Conferences & Technology

What You Should Know About The Upcoming 2016 TED Talks

By: Leslie Belknap

What You Should Know About The Upcoming 2016 TED Talks

The 2016 TED conference is right around the corner. On February 15-19, 2016, in Vancouver, CA, some of the best speakers in the world will convene for a week of sharing ideas from the TED stage. Here’s what you should know about the upcoming conference:

1. The Speakers

The 2016 TED conference has a theme of Dream, as explained here:

Because dreams matter more than ever. Humanity has more capability, connection and possibility than ever in history. And yet too often we waste these powers. We get bogged down in the mundane. Confused by the complexity. Or exhausted by the naysayers.

It’s time to resurrect the spirit of John Kennedy’s great moonshot challenge of the 1960s. This will be a conference dedicated to great feats of imagineering, invention, innovation … and the courageous dreamers who can bring us with them on their journey. It will be a week to stare hard at humanity’s toughest challenges, and to listen carefully to those who can show us a way forward. A week to celebrate the proven creative brilliance of our generation’s best artists, designers and story-tellers. A week to stir the blood.

TED2016: Dream speakers will include:

All of the TED2016 speakers will deliver fresh, new ideas via their talks, however some of speakers have also delivered talks at past TEDx events. Watch some of those talks here:

Why You Don’t Have to Wait Till You Grow Up

Infinite colors of the human skin

Confessions of a passionate introvert

2. Watch The TED Opening Session

Watch the opening session of the legendary TED Conference for the first time on the big screen at a local movie theater. Screenings will coincide with TED 2016: Dream taking place in Vancouver, Canada on February 15, 2016.

Check for a screening near you here.