After 11 extraordinary years in Vancouver, TED’s time in our beloved British Columbia conference home is up. To celebrate the final day of TED2026, thinkers, doers and legends — mainstays of the TED community and newcomers alike — came together to create a rollicking session of talks and performances to remember. It was a fitting […]
What does it take to find hope when everything feels fractured? Day 4 of TED2026 leaned into the messy, meaningful work of creating a better world, one connection at a time. Hear from the speakers who rose to the top of the TED Idea Search and the thinkers, artists and dreamers who refuse to accept […]
What does the future actually look like — and who gets to build it? Day 2 of TED2026 didn’t shy away from the big questions. From the promise and peril of AI to the potential of solar-powered, offline educational tools, these sessions brought together the thinkers, builders and dreamers working at the edges of what’s […]
Today at TED2026 in Vancouver, the nonprofit organizations TED, Khan Academy and ETS announced a joint plan to launch the Khan TED Institute, a new higher education collaboration designed for an AI‑driven era. The Khan TED Institute aims to prepare learners for the next generation of jobs while cultivating the uniquely human skills required to […]
At TED, we say that ideas change everything. And it’s the people behind these ideas who make TED the powerful community it is. Each talk sparks something: a new question, a shift in perspective, a feeling that lingers longer than expected. Those who hear the talk then forward along that nugget of insight, in a […]
Can’t make it to Vancouver for TED2026 this week? No problem! You can stream the entire conference online with TED Live. TED Live brings the TED conference experience to your home – or anywhere you want to watch. Get exclusive access to every talk. Share the minute-by-minute excitement of the conference with people around the […]
The future has never felt more volatile. Politically, technologically and culturally, the rules are being rewritten. At TED2026 we’re upping our level of ambition and conducting a global search to identify the most powerful speakers from every corner of planet Earth. They’ll share ideas that change everything in a program brimming with the world’s greatest […]
Over the past year, TED has been traveling the world (literally!) in search of powerful ideas — and the people bold enough to share them. The result? A 9-part series that pulls back the curtain on what it’s actually like to deliver a TED Talk. In each episode, you’ll step into a new city and […]