TEDxSydney 2011 · 28 May 2011
Leading up to TEDxSydney 2011 we asked members of our community to give us a three minute talk on an “Idea Worth Spreading”.
In this performance, Australian poet Rima Najm delivers an honest and moving poem about the inspiration she draws from injustice in her world.
Inspired by his 2014 TED Talk, architect Marc Kushner has published a little book powered by a big idea: That everyone loves architecture, even if they’re not...
Before he became Zak Ebrahim, the shy son of an Egyptian migrant and a Pittsburg native had an altogether different name. It was one that inspired fear in some,...
Alexander Lotersztain was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1977. He graduated from Design at Griffith University QCA in 2000. He is director of Derlot Pty. Ltd., a multi-disciplinary studio...
Stew Burchmore has been on the TEDxSydney team since its inception in the role of Live Stream Director. How long have you worked with TEDxSydney ("TXS") and how did you...
Driverless cars, robots conducting high-level surgeries powered by virtual reality headsets, ultra-fast connectivity presenting unfathomable opportunities; the future of technology is bright. But it’s also incredibly seamless, intuitive...
In her powerful talk at TEDxSydney Pitch Night, Liana Downey opened with a stunning line: ‘People who focus change lives’.
It won’t surprise you to know that we live, breathe and love ideas at TEDxSydney. We are inspired by original thinkers, empowered by innovators and emboldened by...
“It all comes down to the ideas and the people,” said Remo Giuffré, founder and licensee of TEDxSydney. “That is the essence of TED.”...
The TEDx Sydney 2018 opening video titles explore this year’s topic of Humankind by taking us through the TEDxSydney Museum, where our present and potential future collide with...
We are more connected and the world is more accessible than ever yet we have trouble defining our identity and finding a place to call home. With so much...
In this short talk, founder and conductor of Moorambilla Voices Michelle Leonard OAM explains with passion, humour and relentless positivity, why music must be more than a passive activity.
Beatboxer Tom Thum has a symphony in his throat, but how does he make those sounds? Armed with a microphone and camera, get up close and personal as we...
13-year-old poet, Solli Raphael, a asks "what kind of human are you, what kind am I?" Solli's unique and emotive poetry aims to explore human action towards environmental sustainability.
In this moving and beautiful performance, 60 children from Moorambilla Voices perform the song “Guya”. These children aged 8 to 11 travelled 10 hours by bus to perform at...
In this powerful talk, celebrated Australian author and actress Magda Szubanski uses lessons from her Nazi-fighting family to explore where courage originates. She asks if there is such thing...
Sydney singer songwriter Odette mixes spoken word and soulful vocals. In an exquisite solo performance on piano and vocals, Odette sings "Watch Me Read You" at TEDxSydney 2018.
Melbourne singer-songwriter Didirri performs Formaldehyde at TEDxSydney 2018. Didirri’s challenging and thoughtful writing has won listeners around the world. Weaving through uninhibited, relatable, and sometimes political lyrics, and...
In a moving performance, Melbourne singer-songwriter Didirri performs two songs, Blind You and Formaldehyde at TEDxSydney 2018. Didirri’s challenging and thoughtful writing has won listeners around the world. Weaving...
In a moving performance, Melbourne singer-songwriter Didirri performs two songs, Blind You and Formaldehyde at TEDxSydney 2018 Didirri’s challenging and thoughtful writing has won listeners around the world. Weaving...
The soulful sounds of Kaiit accompanied by her band, performs her song, Natural Woman live on the TEDxSydney 2018 stage. With honeyed vocals, fierce rhymes and a bold eclectic...
The soulful sounds of Kaiit accompanied by her band, performs two songs live on the TEDxSydney 2018 stage, Natural Woman as well as premiering her new track OG Luv...
The soulful sounds of Kaiit accompanied by her band, premieres her new track OG Luv Kush, Pt. 2. on the TEDxSydney stage. With honeyed vocals, fierce rhymes and a...
“The Lumiphonic Creature Choir” is a giant twelve-headed creature that comes alive and sings on stage at TEDxSydney 2018. Created by multimedia artist, Mark Bolotin. Mark Bolotin is an...
As fact check editor at The Conversation, Lucinda Beaman sees first-hand the conflict between facts and beliefs. She offers a framework for understanding how we process information and how...
In this persuasive talk, Nicole Gurran explains why wealthy nations like Australia face crisis levels of housing inequality. She argues that the solutions lie in a rebuild of social...
"We do more than just fight fires". In this engaging short talk, Firefighter Bronnie Mackintosh explains that a diverse Fire and Rescue workforce, one that truly reflects the society...
Aged 47, Stephen Scheeler found himself the oldest hire at Facebook. Faced with a swirling hot tub of idealistic, ambitious millennials, Scheeler risked being dismissed as irrelevant. He set...
In this illuminating talk, high school mathematics teacher and YouTube star Eddie Woo shares his passion for mathematics, declaring that "mathematics is a sense, just like sight and touch"...
Indigenous writer and anthologist Bruce Pascoe draws on first-hand accounts from colonial journals to dispel the myth that Aboriginal people were hunters and gatherers and "did nothing with the...
Surely six people living in isolation for eight months as part of a simulated mission to Mars would experience some epic conflicts, right? James Bevington, the commander of Mission...
Performance artist David Capra appears on the TEDxSydney stage with his seven-year-old dachshund, Teena. Together they unpack the qualities of living the good life while tackling naysayers and anxiety.
According to artificial intelligence professional, Dr Fang Chen, "the continual use of technology hinges upon human trust. It’s one of the main roadblocks to overcome". In this fascinating talk,...
Saying sorry is something most of us are terrible at – we favour emojis over emotions. In this touching short talk, criminal defence lawyer Jahan Kalantar offers advice on...
By choosing to create this talk, Miles Merrill faced the tough decision to discuss the n-word and racism with his eight-year old daughter. After an awkward formal chat, he...
In this enlightening talk, Robobiologist Anjali Jaiprakash demonstrates how she has used a robotic vision technology called Light Field to build a retina-imaging device that she hopes will help...
In what could be the first direct link between AI and the human brain, interventional neurologist Thomas Oxley reveals the world's first minimally invasive digital spinal cord. He shares...
Multidisciplinary artist Ian Strange considers how home shapes the way we think of ourselves and our communities. Strange creates large scale art projects and installations incorporating homes around the...
What does a just society look like, and how do we go about creating one? In this compelling talk, Father Rod Bower tackles the barriers everyone must overcome, to...
What if we could build a national competition? In this moving and inspiring talk, Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) Pioneer Chyloe Kurdas, details the barriers to success that she...
A recent research collaboration between The University of Sydney Business School and wellbeing company Energx has uncovered a ‘Human Energy Crisis’...
Millennials are often dismissed as ditsy, superficial, and lacking a strong work ethic. But serial entrepreneur Nick Molnar argues that millennials are the world’s most powerful force, and they’re...
As a farmer, Anika Molesworth understands many of the challenges facing farmers - who are all trying to create more with less. Increasing populations, ecosystem...
Joe Carbone is a performer, parkour specialist and head instructor with Australia’s Dauntless Movement Crew (DMC). In this short talk Joe explains why he believes we need to put...
Tilly Lawless argues that the pre-occupation of many feminists with eradicating the sex industry, is at the expense of those in it. *Language warning / adult themes
Organist, Titus Grenyer performs Bach, Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543, on one of Australia’s most acclaimed organs at Sydney Town Hall as part of TEDxYouth@Sydney, September 2017.
Spoken word artist and member of Bankstown Poetry Slam, Iman Etri performs her poem Everyone Knows at TEDxYouth@Sydney 2017 Iman Etri is a student at...
Andy Dexterity reveals the world of Sign Language before signing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at TEDxSydney 2017 Andy Dexterity is a Green Room Award-nominated performance maker primarily recognised for his...
One of Australia’s most remarkable actors, Uncle Jack Charles plays Uncle Jimmy West, the original Cleverman on the hit ABC dystopian spec-fic series. Turns out these two Uncles have...
Just who is TEDxSydney 2017 speaker, Scott Griffiths? Whatever you do, don‘t ask him, because Scott is a man who seems to have dedicated himself to the removal of...
“This is the story of John and Mary, a typical Australian couple, and how gendered economic inequality plays out over a lifetime. John ends up comfortably wealthy Mary lives...
“Did you ever hear about Alan Johnston?” asks journalist Peter Greste. The name rings a bell, I say. “Alan was a BBC reporter who was kidnapped and held in Gaza...
Here’s a handful of factoids about TED to add to your TEDxpertise. Since the first conference over 30 years ago, TED has grown into a cultural...
Following our 2016 signature event, the Huffington Post noted that “TEDxSydney is about providing hope for the human condition”. At a time when the concept of ‘hope’ is as...
TEDxSydney Head of Curatorial, Edwina Throsby, reports from TEDxHabana 2015: With hundreds of TED talks watched millions of times online, thousands of TEDx events around the world generating tens of thousands...
The string quartet "Four" from the Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, play "The Lark" in The Studio at TEDxSydney 2014. The Lark, by Haydn is Op.69 No.5 Mvt.1...
The string quartet "Four" from the Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, play "The Lark" in The Studio at TEDxSydney 2014. Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube
From the University of Sydney's Conservatorium of Music, we hear from the Bennelong Brass Quintet.
Scott Spark sings "Tag Along" at TEDxSydney 2014 in a special appearance in The Studio. Scott debuted new songs from Muscle Memory at the Sydney Opera House for TEDx....
#StartNow is a collection of brilliant photos of powerful and successful Australian female athletes, by Agent Morphe Design was selected as part of the Tasty Video Bit series for...
Sky looks at the images and experiences of young Aboriginal woman, Sky, every day.
Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube Twitter - https://twitter.com/tedxsydney Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney An impressionistic exploration of the ocean, Within creates the space to linger, in vivid detail, dwelling on the ocean in...
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Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube Twitter - https://twitter.com/tedxsydney Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney Feeling Smart? You're probably not! Simple Life Hacks was written, produced and directed by Samuel Andruskiewicz from Drink Digital as...
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Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube Twitter - https://twitter.com/tedxsydney Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney Honourable Discharge was made by Severe Comedy and was selected as part of the Tasty Video Bit series for #TEDxSydney...
Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube Twitter - https://twitter.com/tedxsydney Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney It's the little victories that count. Reverse Garbage by Launch Group and Tribal Apes was selected as part of the...
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Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube Twitter - https://twitter.com/tedxsydney Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney The battle of Who Cares Less by Severe Comedy was selected as part of the Tasty Video Bit series for...
Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube Twitter - https://twitter.com/tedxsydney Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney Of all the words in all the TED talks of all time - which is the most popular? Which is...
Subscribe - http://bit.ly/TEDxSydneyYouTube Twitter - https://twitter.com/tedxsydney Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney John Was A Good Man opens a conversation with Australian minds and talent, asking them to provide a short eulogy...
It's happening on 26 April 2014 at the Sydney Opera House and streamed live to the world. Watch it LIVE from 9:00am AEST on YouTube or at TEDxSydney.com/LIVE Download...
TEDxSydney, the premier TEDx event on the world, is throwing it's support behind one of the smallest events in the world, TEDxMogadishu. You can help by going to TEDxMogadishu.com...
The University of Sydney asked their students and faculty to share their most valuable lesson.
Target 100, in conjunction with TEDxSydney, invited two people to a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory. Watch their journey as they discover the innovation & technology behind...
As Principal Partner, the University of Sydney played host to a 300-strong crowd in The Studio, where staff and students took to the stage to discuss their remarkable stories...
Markus Zusak takes time to chat with Fenella Kernebone in The Studio after he comes of the main stage at TEDxSydney in 2014. Here he describes the art of...
Professor Hala Zreiqat, who has developed a material that can mimic the property of bone, which has the potential to revolutionise treatment for bone breakages, talks with Fenella Kernebone...
Prof Cyndi Shannon Weickert talks with Fenella Kernebone about her TEDxSydney 2014 talk. Prof Shannon Weickert is dedicated to helping those suffering from schizophrenia. She obtained a BA in...
Mary Jerram chats with Fenella Kernebone in The Studio after her talk at TEDxSYdney 2014. Mary Jerram is the former State Coroner of NSW. Born in New Zealand, Mary...
JOHN WAS A GOOD MAN opens a conversation with prominent Australian minds and talent- asking them to provide a short eulogy of their lives to date. Produced by Kate...
Richard Banati is an internationally-recognised scientist with interdisciplinary research interests in the brain’s innate immune system and the development of advanced medical imaging for the detection of subtle of...
Barat Ali Batoor is a photographer, born into a family driven out of Afghanistan during civil war when most of his relatives were massacred. He returned to his ancestral...
Jake Coppinger, a Canberra-based year 11 student with a passion for creating new technologies, chats with Fenella Kernebone prior to his 2014 TEDxSydney talk. Recently, Jake was awarded third...
Dr Clio Cresswell chats with Fenella Kernebone before her big talk at TEDxSydney 2014. Dr Clio Cresswell is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at The University of Sydney, researching...
Adam Alter chats with Fenella Kernebone after his triumphant Talk at TEDxSYdney 2014. Adam Alter is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Drunk Tank Pink: And Other...
The Director and Producers of the TEDxSydney Tasty Video Bit "The Battle Of Who Cares Less" chat in The Studio of The Sydney Opera House after their video screened...
Six inspirational Audience members face the Concert Hall at TEDxSydney 2014, with their great Idea Worth Spreading. They each have 30 seconds to get their idea across. Subscribe -...
Edwina Throsby, the Editorial Director of TEDxSydney 2014, chats with Fenella Kernebone about putting together all of the speakers for such an important event.
Jake Coppinger and Nicole Vincent chat with Fenella Kernebone after their brilliant talks at TEDxSydney 2014.
TEDxSydney happened at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday 26 April. It was an epic day. This beautiful video, showing some of the amazing...
Jill Dupleix, Food Curator, leads a huge team of dedicated and talented people to produce the amazing food for over 2,500 people at TEDxSydney. In 2014 she went in...
Fenella Kernebone chats with Entrepreneur & Founder of Skateistan, Oliver Percovich. Oliver first skated in an empty pool at the age of six, while...
This is the opening video for TEDxSydney 2014, created by Actual, Common Design and Mindconsole who created the motion-graphics components.
A video documentation of how our Principal Partner The University of Sydney became involved on our big day at the MCA.
The Acappelicans perform: Far Away Founded in the historical year of 2012, the Acappelicans is a 10-strong, mixed a cappella group featuring arrangements by...
The Acappelicans perform: Work It Founded in the historical year of 2012, the Acappelicans is a 10-strong, mixed a cappella group featuring arrangements by Chris Dendle. They dazzle audiences...
The Acappelicans perform: Real World Founded in the historical year of 2012, the Acappelicans is a 10-strong, mixed a cappella group featuring arrangements by...
The Acappelicans perform: When Somebody Loves You Founded in the historical year of 2012, the Acappelicans is a 10-strong, mixed a cappella group featuring arrangements by Chris Dendle. They...
The Acappelicans perform the Fountains of Wayne classic: Stacy's Mom. Founded in the historical year of 2012, the Acappelicans is a 10-strong, mixed a cappella group featuring arrangements by...
The Subway Strings were busking at Sydney's Quay when heard by the curators of TEDxYouth@Sydney and they knew that they had found something special. Here They perform the classical...
The Subway Strings were busking at Sydney's Quay when heard by the curators of TEDxYouth@Sydney and they knew that they had found something special. Here they perform an original...
The Subway Strings were busking at Sydney's Quay when heard by the curators of TEDxYouth@Sydney and they knew that they had found something special....
The Subway Strings were busking at Sydney's Quay when heard by the curators of TEDxYouth@Sydney and they knew that they had found something special. Here they perform a new...
Huckleberry Hastings plays his original song, It's Hard. The ABC's Triple J site says: "Huckleberry Hastings Is a blues folk inspired singer songwriter hailing from his most recent hangover....
Huckleberry Hastings plays his original song, Two Trees. The ABC's Triple J site says: "Huckleberry Hastings Is a blues folk inspired singer songwriter hailing from his most recent...
Huckleberry Hastings plays his original song, The Sick. The ABC's Triple J site says: "Huckleberry Hastings Is a blues folk inspired singer songwriter hailing from his most recent hangover....
With over 20 years of professional musical experience, Darren Percival works as an entertainer, recording artist and vocal coach. He was nominated Entertainer of the Year at the Australian...
James Byrne is completing a PhD in bacterial pathogenesis at the University of Adelaide. He works as a science communicator for the general public, both online and at the...
Rebekah Campbell is the Founder and CEO of Scorpio Music Management and recently founded Posse.com, a start-up for sharing favorite places. She launched the careers of 11 of Australia's...
Florian Beutler has a PhD in cosmology from the University of Western Australia. He researches general relativity by measuring the gravitational interactions between galaxies.
Pip Hall co-founded Wet Hot Beauties, a water ballet company for people without synchronized swimming experience. She is also a writer, actor, producer and believer in the art of...
Andreea Kindryd, an African-American storyteller, has lived in Australia for most of her life. She grew up inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, amongst others.
Danielle Wilde studies and writes about how technology can pair with the physical body to poeticize experience. She completed her PhD in Body-Technology-Poetics at Monash University.
Charmaine Tham, the Vice President of Vets Beyond Borders, has worked as a veterinarian and educator on several dog health programs. She has worked on a project to reduce...
Brad Norman is the CEO of ECOCEAN Inc., a not-for-profit organization that monitors whale sharks. In 1995, he established photo-identification as an accurate tool to identify and monitor the...
Darryl Nichols cofounded the Garage Sale Trail, an Australian community-based marketplace focused on sustainability, community and fun. He is a passionate believer in the power of collaboration.
Chris Neff is a third year PhD candidate in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. He is conducting the world's first doctoral dissertation on the politics...
Derek Muller is the Creative Director of Veritasium, a science video blog with 90 films based off of interviews with Australians about issues such as global warming, seasons and...
Chantelle Baxter is the Cofounder of One Girl, a nonprofit that helps girls and women create change. She is working on LaunchPad, a project that sells affordable sanitary pads...
Beautiful documentation of the TEDxSydney day at Carriageworks on 26 May 2012. Made by Peter Cramer and The Milkbar.
Kirk Docker again created a unique insight into the attendees of TEDxSydney in 2012. This thoughtful and thought provoking video was shot and edited on the day and shown...
We had nothing to do with the production of this video ... but we're glad it was made :) Thanks TEDxBaghdad!
Made for TEDxSydney 2012 by our friends at Amnesia Razorfish in Sydney.
FourPlay String Quartet defy convention and stereotyping. As much a band as a string quartet, they blur the boundaries between styles and genres while maintaining their own original and...
In 2005, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis and a group of ex-politicians, academics and business people started a conversation about alternatives to our current adversarial political formula. Here he gives a brief outline...
Fairfax Media's Tim Dick interviews TED's Chris Anderson about why and how TED and TEDx are becoming such a powerful mechanism for change.
Kirk Docker has built a strong following on "Hungry Beast" with his vox pops. This year he asks "When have you felt powerless?" This was shot during the day of...
This trailer for TEDxSydney 2011 was made for us by Peter Cramer at The Milk Bar. It captures the spirit of those first couple of years at Carriageworks.
Manager of the Museum of Human Disease at the University of NSW, Derek Williamson works every day with the things that kill us. Here, he takes us through Australia's...
Leading up to TEDxSydney 2011 we asked members of our community to give us a three minute talk on an "Idea Worth Spreading". Kerrie Noonan shares a personal and...
Adam Spencer, a comedian and radio personality with a passion for mathematics, cohosted the Triple J Breakfast Show and is a patron of various science events and programs.
What if you could trend a topic by simple speaking it? Mimeisthai is a one-off spoken-word installation exploring the spontaneity and spread of ideas, topics and thoughts - all...
This is the opening video for TEDxSydney 2013 at the Sydney Opera House ... crafted lovingly and made exclusively by Liquid Animation.
A short video with vox pops made by Andre Fenby and Drew Rooke, Media and Communication students at the University of Sydney … Principal Partner for TEDxSydney 2013. Music by...
An insight into John Fairly, a dairy farmer outside Sydney, who supplied the milk for the 2013 TEDxSydney event at the Sydney Opera House.
Question: Why do you think computers have benefitted vision impaired people for so long? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Question: What are you hoping people will walk away with after your talk? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Question: What are you hoping the TEDxSydney audience took away from your talk? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Question: What do you think TEDxSydney audiences took away today from your speech? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Question: What are you hoping the audience took away from your performance today? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Question: What did you hope the audience took away from your talk today? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Question: What do you hope people took away from your performance at TEDxSydney? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
Question: What is global food insecurity and what can we do about it? Video by Launch Digital Interviewer Libby Jane Charleston
After her brilliant talk on the main TEDxSydney 2013 stage, Alice Gorman chats with Tim Brunero in The Studio.
After their standing ovation in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Jennifer Robinson and Benny Wenda have a chat with Tim Brunero in The...
Here is some footage from the TEAM kickoff for TEDxSydney 2013 ... held at the Utzon Room at the Sydney Opera House in August 2012.
A closer look into the bread that was made at, and for, TEDxSydney 2013 at the Sydney Opera House.
A short documentary that follows the challenges of attempting to feed 2,200 people in the Sydney Opera House audience of TEDxSydney 2013 using only home grown & locally grown food. Produced...
After his amazing Talk on the TEDxSydney 2013 main stage, Danny Kennedy chats with Tim Brunero in The Studio of the Sydney Opera House, about Australia's success in residential...
AEON: created by DMCI is a wonderful animation depicting the seasons of Earth in a whole new way.
TEDxSydney 2013 at the Sydney Opera House. Captured from dawn to dusk by The Milkbar.
Too Much To Dream: by Churchward Melhuish. This amazing experiment takes the writings of singles looking for love on online dating sites, and projects...
Made for TEDxSydney 2013 by BMF, What Inspires Us is a look into the creative minds of Sydney and asks the question: What inspires You?
We gave 17 audience members at TEDxSydney 2013 the opportunity to pitch us their "idea worth spreading" in 30 seconds. In this video TEDxSydney Presentation Director Gretel Killeen puts...
Tim Brunero chats with some of the TEDxSydney 2013 Audience as they are entering the Sydney Opera House in the morning.
Tim Brunero takes a closer look at who is providing the Honey for TEDxSydney 2013 and how it is gathered.
Tim Brunero chats with some members of the TEDxSydney Audience as they prepare to go into the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House for TEDxSydney 2013.
Tasty Video Bit made for TEDxSydney 2013 EVERYTHING IS MADE OF COLOUR www.eleonoramignoli.com Cast Smart Kid: Brandon Stefan Merciless Hunter: Liam C-S Afro Hunk: Daniel Prypchan Unlucky Victim: Timothy Meredith Curly Daughter: Gabby Short Curly Mother: Marlen Maediger Princess:...
Tasty Video Bit by The Projects and Paper House Productions for TEDxSydney 2013
Meat and how it is provided was a big part of the food at TEDxSydney 2013. In this video, Tim Brunero chats with some of the people that brought...
After her talk in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Lisa Murray chats with Tim Brunero about Sydney and archeology.
After his talk on political, statistical analysis in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Dr Simon Jackman talks politics and more with Tim Brunero in The Studio, during TEDxSydney...
First Taste was a video made especially for TEDxSydney 2013 by Saatchi & Saatchi in Sydney. It documents, in stunningly evocative slow motion, a range of kids experiencing their...
Adam Spencer received a standing ovation at TED 2013 in California after his spell-binding talk about his love of maths and prime numbers. Now at TEDxSydney 2013, Adam chats...
The Sydney Opera House was the home of some brilliant performances at the 2013 TEDxSydney, however the Studio hosted a special performance by classical guitarist Leroy Lee.
Rob Lennon shows us around his organic farm, Gundooee, and tells us about supplying the beef for TEDxSydney 2013.
A quick look back at TEDxSydney 2013 in it's new home at the Sydney Opera House, to get us all ready for 2014.
Fenella gets to chat with Tim and Judy Sharp immediately after they come off the main stage at TEDxSydney n 2014. Tim Sharp is an internationally acclaimed 25 year-old...
TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre...
This video was made to track the journey of one of our TEDxSydney 2011 speakers. David Chalmers is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness at...
These films were made for TEDxSydney 2010 by the students of the Australian Film Television & Radio School.
TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre...
TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre...
TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre...
TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre...
TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre...
TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre...
A special performance by Jess Hitchcock to bring us together. #Yes23 Jess Hitchcock is a Melbourne-based Indigenous singer-songwriter who has stirred the Australian...
One of Australia's youngest and high profile climate advocates, Anjali shares her powerful journey of overcoming the limitations society puts on young people, and women of colour, to...
Electricity and electrification is the efficiency we've been looking for. Inventor, author and founder of Rewiring Australia Dr Saul Griffith shares his vision to Electrify everything with The Big...
It’s a fact that global temperatures have been on the rise with no signs of slowing down. Records show that the Earth’s temperature has risen by 0.08...
In partnership with Standards Australia, TEDxSydney would like to invite you to a special online event, Tomorrow’s Technology: Shaping our Future. Focusing on the...
How is human connection defined these days? Is it the way 100 million Super Bowl viewers can collectively be brought on a unified wave of nostalgia through...
Filmmaker and TEDxSydney speaker Damon Gameau became the highest grossing Australian documentarian of all time at the cinema with his work, ‘That Sugar Film’. His follow-up film,...
Embracing hybrid workplaces Hybrid work refers to people working flexibly from a combination of office sites, their home, or other remote locations. While flexible work arrangements existed pre-pandemic, COVID-19 accelerated the...
The TEDxSydney Main Event for 2021 will be held ONLINE on 26 November 2021. Join us for an inspiring day of Talks, Performance, Films and more; as we will...
Australians have always had a great affinity with wool. As a product and an export, it has been putting the shirts on our backs for decades –...
As shoppers demand sustainability, retailers big and small take note If we’ve learned anything at all from 2020, it is that big change is long overdue....
Four days after the 2020 US Election, without a result annouced, New York Times Australia Bureau Chief Damien Cave spoke to the rise of individualism in America. Cave's career...
AI advocate Jamila Gordon drew on her experience, as a Somali speaking immigrant, working in the kitchen of a Japanese restaurant to found a company that democratises training and...
It was December 9 when the Gospers Mountain megafire first blazed into our watch zone. I know because that’s when I started taking screenshots of the Fires Near Me...
In this super short, very quiet talk and performance, comedian Issy Phillips uses online phenomenon ASMR to look at the devastating impacts of climate change and provoke the need...
The future is created by the decisions we make today. Yikes, that’s a pretty big responsibility, sorry to lay it on you so heavy. But, it’s also...
In business, politics, social policy and in our personal lives, things rarely change until we hitch our wagons to aspirations and intentions - when we are driven...
Every day, across Australia, 2 millions selfies are taken. This pursuit is nothing new. When we feel at our best, we want other people to see it. Ever since...
We're living in a time where sustainability policies have moved past just being a ‘nice to have’ and into a must have. Whether you're an individual or an organisation,...
You’d never think of yourself as lucky just for having access to a toilet. But try living without one, like 13% of Papua New Guineans do.
This series takes you on a journey to uncover and share the key turning points of various TEDxSydney alumni speakers to date. Each of the videos profile an individual who...
The TEDxSydney 2018 titles explore this year’s topic of Humankind by taking us through the TEDxSydney Museum, where our present and potential future collide with the past. Modern subjects...
A Collective Performance pictures numerous political demonstrations occurring in New York City between 2017-2018. This five-channel experimental stop-motion video is a meditation on the current wave of civil unrest...
I am very down with celebrating women. It could be because I am a woman and am rather partial to an enthusiastic hi-five every now and then. It might be...
Antibiotic drugs are essential for saving lives, but we are over prescribing them which leads to superbugs - infection causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Microbiology research scientist,...
In her talk at TEDxSydney 2017, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, Mariam Veiszadeh described how people with the most privilege tend not to admit, or even...
Shifting the Future Shifting the Future is this year’s theme for TEDxYouth@Sydney, reflecting an optimism that believes that change is possible - that with fresh ideas and new...
Solomon Islands-based diving enthusiast David Power loves turtles and wants to save them for future generations to enjoy, but overfishing, illegal fishing and bycatch are pushing fish stocks to...
"When you discover something unjust, even if by accident, you should have a go at fixing it.” When radiation oncologist, Bronwyn King learned she owned several tobacco companies by...
David Power can trace his love of fish all the way back to weekend family trips to the Brighton Sealife Centre in the UK. At 14, David was hooked...
Babies, says Mariam Veiszadeh, have no bias towards people different to them. “It’s picked up and learned over time,” she says. “It’s taught. So we need to make an...
One in seven households in Australia has solar panels on their roof - more than anywhere else in the world. But what's actually going on in the shiny structures...
Nick Schiavuzzi considers the circumstances that led to the election of Donald Trump in light of TEDxSydney alumni Rachel Botsman's recent TED Talk 'We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers'. Watch...
Last month we launched our inaugural TEDxSydneySalons – a series of intimate events combining talks, films, music and more, presented by Toyota Prius. Our first Salon focused on the...
Worldwide we currently throw out more than a billion tonnes of solid waste each year. In this talk, Garth Lamb argues there are “better uses for our rubbish than...
We are taking you on the road with our alumni speakers as part of the new TEDxSydney Adventures series, presented by Toyota Prius. TEDxSydney Adventures are exclusive field trips designed to...
The current biodiversity crisis is sometimes described as the Holocene Extinction or the sixth extinction. By some scientific estimates, 140,000 species are lost every year. Can one person save...
Tara Winkler speaks out against the spread of orphanages in developing countries, caused by the good intentions of foreign donors, and of harm that comes to children when they...
Jodi Rowley is involved in a global race, where there is no winner but there may be thousands of losers. Globally one-third or over 7,000 species of frogs are...
Jodi Rowley's research strives to gain a better understanding the diversity and conservation status of amphibians in Southeast Asia, focusing on one of the most topographically diverse and populous...
Clara Vuletich is a designer, researcher, educator and consultant who has worked in the sustainable fashion space in UK and Europe for ten years, and is now based in...
Kyol Blakeney gives a powerful presentation about understanding the concept of systematic oppression and institutionalised racism. This ranged from presenting ideas about the current structure we live under in...
The median house value in Sydney is now nearly $1 million dollars, and Sydney is one of the most unaffordable cities in the world. Unfortunately for non-home owners, no...
Chris Darwin, the great, great grandson of Charles Darwin, wants to complete his ancestor's work with his "big hairy audacious goal" to prevent the Global Mass Extinction of Species....
Richard Bourke works in Louisiana – America's Deep South – as a Death Row lawyer, defending people who are facing or have already received a death sentence.
In her years as an international human rights lawyer, Helen Durham has learnt that even in the worst conflicts, basic human values can prevail. In this passionate talk, Dr...
Health, inequality, technology, climate change and the future of democracy dominated discussions at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January. In the wake of these discussions, we revisit...
Barat Ali Batoor is a photographer, born into a family driven out of Afghanistan during civil war when most of his relatives were massacred. He returned to his ancestral...
Wilderness is untouched by humans and must be kept that way if it is to survive, right? Well, there are fewer people living in Australia's Outback wilderness now than...
Can we really achieve sustainability with plastic if we keep going the way we currently are? In this amazing talk, Richard Banati outlines that without tracing the real...
Barat Ali Batoor is a photographer, born into a family driven out of Afghanistan during civil war when most of his relatives were massacred. He returned to his ancestral...
Kimberley Abbott: Turning Rubble Into Rupees. Kimberley Abbott talks about how innovation can spring from the most unlikely sources. In her case, Kimberley started a social business "Roka" after...
After his amazing Talk on the TEDxSydney 2013 main stage, Danny Kennedy chats with Tim Brunero in The Studio of the Sydney Opera House, about Australia's success in residential...
After their standing ovation in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Jennifer Robinson and Benny Wenda have a chat with Tim Brunero in The Studio.
Paul is the principal architect of a practice based in Sydney working on urban, rural and remote area architectural projects throughout Australia and overseas. He is also one of...
Thirty-three year old Damien Mander served as a special operations sniper and clearance diver for Australia. Whilst deployed in Iraq he project managed the Iraq Special Police Training Academy,...
Big Data isn't just for big business, it's for the people too. Simon Jackman believes that you can apply scientific principles to politics. In fact, he can prove...
Benny Wenda is the face of self-determination and human rights in West Papua. This is the story of him and his people as told by his lawyer and friend,...
To solve global food insecurity, the first step is to know the right question to ask." Bill Pritchard, human geographer, challenges our views on what it takes to create...
Geoffrey Garrett is a political scientist and has held academic appointments at Oxford, Stanford, Yale and the Wharton School. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the...
Glenn Albrecht is Professor of Sustainability at Murdoch University in Perth. He is a transdisciplinary philosopher with a focus on the intersection of ecosystem and human health. His concepts...
Professor Jon Jureidini is a child psychiatrist trained in philosophy. He is the Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, and...
Andy Kuper is the founder of LeapFrog, the world's first mcroinsurance fund, hailed by former President Bill Clinton as "The Insurer to the Poor." In this talk Andy presents...
Brett Solomon is the co-founder and Executive Director of Accessnow.org - a new global movement for digital freedom. Before that he was the Campaign Director at Avaaz.org, and before...
Lynette Wallworth brings together technological advances with ancient understanding, new media with the electricity of human touch. Coral Rekindling Venus, a film inspired by the Transit of Venus, is...
John Crawford is a sustainable agriculturalist and Professor at the University of Sydney. His projects focus on soil modeling and the social and cultural systems of food.
Linh Do is the Co-founder of oursay.org, a platform to connect with leaders to make change. She spent two years working with the United Nations Environment Program on youth...
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, a marine ecosystems expert, researches coral reefs. He has studied oceans from Mexico to Antarctica and is leading the creation of an online virtual diving experience into...
Nathalie Mann was successful in her application to be part of the live Bay 17 audience at TEDxSydney, and agreed to tell her story to the rest of us...
