Alex Baker shares a deeply personal story of loss, resilience, and the courage to keep moving when life feels impossible. Following the death of his wife from colorectal cancer, he discovered that healing does not happen all at once; it happens one step at…

What happens when a student's potential is greater than the opportunities available to them? In The Blueprint That Built Me, Elsie Lambert shares how career and technical education shaped her future while highlighting the gaps that prevent many Indiana students…

What if fitting in is the very thing holding us back? In Originals Change the World, Abigail Rusin explores how embracing our unique qualities, perspectives, and passions can spark innovation, inspire others, and create meaningful change. Through personal…

In her talk, Letting Go and Coming Home, Jenny Nguyen explores the transformative power of releasing the plans, expectations, and identities that no longer serve us. Sometimes the most courageous thing we can do is loosen our grip on certainty and create…

What if the difference between giving up and succeeding is just one word? In Build a Better Blueprint, Ruby Love shares how the power of yet can reshape the way we think about challenges, growth, and our potential. Her talk reminds us that not being there…

What if the latest trend is costing more than the price on the tag? In Stopping Fast Fashion, Liliana Owens uncovers the hidden environmental and human impacts of the clothing industry and challenges us to rethink how we consume fashion. Through research…

What if creating real social change isn't about being the hero, but about doing the unseen work that makes lasting impact possible? In this talk, Shuvajit Payne challenges the romantic idea of "doing good," arguing that meaningful change demands preparation…

What if America's greatest innovation is still ahead—and it depends on including everyone?

Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith explores how government, science, and technology have shaped America's greatest breakthroughs, from radar and computing…

What happens when the places that define our planet begin to disappear before our eyes? Drawing on more than a decade of documenting Earth's most remote environments, documentary photographer Christian Clauwers explores how photography can transform distant…

What feels risky today becomes tomorrow’s safety. In his TEDx Talk, Andreas Gebhardt blends humor, personal stories, and live juggling to show how real safety is built: not by holding on, but by letting go and growing our capacity to face change. A former…

Humans aren't just social — we're ultrasocial, wired like bees and ants for deep connection. So what happens when smartphones take over childhood, tablets replace textbooks and AI companies infiltrate our kids’ lives? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays…

Genome researcher Michael Snyder believes health wearables, such as smart watches and glucose monitors, can transform medicine, shifting from reactive to predictive. (In fact, he's such a big fan of these devices that he wears eight of them every single day.)…

While linguistics is the study of language, the best way to truly learn a language is to live it. Learn language authentically. A senior physics student at Purdue, Aastha Patel bridges scientific inquiry and social impact. Her passion for making knowledge…

We humans have bodily awareness that gives us proprioception — but what about robots? Fernando Díaz Ledezma explains how giving robots an inner sense of their body can make them more resilient and adaptive. He further explains why this ability could be a…

Every day, a billion new posts flood our feeds — and hidden among them, the fake news built to plant doubt. Entrepreneur Maxim Nitsche traces a real lie — that the Gates Foundation engineered ticks to stop us eating meat — as it travels from outlet to outlet…

What happens to human imagination when technology begins anticipating our thoughts before they fully form, reshaping our relationship with uncertainty, consequence, and irreversible time? Drawing from filmmaking, philosophy, and personal experience, director…

We discuss how the current models compare to human intelligence, where things are wrt AGI. Where emerging countries like India are headed Otkrist Gupta is currently Vice President of Data Science at Lendbuzz, focussing on deep learning with applications in…