TEDSummit is a new five-day event for the most engaged members of the global TED community. The gathering will feature a variety of community-led brainstorms, interactive discussions, performances, hands-on workshops, outdoor activities and of course an eclectic TED program of mainstage talks.
TEDSummit 2016 will convene 1,000 people from all over the world — a cross-section of those who’ve helped mold TED into what it is today — for a week of firsts and surprises. Passionate TEDsters will be joined by, new and returning speakers, authors, TED Fellows, TEDx organizers, volunteer translators, TED senior staff, educators and animators, and partners. Together, we will explore the ideas that matter right now and for the future. We’ll identify important questions facing the world and glean insights from the diverse, multi-disciplinary group. It will be a week of inspiration, of future-looking discussions, of aiming higher, together – all during the longest days of the Summer in the beautiful surroundings of the Canadian Rockies.
One hundred and eleven past and new TED speakers will join us at TEDSummit. Some of the most popular TED speakers of all time, including Dan Pink, David Gallo, Esther Perel, Kelly and Jane McGonigal, Pico Iyer and dozens more will be joined by brand-new voices including food innovator Josh Tetrick, forest biologists Suzanne Simard, environmental writer Emma Marris, energy experts Joe Lassiter and Michael Shellenberger, blockchain researcher Bettina Warburg, global affairs writer Jonathan Tepperman, empathy scientist Abigail Marsh, and more.
Some of these speakers will take the stage to give major TED Talks on topics ranging from advanced digital technologies to climate change to surveillance and transparency ... from relationships to brain microscopy ... from trust to what humans might look like in 200 years.
The week in Banff includes:
A rich program of mainstage TED Talks on today's most compelling issues, plus music, comedy, tech demos and other surprises
Interactive workshops and brainstorms on a vast array of relevant and surprising topics, led each day by your fellow attendees — past speakers, passionate TEDsters, TED senior staff, TED-Ed educators and animators, TEDx organizers, TED Fellows, TED translators and more
Outdoor experiences every day, led by expert guides and a few special guests
Time for unstructured connection and engagement
Concerts, art exhibits, hands-on tech demos, science labs, and other experiences
Dinners and parties all around Banff
Wellness activities every morning in the beautiful Canadian Rockies — yoga, runs, hikes and more
The TEDSummit expedition kit — a well-edited collection of practical items to equip you for your week at Banff
Surrounded by the peaks of the Canadian Rockies, the Banff Centre is the base camp for inspiring thinkers and doers from across the globe. Only minutes from the town of Banff, The Centre serves as an innovative hub for thousands of artists, leaders, and researchers, providing a space to explore new ideas while enjoying the unrestricted backyard woodlands.
