who founded Genspace, a do-it-yourself genetics lab. By end of the year, for less than €1,000 you'll be able to sequence a human genome in less than a day. But, she asks: "Who gets to do it?" We know and trust the professionals -- are they the only ones all...

Should parents be able to select their children’s talents and personalities? Whatever your opinion, it is precisely the kind of question that Julian Savulescu wants you to take seriously. A professor of practical ethics at the University of Oxford, Savulescu thinks deeply about the ethics of the biological enhancement of the human race. In hi...

About this event: "Children of today are the leaders of tomorrow" - Nelson Mandela The future is an inevitability which we all face. Its uncertainty is daunting to many, but as we move forward we must face these issues head-first with optimism and acceptance. With this, TEDxYouth@EnglishCollege 2017 presents 12 talented speakers, all tackling the concept of "Str...

About this event: Featured speakers include: Leah Ward Sears - Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Thad Starner - Founder of contextual computing group, Technical Lead/Manager of Google’s Project Glass Paul Wolpe - Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics and Director of Center for Ethics at Emory Camara Jones - Senior Fellow at ...

About this event: Carmel High School students hosted the third annual TEDxCarmelHighSchool on October 10, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Eleven Fifty Academy. Inspired by the idea of “where you least expect it,” speakers shared ideas about music, ethics, failure, economics, social change, and more. Speakers included innovators from the Indianapolis area ...

The stars of your favorite TED Talks have been busy over the past week. Below, a few newsy highlights. Inside the mind of a murderer. What makes murderers do what they do? A BBC piece revealed that some murderers have reduced activity in their prefrontal cortex, which controls emotional impulses, and over-activity in their amygdala, which gen...

About this event: This event is a forum to spark creative engagement between people who want to challenge their fundamental beliefs and explore new ways of thinking. A gathering for curious minds.

[embed]https://www.ted.com/talks/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt[/embed] The TED community is brimming with new books and projects. Below, a selection of highlights. A powerful story of an American odyssey. Writer and business leader Casey Gerald has published a new memoir on his journey through American life. Titled There Will Be No Mira...

The MacArthur Foundation revealed its list of 2015 Fellows this morning. Twenty-four people received the “genius grant,” a $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend -- and two of them are TED Fellows: Patrick Awuah and LaToya Ruby Frazier. Patrick Awuah founded Ashesi University, a college in his home country of Ghana dedicated to educating Af...

About this event: TEDxUDeusto will be held at the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain). The main goal of the organisers when thinking of our event is to promote changes, new ideas that can achieve a more equal, sustainable and advanced world. We will have diverse topics like ethics, peace, finance, culture, renewable energies, women or technology. Local and inter...

About this event: TEDxGWHSchool was a TEDxYouth event hosted in the Greenwood High International School campus on March 12th, 2016 for 100 high schoolers attending schools across Bengaluru city. Our theme, ‘Transcending Synapses’ is based on the idea that there's always a discord surrounding another people’s opinion, their ideas, their experiences and their cult...

About this event: UNTOLD is a conference about ideas that leave us speechless. Some ideas tell the same tale, others tell a different story. A few might just help us tell things apart. But truth be told, only time will tell which ones do. This year's event will tell you a thing or two about UNTOLD ideas that need to be shared. 2 half-day chapters of peeking thr...

About this event: “Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.” ― Joseph Fort Newton In today's age of division and frustration, we should be trying to break down walls as opposed to building them up. As the youth of today move one step closer into adulthood, they begin to help shape our world and develop our ideas. With this, TEDxYouth@EnglishCollege 2018...

About this event: At TEDxĐaKao: “Delayed Gratification”, speakers are coming from diverse backgrounds will share their subtle and meaningful idea of the process of resisting the temptation of an immediate reward in preference for a later reward. You will discover the value towards building your life value, observe and discover a diverse range of the meaning of r...

About this event: In the spirit of 'Ideas Worth Spreading', TEDxRoppongi is a TEDx organisation in Tokyo that serves as an empowering platform for the community of thinkers and innovators in Japan. A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. With the theme of "Broaden Horizons", the 10 speakers are passionate to share th...

About this event: Aotearoa is changing. Our people are changing, our climate is changing, in Wellington our city is changing. Young people will be the ones having to live with this change. On September 15, six young Wellingtonians will be trying to find out what that looks like, by asking: what's next? Featuring: - Hama Tau'alupe, creative practitioner (Finding ...

For the penultimate session of TED2020, an exploration of amazing forces shaping the future -- from cancer-fighting venom to spacecraft powered by lasers and much more. Below, a recap of the night's talks and performances. Amanda Gorman, poet Big idea: We all have the power to end the devastation of climate change. Let's get to work. ...

About this event: We are living in a fascinating era on the verge of new discoveries and exponential technologies that will shape our lives and societies in ways we can only begin to imagine. Some are comparing technology to medicine, while others are insisting that without art technology cannot go forward. What new disruptions are just waiting to happen an...

About this event: We want to analyze the current situation of our country, with empahsis in the caribbean from a 10,000 ft perspective. What are the ethcial reasons that make our country so unequal? Why is it worse in the Caribbean and Cartagena? How can we change it?