TEDxAberdeen
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Speaker Applications Open Until 31st May 2026
Our TEDxAberdeen theme for 2026 is... Minds Wide Open
Saturday 24th October 2026
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Apply to Speak in 2026
Are you interested in being a TEDxAberdeen speaker? Applications are now open for speakers with an idea worth sharing. If you want to know more about the theme for 2026, how to apply with your talk idea and hear from past speakers on their top tips - watch the launch webinar below.
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Discover our 2024 speakers:
In 2024, our speakers explored the theme of “Identity – a route to connection” and explored topics ranging from fashion, to grave goods, to mental health. The speakers delved into personal insights to uncover their identities, and helped audiences reflect on theirs.
Discover our 2022 speakers:
Covering a diverse range of topics including social acceptance and inclusion, racism, keeping language alive, resistance to change, re-thinking values, and societal conditioning, each person shares their interpretation of the TEDxAberdeen 2022 theme of ‘movement’…
Discover our 2021 speakers:
Take a look back at our first TEDxAberdeen event where our speakers explored ‘New Ways of Seeing Old Things’. Talks explored innovation, AI, biomimicry, leadership, and climate change.