About TED conferences

TEDxBurleigh Heads is an independently organised event licensed from TED by Mandy Coates.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local,  self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like  experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to  spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local,  self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently  organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for  the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.  (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) 

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED Conferences, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organised TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of TED Talks are published to TED Talks Daily, available on all podcast platforms.

TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; TEDx, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; The Audacious Project, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives; TED Translators Program, which crowdsources the subtitling of TED Talks so that big ideas can spread across languages and borders; and the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED also offers TED@Work a program that reimagines TED Talks for workplace learning. TED also has a growing library of original podcasts, including The TED Interview with Chris Anderson, WorkLife with Adam Grant, Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala and How to Be a Better Human.