An intro to TEDx

TEDx is an international community that organizes TED-style events anywhere and everywhere -- celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage.

Watch the talks at tedxtalks.ted.com or find an event in your area at ted.com/tedx.

Video produced by Wondros.

From Kenya to Columbia,
from Iraq to Korea,

in slums, in schools,
in prisons and in theatres,

every day, people gather
at TEDx events around the world

to hear the best ideas bubbling up
in their communities.

Today, you are part of a global conversation
about our shared future.

So what is this TEDx?

TEDx is an initiative
of the TED conference,

a nonprofit devoted
to ideas worth spreading.

We grant free licences to allow
TED-like events to spread globally.

This event today is based on
the TED conference format and ideals

but is independently organised
by your local community.

So please make sure to thank
the team of volunteers

who worked so hard on today's event.

It's their ideas, dedication and time
that made it all possible.

It's they who booked all the speakers
and the views you will hear today

are of course those of those speakers,
not necessarily of TED.

We hope their talks spark
an exciting conversation among you.

This is a day for curiosity
and for scepticism,

for openness and for critical thinking,
for inspiration and for action.

The more you enter into it,
the more you will take out.

And now, on with the show!