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The final session of TED2024 took an emotional dive into how we can connect better — on an individual and global scale. From how to fight healthier with loved ones to how to find greater meanin...

https://blog.ted.com/connectors-notes-on-session-11-of-ted2024/

Session 10 of TED2024 plumbs the depths of human emotions, celebrating the beauty of community art, the everyday bravery of family life, the power of sound and more. The event: Talks from Session...

https://blog.ted.com/enchanters-notes-on-session-10-of-ted2024/

For one incredible week each year, a cavernous wing of the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada transforms into the TED Theater: a custom-made, hand-built, 1,200-seat theater that...

https://blog.ted.com/the-ted-theater-at-ted2024-in-photos/

In Session 9 of TED2024, great minds working on world-shifting innovations shared their work, from a biologist who raised mice with two dads to a computer scientist with a more democratic crowdfu...

https://blog.ted.com/shapeshifters-notes-on-session-9-of-ted2024/

From redefining the boundaries of artificial intelligence to unraveling the mysteries of the human genome, Session 8 of TED2024 inspired us to reimagine our relationship with technology and its i...

https://blog.ted.com/explorers-notes-on-session-8-of-ted2024/

We’re about halfway through TED2024, and Session 7 was a whopper — covering everything from preventative medicine for one of the world’s rare diseases to quantum computing, the future of au...

https://blog.ted.com/trailblazers-notes-on-session-7-of-ted2024/

In Session 6 of TED2024, we heard from bridge-builders — inspiring speakers working to unite people across political divides, conflicts, differences and more. The event: Talks from Session 6 of...

https://blog.ted.com/bridge-builders-notes-on-session-6-of-ted2024/

Bold ideas often meet resistance — but what if they were met with curiosity? Session 5 of TED2024 didn’t shy away from audacious ideas. Instead, it invited us all to embrace the discomfort of...

https://blog.ted.com/provocateurs-notes-on-session-5-of-ted2024/

For Session 4 of TED2024, illuminators from diverse disciplines explored the bright future of their fields. From AI as a digital species to explosive art that climbs into the sky, speakers looked...

https://blog.ted.com/illuminators-notes-on-session-4-of-ted2024/

Many of the world’s systems, big and small, could use an upgrade. In a dynamic Session 3 at TED2024, six speakers explore how to do just that — taking on everything from global development an...

https://blog.ted.com/system-changers-notes-on-session-3-of-ted2024/

In this complex world, it’s easy to believe that the future is out of our hands. But there are some who understand that the future doesn’t just happen — it’s made. Among these are the TED...

https://blog.ted.com/meet-the-2024-class-of-ted-fellows/

AI is reshaping how we interact with the world around us and within us, expanding creative possibilities and bringing us closer together by dissolving barriers of all kinds. But anyone who’s pa...

https://blog.ted.com/mind-expanders-notes-on-session-2-of-ted2024/

It’s time for TED! And this year’s conference marks a big year: the 40th anniversary of TED, honoring the inaugural conference in 1984. With that in mind, TED2024 kicked off with a classicall...

https://blog.ted.com/dreamers-notes-on-session-1-of-ted2024/

To celebrate TED’s 40th anniversary, we’re ushering in a new chapter and a new tagline. For the first half of TED‘s existence, we were an annual conference, bringing together a few hundred ...

https://blog.ted.com/ideas-change-everything/

TED Countdown, a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, is delighted to welcome Joshua Amponsem, Olivia Lazard, Omnia el Omrani, Rayne Sullivan and Riddhima...

https://blog.ted.com/ted-countdown-announces-membership-of-its-vision-council-and-new-corporate-members-of-the-ted-future-forum/

TED has been alerted to a fraudulent marketing scam referred to as “TED India,” “TED Studios India,” “TEDIND,” “TED Studios,” “TED Bharat” and/or “TED Coaches” that have m...

https://blog.ted.com/scam-alert-related-to-ted-india-ted-studios-india-tedind-and-ted-bharat/

As 2023 draws to a close, join us in reflecting on a year brimming with inspiring ideas and transformative insights from the TED stage. Our end-of-year playlists feature talks that capture the es...

https://blog.ted.com/the-most-popular-ted-talks-of-2023-and-inspiration-for-2024/

In the face of the world’s daunting problems, our kindness can seem pretty inadequate. But what if there were a way to turbocharge it? We live in the connected age. What would it take for kindn...

https://blog.ted.com/infectious-generosity-preorder/

Today is good, but tomorrow can always be better. There are new possibilities for our future if we use our uniquely human creativity. In a day of talks and performances, 16 leading minds gathered...

https://blog.ted.com/flipside-futures-the-talks-of-tedbcg-2023/

The question of our democratic future is more urgent, complex and exciting than ever. As the world stands at a crossroads, more than 140 world leaders and experts convened in New York City for th...

https://blog.ted.com/imagining-our-common-future-the-talks-of-ted-democracy/