TEDxUAlberta Information

TED is a non-profit organization that connects the world through ideas worth spreading. Through concise, powerful talks, TEDx speakers tackle humanity’s toughest questions, approaching them with innovation, enterprise, and enduring optimism. A member of the TED organization, TEDxUAlberta aims to bring together students, professionals, and experts from Edmonton and the surrounding area to educate audiences on local initiatives and ideas through research and lived experiences. The conference also provides an opportunity for organizations to become a TEDxUAlberta partner and support some of Edmonton’s most creative minds. Now in its 8th season, the TEDxUAlberta conference looks to expand to a greater reach while maintaining the connection to the community we’ve built. TEDxUAlberta 2026 Conference: RegeneraTED Proof of life is change, specifically growth. From cells to empires, birthdays to new years, humanity hungers for change, undergoing a series of transformations and rebirths to evolve a point higher than it once was. Our very existence is hinged on our ability to change. TEDxUAlberta’s 2026 Conference RegeneraTED invites the University of Alberta and Edmonton communities to a conversation that highlights the ideas, experiences, and lessons, drawing upon lived perspectives of change. How might personal transformations, breakthroughs in science, social science, commerce, technology, and metamorphoses in the humanities not only inspire our choices and decisions for years to come but also serve as a reference point for living, connecting, and understanding ourselves and each other? Join us as we make sense of what it means to be RegeneraTED.