What’s Next?
The team is envisioning our 2026 season. If you’d like to be a part of it as a partner, volunteer, speaker, performer, or collaborator, please reach out to us through the links below.
In the meantime, the talks and performances from TEDxChicago 2025 The Future is Human & the TEDxGlobal Idea Search are coming available. You can learn more below or by jumping on our mailing list.
For more announcements about upcoming events and updates, please jump on the newsletter below.
Watch the Talks
Take a look at the amazing TEDxChicago Talks library to get a deep look into the amazing ideas that are Of Chicago and for the World.
Volunteer
TEDxChicago is a volunteer endeavor.
As a TEDxChicago volunteer, you help share Chicago’s Love Story on the city’s biggest stage for ideas and connection. We are always looking to grow our passionate team of Chicagoans who thrivingly collaborate year-round and day-of.
Submit a Speaker Candidate
TEDxChicago is always looking for great ideas from Chicagoans that we can bring to our community on the TEDxChicago stage.
Partner
We are always looking for exciting partners and collaborators to help us elevate stories, ideas, and experiences.
Relive Our Events
We’ve been hosting TEDxChicago events since 2017, and have become one of Chicago’s biggest idea stages. Explore our prior events below or by click on the Events tab in the menu.
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available for free, at ted.com.
About TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a grassroots program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience to research and discover “ideas worth spreading.”
About TEDxChicago
TEDxChicago is an independently organized, local nonprofit that carries out the TED vision to promote ideas worth spreading. We are thoroughly dedicated to Chicagoans and creating a powerful and inspiring stage that belongs to this city. We are 100% volunteer led and run, are licensed as a member of the TEDx community, and have been hosting events since 2017.
Of Chicago and for the world.
Our Values
We are proud Chicagoans, and as team we work to deliver an experience, an organization, and impact that lives up to our values.
Creative, energetic, and imaginative discovery
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and broad access
Empowered community and connectivity
Donations
Every donation helps spread the message of TEDxChicago. Donations can be made using our secure payment platform.
If you have any questions about donating and how we can make the experience valuable for you, please reach out to info@tedxchicago.com.
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