The Audacious Project supports big ideas to foster change around the world’s most urgent challenges. Today, this innovative funding initiative, housed at TED, is announcing its new cohort of projects for 2024, which are as bold as ever — from an idea to repurpose generic drugs en masse to reach the 300 million people globally […]Read more
TED-Ed, TED’s education and youth initiative, is passionate about sharing diverse and meaningful student ideas with the world. Since 2014, thousands of educators across the globe have used our free TED-Ed Student Talks resources to support their students in identifying, developing and sharing their ideas with each other and across the globe. As the TED-Ed […]
We can discover new ideas to design the world we want — if we dare to push through boundaries. In a day of talks and performances, 15 speakers explored precisely how we can break through entrenched obstacles in order to invent and innovate a bold future. The event: TED@BCG: Dare to Discover, the fifteenth event […]
At TED, we’re after big ideas and systemic change. To create the generational impact that we want to support in our communities, we cannot go at it alone. For the past 15 years, the TED Fellows program has been committed to finding and supporting the next generation of emerging talent pushing the boundaries in their […]
We’ve been working on a secret project for the past year, and we couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you. Games and puzzles have long been a part of TED’s identity in an unofficial way. We’ve presented thought leadership through TED Talks about games, built an award-winning TED-themed escape room in Marriott […]
We’re midway into the decisive decade for climate change — the decisions and actions taken today will determine the way we live tomorrow. In a special evening of TED Talks, performances and conversations, TED’s global climate initiative, TED Countdown, partnered with Bloomberg Green at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle to dive into the current […]
Session 4 of the TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series was all about coalition-building. Four speakers discussed how we can bring together the world’s best minds and ideas to rethink how we support farms, nourish the youngest generations and collaborate across seeming divides. The event: TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, hosted by […]
Session 3 of the TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series centered around not just what we eat, but how we produce it. In four talks and an interview, speakers explore the science, policy and financing of transitioning to sustainably grown crops and meat alternatives. The event: TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, hosted […]
Proteins are the building blocks of life — but producing them comes at a cost to our planet and all the species that call it home. Session 2 of the TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series took a holistic look at our food system, from the soil that nourishes crops to the animals that graze the […]
Can we nourish 10 billion people while restoring the earth? That’s the question on hand for the TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series on the future of food. In Session 1, five speakers explored how we can turn the challenge of providing healthy food for everyone into solutions for regenerating nature and society. It’s a question […]
The world needs novel solutions and partnerships to address our most staggering challenges and to transform the systems like food, healthcare, energy and financial services that are essential to making opportunity universal and sustainable. In that spirit, TED and The Rockefeller Foundation joined forces for a special event focused on “Big Bets” — new ideas […]
Imagine the world’s most captivating TED Talks at your fingertips, voiced in your own language. At TED, we believe that ideas are universal and that they should be accessible to everyone. Yet language barriers often hinder access to our talks, many of which are delivered in English. To tackle this issue head-on, we’re expanding our […]
The shorts of TED2024 took the audience on a delightful journey filled with new ways to boldly collaborate with AI. Curated by CC Hutten and Jonathan Wells, these videos added insight and thoughtful commentary to our modern challenges. Watch below to travel beyond your own borders and find a future worth fighting for in these […]