At TED2026, the ideas didn’t stop when the lights came up. Between sessions, attendees raced zucchini cars down obstacle courses, watched themselves speak fluent Mandarin in their own voices, threw clay on pottery wheels and added to a living sculpture built from real conversations with strangers. The “Loop” — the conference’s off-stage heart — was built around this year’s “All of Us” theme, and it delivered. Sprawling and joyful, it was a reminder that the best ideas happen in the spaces between. Explore the Loop below — and don’t miss the new TED Talks from TED2026.
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The Loop at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
“1984: The first year of the future” — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
The bookstore at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
An attendee at Mudlab Pottery Studio — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
“The great zucchini 500” — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
The Restore Lounge at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
TED Fluent: AI dubbing experience at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
An attendee at Mudlab Pottery Studio — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
“The great zucchini 500” — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
TED Fluent: AI dubbing experience at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
The TED Games exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
“The great zucchini 500” — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)
“Starlings Murmuration 1” — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)
“The great zucchini 500” — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)
An attendee at Mudlab Pottery Studio — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)
“Starlings Murmuration 1” — an exhibit at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)
Attendees in simulcast at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
Attendees at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
Snacks at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
Attendees at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
Attendees at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
PwC AI Ideas Lounge at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
Attendees at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
The TED Photo Booth at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
Attendees at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
Attendees at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
The Restore Lounge at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED)
TED Translators at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Jason Redmond / TED)
Attendees (and a robot!) at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)
Staff at the TED Photo Booth at TED2026: All of Us, April 13-17, 2026, in Vancouver, BC. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED)