What’s Next?

2024 was a big year for us, including hosting the TEDxChicago Salon DESIGN at THE MART on May 10th and TEDxChicago 2024 at Harris Theater on September 27th.

The team is laying the groundwork towards TEDxChicago 2025 at Harris Theater on Friday, September 26th.
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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, including TEDxChicago 2023 and TEDxChicago Salon DESIGN, below.

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.”

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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.

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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.

TEDxChicago is operated by its 501(c)(3) IWS Chicago
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