TEDxTokyo Instagram account has reach over 500 followers – Thank you! Heading into 2017, we updated our Facebook page and website, and our newly opened Instagram account has

TEDxTokyo2016 Talks are all online! Greetings from TEDxTokyo! The event on October 22 opened up with spectacular performances, and altogether we had 18 people who shared thei

Check out our photos from the 2016 TEDxTokyo event held at BMW Group Tokyo Bay. You can find all the photos on our Official TEDxTokyo Flickr account. Find more about TED, TEDx and

Sami Elu lives to share the rhythm, and the setting doesn’t matter. The longtime musician began playing gigs soon after he landed in Japan in 2006 both at established venues and on

Abigail Terrien is a serial social entrepreneur with the good of the planet in mind. She’s started several ventures since moving from Paris to Tokyo in 2003, and markets eco-friend

The Partners, Participants and Volunteers in TEDxTokyo expressed "X" for tomorrow.

Rinpa Eshidan is a unique artist's collective driven by the process of creation and group collaboration. Their artworks include live art performances, motion painting, designs, wal

Kazuto Ataka, the man who excels at big data and market insights, business development and strategies as well as data science. He majored in molecular biology at the University of

Humans have five senses, one of them being taste. And Hiromi Nakamura is changing the norms for how taste is experienced using a new technology of the 21st century, electric flavor

To achieve your goals, Hiroshi Ishii says, you must continuously stand out like the proverbial nail regardless of how many times you are hammered down, race alone down the path you

On the eve of our 2016 TEDxTokyo event, you can see our speakers, performers, and the team get together to run through the program before the show tomorrow. The speakers and per

Musicians tend to perform using instruments built by masters of their own craft. Sami Elu is one of rare few who also invent and build what they play.

The theme of the first ever TEDxTohokuUniversity is "Open Doors". By drawing on the Open Door policy of our university we want the ideas born here, in Tohoku University, to spread

Our theme this year is 'The Power of Perspective'. It aims to bring speakers together to discuss the ways that perspective can influence not only how we view the world, but also ho

今年度の「TEDxShinshuUniversity」のテーマは「奏」~From Shinshu to the World~です。「奏」という漢字には、「音を奏でる」「功を奏す」というように、音楽をかなでる、成し遂げる、という意味があります。

TEDxAPU is an yearly event organised by Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University students which it features APU faculty, alumni, and other invited guests from different organisations an

TEDxChibaU は、アメリカ発祥の世界的なイベント TED の「Ideas Worth Spreading(価値のあるアイディアを世の中に広める)」理念を引き継ぎ、これを千葉と千葉大学特有の魅力でアピールすることを目的としています。

滴は水面に落ちると波紋を引き起こし、 その波は水面を着実に広がっていきます。 滴が複数あれば、波紋が新しい形の波を生み出します。 私たちは今回、スピーカーが提供してくれるアイデアを滴に見立てました。

(日本語) 今年のテーマは「Prism」 プリズムを通った光が屈折して様々な色が広がる様に、慶應義塾という学校をプリズムに見立て、そこを通過した同窓生及び在校生が様々な場所で活躍しているということをイメージしたものです。

We are pleased to announce the next TEDxKyoto 2016 event – “Ichigo Ichie”. TEDxKyoto will be held this year on Sunday October 16th at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Me

Takafumi Horie – Entrepreneur Takafumi Horie says the most crucial thing when you are facing your dreams or objectives is to avoid making excuses, like “but I haven’t got mon

Kazuto Ataka – Futurist Kazuto Ataka, the man who excels at big data and market insights, business development and strategies as well as data science. He majored in molecular

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Elaine Hsiao is a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry and biology at Caltech. She received her undergraduate degree in microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics from UCLA and he

  Hiromi Nakamura – Human Computer Interaction Researcher & Super Creator Humans have five senses, one of them being taste. And Hiromi Nakamura is changing the norms

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-transis… Modern computers are revolutionizing our lives, performing tasks unimaginable only decades ago. This was made possibl

At the age of 60, Masako Wakamiya (also known as Ma-chan) decided that she would teach herself how to use a computer so that she could stay connected after retirement. In 1999, she

“Institutional Investor” has ranked Kathy Matsui the top equity strategist in Japan several times, yet her role as co-head of Asia macro research at Goldman Sachs fulfi

Julien argues how we see the World through cultural glasses. By changing the glasses you can change the way you interpret the World. Julien is the founder of Mondå, a project that

How do you track the movements of over seven billion people and all their stuff without abusing the knowledge and infringing on privacy? Ryosuke Shibasaki faces that question every

Working to bring a “revolution” to people and companies in this era where change is so fiercely required. Sasaki has been an integral part in the realisation of future-oriented org

Kazuna Tsuboi – System Developer Here’s a high school girl named Rinna who’s massively popular on SNS. She appears to be an ordinary high school girl, but a fundamental diffe

As Director of Developmental Play & Attachment Therapies and adjunct Professor at Barry University, Janet’s career is centered on bringing psychological healing to child

Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000

What makes us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you want to invest in “the good life,” where should you put your time and energy? Robert Waldinger answers the

Fifteen-year-old Juliet Doherty has performed at Radio City Music Hall and New York City Center. She appears with the Radio City Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular, and, just t

Nick talks about the importance of parenting in early childhood and it’s significance in overcoming hopelessness. Willpower is a driving force for making our big dreams come

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biod… Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collap

Struggling people probably need music more than others. What makes Makoto Kuriya such a distinctive pianist are the soulful groove he developed while living among the Appalachian b

Suppleness and steely toughness—two seemingly incompatible attributes—describe a supermaterial many have dreamed of. Now Kazuhide Sekiyama and Spiber Inc. have created one, in the

Dr. Abir Abed’s presentation’s title is “Faith to face: every student can succeed”. She asserts that passionate teachers have great influence on their students. This influence will

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Dr. Jessica E. Huber is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department and a Certified Speech-Language Pathologist. Her resear

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Society today views sleep as an inconvenience, as something to be caffeinated away. Even t