Women are Breaking Barriers and changing perspectives!

Date: Friday, November 18th, 2022 | NCPA Mumbai

Join a gathering that will elevate the ideas of speaker connecting across generations, inspire with personal stories, ignite conversations and uplift our spirits with the connections that are always the hallmark of the TEDx experience. Reserve your seat now.

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Women are Breaking Barriers and changing perspectives!

Date: Friday, November 18th, 2022 | NCPA Mumbai

Join a gathering that will elevate the ideas of women connecting across generations, inspire with personal stories, ignite conversations and uplift our spirits with the connections that are always the hallmark of the TEDx experience. Reserve your seat now.

November 2022:

Voices that are Breaking Barriers!

Breaking Barriers is an annual in-person TEDxSalon event that focuses the spotlight on dazzling ideas from some of the world’s most extraordinary people! From standing up for social injustice to helping humanity reach Mars, speakers are breaking down walls and reaching great heights in fields of science, technology, education, business, medicine, and activism to name a few.

Date: 18 Nov 2022
Time: 4:00 PM onwards
NCPA Mumbai - Book online

ABOUT
BREAKING BARRIERS

Breaking Barriers is an annual TEDxSalon event that focuses the spotlight on dazzling ideas from some of the world’s most extraordinary women! From standing up for social injustice to helping humanity reach Mars, women are breaking down walls and reaching great heights in fields of science, technology, education, business, medicine, and activism to name a few.

2022 Speaker Lineup

Iconic speakers who create phenomenal art, open new doors to technology and inspire by their unique stories will hold our hand and guide us through their world. featuring outstanding folks who let their ferocity, fortitude and passion guide them in working, creating, and – living.

Shweta Narayan

Climate and Health Campaigner

International Climate and health campaigner

Climate and health campaigner Shweta Narayan, is a TED Speaker who will show us the pandemic through a Climate lens and talk to us about how India and other developing Nations can build health systems that will become resilient to Climate Change.

Climate & Health

SHWETA NARAYAN

Designation:
International Climate and health campaigner
Climate and Health Campaigner

Jessie Christiansen

Scientist & Planet Hunter

Scientist at NASA Exoplanet Science Institute

Australian astrophysicist Jessie Christiansen from NASA’s Kepler Mission will take us on her journey of searching for exoplanets and talk to us about how their data has the potential to answer timeless questions about our very existence.

Space Exploration

JESSIE CHRISTIANSEN

Designation:
Scientist at NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
Scientist & Planet Hunter

Seema Anand

Mythologist and Storyteller

Storyteller

mythologist, storyteller and an acknowledged authority on the Kama Sutra. She will show us how the narratives of the stories we tell need to be changed to incorporate the women’s perspective and show the direct impact it has on the empowerment of women.

Mythology

SEEMA ANAND

Designation:
Storyteller
Mythologist and Storyteller

Aditi Mangaldas

Kathak dancer and choreographer

Artistic director and principal dancer / Kathak Dancer

Aditi Mangaldas is among the topmost Kathak dancers and choreographers in our country. She will, through her dance, make the audience open their minds to woman fantasy and desire and will demonstrate what it means to be utterly free in a woman's body.

Dance Performance

ADITI MANGALDAS

Designation:
Artistic director and principal dancer / Kathak Dancer
Kathak dancer and choreographer

Sonam Kalra

Host, Singer, Composer and Songwriter

Singer, Composer, Songwriter

Our host for the evening will be renowned singer and composer Sonam Kalra- Her powerful voice and ability to own the stage with grace will take the audience on a journey with the talks. 

Host

SONAM KALRA

Designation:
Singer, Composer, Songwriter
Host, Singer, Composer and Songwriter

Jaya Row

Spiritual leader

Founder, Vedanta Vision

Jaya Row, a renowned spiritual leader of Vedanta Philosophy will talk to us about Happiness, the simplicity and complexity of it and help us understand that gaining Happiness is easier than we make it to be.

Happiness

JAYA ROW

Designation:
Founder, Vedanta Vision
Spiritual leader

Kajal Odedra

Author/ Activist

Executive Director, Change.org

Kajal Odedra is an author and activist who will talk about the intersection of hair with power through activism by exploring the connections with history, politics, religion, culture, gender, sexuality and status. This becomes even more relevant with the Iran protests in the background.

Activism

KAJAL ODEDRA

Designation:
Executive Director, Change.org
Author/ Activist

Sadam Hanjabam

Inclusion and Diversity Advocate

Founder, Y_all

What if sports could be genderless? Sadam Hanjabam, the Founder of Ya_All  and the curator of Queer Games India & Asia's first all Transmen Football Team, will talk to us about how India can be a frontrunner for inclusion and equity in sports. 

Diversity

SADAM HANJABAM

Designation:
Founder, Y_all
Inclusion and Diversity Advocate

Srishti Bakshi

Women's Rights Advocate

Founder, WOMB Women of My Billion

Srishti Bakshi is a women’s rights activist who walked from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in 260 days - to understand the reasons behind gender violence in India. She brings to the stage an important way of solving this issue, weaved in with her personal experiences and learnings from her extraordinary journey.

Activism

SRISHTI BAKSHI

Designation:
Founder, WOMB Women of My Billion
Women's Rights Advocate

Shefali Shah

Actor

Shefali Shah is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Respected for her acting prowess, she works primarily in independent Hindi films and has received local and foreign accolades for her performances.

Actress

Shefali Shah

Designation:
Actor

Vikas Khanna

filmmaker and chef

filmmaker and chef

Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna is an internationally acclaimed Indian chef, award-winning author, poet and filmmaker. He is the recipient of Access to Freedom Award, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Shining Star Award, GQ Man of the Year and was featured as “10 Global Legendary Chefs who’ve revolutionized our eating habits” by Deutsche Welle.Chef Vikas Khanna has established himself as a top authority on Indian Cuisine, hosting sccessful cooking shows and has written more than 25 cookbooks. His book Flavors First won the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award. Khanna Sutra, My Great India and Savor Mumbai won Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.UTSAV- A Culinary Epic of Indian Festivals has become the world’s most expensive cookbook. UTSAV was launched at 68th Cannes Film Festival and has been presented to President Obama, HH Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, PM Modi and most recently Chef Vikas was invited toBuckingham Palace to present UTSAV to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.His cooking style was called “inventive” and a New York Magazine quoted “an instinctive chef whose dishes just get it right” in a review.His documentary series Holy Kitchens, which explores the bond between faith and food, has been showcased at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Oxford and many other Universities and Film Festivals. His documentary “Kitchens of Gratitude” was featured at Marche du Film during 69th Cannes Film Festival.

filmmaker and chef

Vikas Khanna

Designation:
filmmaker and chef
filmmaker and chef

DIMASH

Performance / Poetry / Drama

Performance / Poetry / Drama

It is no exaggeration to say that 28-year-old Kazakh singer Dimash Qudaibergen is widely viewed as one of the world’s greatest vocalists. He is unrivaled in vocal range and technique, plays several musical instruments, and has performed songs in thirteen languages. A genre-defying musical artist, he was born into a family of professional musicians and a culture steeped in music. He began his classical training at the age of five and has a Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance, a Master’s in composition, and a PhD in musicology in progress.Now emerging in the West, Dimash is already a superstar in the East, known as an electrifying stage performer who has an intense emotional impact on his audience. He has won some of the top awards available to musical artists in several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China. He regularly performs on television and has sold out arenas from New York to London to Dubai to Shenzhen. Nearly 30,000 people from 68 nations attended his most recent concert in his home country of Kazakhstan. He is best known in the United States for appearing on the CBS “The World’s Best” competition where, as the front-runner for the million-dollar grand prize, he withdrew at the semi-finals to allow younger competitors a chance to move forward.This choice reflects Dimash’s deeply held philosophy that we are put on this earth to be human, not to be artists or stars. His millions of ardent fans admire him for his voice but adore him for his humility and devotion to family, culture, and the cause of peace. He endorses several global and local charities and goes to great lengths to encourage the development of young talents by supporting music festivals and vocal competitions, as well as regularly inviting young people to perform at his own concerts.In September of this year, Dimash premiered his latest song, “The Story of One Sky,” at the Seventh Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions. Over one hundred global religious leaders attended his performance and responded with a standing ovation, and thereafter referred to “One Sky” as the unofficial anthem of the event.

Performance / Drama

DIMASH QUDAIBERGEN

Designation:
Performance / Poetry / Drama
Performance / Poetry / Drama

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Shweta Narayan

Campaigner For Healthcare Without Harm
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Included with a General Pass

Special eligibility: Early career, never attended TED
Access to all sessions in-person event in Main Hall & Side Sessions
Food & Beverages included
A chance to meet with speakers at venue on day of event
Access Private Video Stream of the conference for 1 month after the event
Certificate of attendance upon request
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Special eligibility: Early career, never attended TED
Attend all sessions in the main venue from 4PM to 9PM in student designated seats
Student Invite to attend Deep Dive Workshops & Speaker Masterclasses (Discover Sessions) on First-come-first-served-basis
Food & Beverages included
A chance to meet with speakers at main venue on day of event
Attendee Certificate signed by Curator & Partners for Students
Exclusive access to on-demand content & video stream archive for 1 week after the event
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Patron Attendee receives all the above benefits of a general attendee + additional exclusive benefits as below:
Special eligibility: Early career, never attended TED
Seating: Best in class seating at NCPA for Patron (First-come-first serve basis)
VIP Lounge: Priority Access to Patron & VIP Lounge at main venue
Speaker Lounge: Exclusive Access to meet speakers after their talk in Speaker Lounge
Speaker Dinner: Exclusive Patron Pass Entry to Pre-event Speaker Dinner (Dates to be announced)
Priority Access for Masterclasses: Attend Speaker Masterclass with prior registration (Schedule and Line up to be announced)
2 Student tickets will be donated to deserving students
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Why should you attend?

People from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world are welcome at TEDxGateway.
Our success is in bringing together the most remarkable people across many fields. We’re joined by prominent researchers, philanthropists, technologists, educators, environmentalists, scientists, artists, activists and many more impactful people.

Learn from the best

Be the first witness to ideas from iconic speakers breaking barriers across fields.

Find the magic

Our event program is designed for attendees and speakers from vastly different fields to connect and draw inspiration from unlikely places.

Be a part of a community of multi-disciplinary attendees

Our Delegates represent every field from A (architects) to Z (zoologists). Our attendees are as interesting as our speakers.

Build life-long connections

Meet like-minded attendees and exchange new ideas and insights. Each conversation with a new person could reveal new trends, treatments and technologies – or spark them.

Discovery Sessions

Explore new interests and connect with your fellow TEDstars during deep-dive workshops and speaker meetings.

Join a movement

A gathering of iconic individuals from around the world. Unexpected connections. Extraordinary insights.  Unimaginable discoveries. Powerful inspiration.

Our Attendees are the best of the best

Every year, TEDxGateway hosts conferences to bring together a global group of expert thinkers and doers across a wide range of fields to help share new ideas.

People from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world are welcome at TEDxGateway.

Our success is in bringing together the most remarkable people across many fields. We’re joined by prominent researchers, philanthropists, technologists, educators, environmentalists, scientists, artists, activists and many more impactful people. We believe our attendees are as dazzling as our speakers!

The result? 
Unexpected connections. Extraordinary insights. Powerful inspiration.

We at the Aditya Birla Group have always been focused on gender diversity.  As a meritocracy, we ensure that there is no glass ceiling in our Group.  We are committed to providing a conducive, encouraging and equitable workplace for women to thrive and excel. Over the years, our women leaders have played a key role in shaping our Group’s growth trajectory.

Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chairman, Aditya Birla Group

I have always believed in supporting platforms that generate ideas to make our world Better Every day. TEDxGateway is indeed one such platform that JSW is proud to associate with for the last 9 years.

Sangita Jindal
Chairperson, JSW Foundation

We are delighted to continue our long standing association with the 10th Edition of TEDxGateway.  Over the last six years, the TEDxGateway has emerged as one of Asia’s largest event platforms attracting inspirational speakers who are game changers in their respective domains having taken the road less travelled.

Percy S. Chowdhry,
Director, Rustomjee Group

Awesome experience! Well organized - top notch event! Speakers were captivating.. I came back way more curious, enlightened, encouraged and motivated than ever! I can’t wait to attend the next conference

Kamal Visaria
Founder, Visaria Securities

I love participating at TEDxGateway and I haven’t missed one in the last 10 years. Itis an energetic one full day when you only hear and talk about doing good, and optimism for once gets the centerstage. The one full day flies away and you get out with a totally different approach to life. Can’t wait to see the next lineup, as the selection and flow of the speakers is always absolutely captivating.

Kamal Visaria
Founder, Visaria Securities

TEDxGateway was a pioneer for TED like events in India over 10 years ago and has since then relevant, ever growing and agile post Covid. Whether it’s the main annual event or the salon style events one thing has stayed consistent, high quality content delivered by change makers from all over the world and different walks of life some big and established and some just starting out. It’s become an annual ritual for our family and we are excited to see what they do next.

Kamal Visaria
Founder, Visaria Securities

Being in a community of people who so strongly share the value of learning, personal and professional development, making a positive impact and giving back. Now I value more now that I did that time. A community is fully aligned to those value is incredibly hard to find.

Nicolas Dumoulin
Senior Managing Director India & Thailand @ Page Group India

I met incredible people, learned a vast array of ideas and most of all I felt like I was a part of an extraordinary community of humans form all over the world

Devita Saraf
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vu Televisions

We at the Aditya Birla Group have always been focused on gender diversity.  As a meritocracy, we ensure that there is no glass ceiling in our Group.  We are committed to providing a conducive, encouraging and equitable workplace for women to thrive and excel. Over the years, our women leaders have played a key role in shaping our Group’s growth trajectory.

Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chairman, Aditya Birla Group

I have always believed in supporting platforms that generate ideas to make our world Better Every day. TEDxGateway is indeed one such platform that JSW is proud to associate with for the last 10 years.

Sangita Jindal
Chairperson, JSW Foundation

We are delighted to continue our long standing association with the 10th Edition of TEDxGateway.  Over the last six years, the TEDxGateway has emerged as one of Asia’s largest event platforms attracting inspirational speakers who are game changers in their respective domains having taken the road less travelled.

Percy S. Chowdhry
Director, Rustomjee Group

Awesome experience! Well organized - top notch event! Speakers were captivating.. I came back way more curious, enlightened, encouraged and motivated than ever! I can’t wait to attend the next conference

Kamal Visaria
Founder, Visaria Securities

I love participating at TEDxGateway and I haven’t missed one in the last 10 years. Itis an energetic one full day when you only hear and talk about doing good, and optimism for once gets the centerstage. The one full day flies away and you get out with a totally different approach to life. Can’t wait to see the next lineup, as the selection and flow of the speakers is always absolutely captivating.

Alessandro Giuliani
MD, SDA Bocconi Asia Center

TEDxGateway was a pioneer for TED like events in India over 10 years ago and has since then relevant, ever growing and agile post Covid. Whether it’s the main annual event or the salon style events one thing has stayed consistent, high quality content delivered by change makers from all over the world and different walks of life some big and established and some just starting out. It’s become an annual ritual for our family and we are excited to see what they do next.

Deepika Malla
AD - Micheal Page, Thailand

Being in a community of people who so strongly share the value of learning, personal and professional development, making a positive impact and giving back. Now I value more now that I did that time. A community is fully aligned to those value is incredibly hard to find.

Nicolas Dumoulin
Senior Managing Director India & Thailand @ Page Group India

I met incredible people, learned a vast array of ideas and most of all I felt like I was a part of an extraordinary community of humans form all over the world

Devita Saraf
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vu Televisions

Past Speakers

Soumya Swaminathan

Clinical Scientist

Dr Soumya Swaminathan was appointed WHO’s first Chief Scientist in March 2019. A paediatrician from India and a globally recognized researcher on tuberculosis and HIV, she brings with her 30 years of experience in clinical care and research and has worked throughout her career to translate research into impactful programmes.

Soumya Swaminathan

Designation:
Clinical Scientist

Capt Raghu Raman

Leadership Advisor

Raghu Raman is a risk expert with a corporate background and understanding for operations in India who has helped digitize security response and analysis. He has spent eleven years as an officer in the Indian Armed Forces, followed by another eleven years in the corporate sector before joining the Government as CEO of the National Intelligence Grid.

Capt Raghu Raman

Designation:
Leadership Advisor

Aaditya Thackeray

Indian Politician

Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray is an Indian Politician who served as a Cabinet Minister of Higher Education, Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Government of Maharashtra. He is also an MLA of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Aaditya Thackeray

Designation:
Indian Politician

Satya Tripathi

Development Economist, Lawyer and Change-maker

Satya S. Tripathi is Secretary-General of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet. A lawyer and development economist by training, Mr. Tripathi has served with the UN since 1998 in key positions in Europe, Asia and Africa spanning a broad range of tasks pertaining to Climate Change, Humanitarian Affairs, Human Rights, Democratic Governance and Legal Affairs. These include an acclaimed stint as Chair of the Committees on Laws, Treaties and Administrative matters for the UN mediated Cyprus unification talks in 2004.

Satya Tripathi

Designation:
Development Economist, Lawyer and Change-maker

Aswath Damodaran

Professor of Finance

Aswath Damodaran, is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he teaches corporate finance and equity valuation.

Aswath Damodaran

Designation:
Professor of Finance

Nir Eyal

Author, Lecturer and Investor

Nir Eyal is formerly a Lecturer in Marketing at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and also taught at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. His first book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, is an international bestseller and taught companies how to design more engaging products. His second bestseller, Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, reveals the Achilles' heel of distraction and provides a guidebook for getting the best of technology without letting it get the best of us.

Nir Eyal

Designation:
Author, Lecturer and Investor

Ramanan Laxminarayan

Epidemiologist and Economist

Laxminarayan is founder and director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in Washington, D.C., a senior research scholar at Princeton University and affiliate professor at the University of Washington. Since 1995, Laxminarayan has worked to improve the understanding of antibiotic resistance as a problem of managing a shared global resource.

Ramanan Laxminarayan

Designation:
Epidemiologist and Economist

Mrs Sudha Murthy

Educator, Author and Philanthropist

Sudha Murthy is an Indian engineering teacher and author in Kannada and English. She began her professional career as a computer scientist and engineer. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and a member of public health care initiatives of the Gates Foundation.


Mrs Sudha Murthy

Designation:
Educator, Author and Philanthropist

Shashi Tharoor

Public Intellectual

Shashi Tharoor is an Indian former international civil servant, diplomat, politician, writer and public intellectual who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is currently running in the 2022 Indian National Congress Presidential elections.


Shashi Tharoor

Designation:
Public Intellectual

Chetna Gala Sinha

Banker, Social Entrepreneur

Chetna Gala Sinha is an Indian social activist working to empower women in drought-prone areas of rural India by teaching entrepreneurial skills, access to land and means of production. Sinha and six other women chaired the 48th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2018.

Chetna Gala Sinha

Designation:
Banker, Social Entrepreneur

Sparsh Shah

Rapper, Singer and Songwriter

Sparsh Shah is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and inspirational speaker from New Jersey, US. He was born in 2003 in Iselin, New Jersey, to a family of Indian descent. Sparsh has a very rare disorder Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also known as Brittle Bone Disorder.

Sparsh Shah

Designation:
Rapper, Singer and Songwriter

Danish Siddiqui

Photojournalist

Danish Siddiqui was an Indian photojournalist based in Delhi, who used to lead the national Reuters multimedia team and was Chief Photographer India. He received his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of the Reuters team, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.

Danish Siddiqui

Designation:
Photojournalist

Leila Sheth

Chief Justice

Leila Seth was an Indian judge who served as the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court, Himachal Pradesh High Court, on 5 August 1991. She was also the first woman to be designated as a senior counsel by the Supreme Court of India.

Leila Sheth

Designation:
Chief Justice

Stan Lee

Creator of Marvel Comics

Stan Lee was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which would later become Marvel Comics.

Stan Lee

Designation:
Creator of Marvel Comics

Devdutt Patnaik

Mythologist

Devdutt Pattanaik is a mythologist from Mumbai, India. He is also a speaker, illustrator and author, on Hindu sacred lore, legends, folklore, fables and parables. His work focuses largely on the areas of religion, mythology, and management.

Devdutt Patnaik

Designation:
Mythologist

Shweta Narayan

Campaigner For Healthcare Without Harm
Campaigner For Healthcare Without Harm

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Our Venue

NCPA Tata Theater, Mumbai

Created by the renowned American Modernist architect Philip Johnson and the legendary acoustician Cyril Harris, this theatre opened at NCPA in 1982. Today, it is Mumbai's preferred venue for Indian classical concerts, Western chamber music and theatre

It effortlessly combines the intimate ambience of a small-scale venue with the splendour of a full scale arena. A revolving stage, brilliant acoustics and a foyer with a breathtaking view of the sea are just some of the things that make the Tata Theatre the venue of choice for both, performers and audiences.

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NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India 400021

Our History

TEDxGateway began as a small ideas conference in Mumbai, India. That single conference with 350 attendees in 2010 has grown into various annual events with 55,000+ attendees in person and 350+ speakers, all dedicated to TEDx’s global mission of researching and sharing meaningful new ideas.

Most of our conferences are broad in scope, such as our annual TEDxGateway Conference. Occasionally we hold deep-dive Salon conferences more focused on one subject area like - Climate Change, Women & Gender Discussion, Healthcare, Mental Health, Public Service, Parents & Children, Music & Mobility.

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We partner with best-in-class brands (like The Aditya Birla Group, JSW Group, Reliance Group, Abbott India, SAP, Accenture, BMW, Microsoft to name a few) to create innovative, inspiring and impactful thought leadership campaigns.

A partnership with TEDxGateway is truly unique and leverages everything that makes us stand apart, including our unprecedented ability to build meaningful connections among a global community. Past partners have conducted in-depth, expert-led workshops, supported community gatherings and hosted interactive exhibits, while being immersed in a fast-paced environment devoted to exploring ideas shaping the future.

TEDxGateway relies on support from our community to further our goal of making great ideas accessible and helping create a future worth pursuing for all. When you apply to partner and help build TEDxGateway, you’re not just making the conference happen  – you’re directly supporting a powerful mission to share powerful ideas with the world.

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TEDxGateway began as a small ideas conference in Mumbai, India. That single conference with 350 attendees in 2010 has grown into various annual events with 55,000+ attendees in person and 350+ speakers, all dedicated to TEDx’s global mission of researching and sharing meaningful new ideas.

Most of our conferences are broad in scope, such as our annual TEDxGateway Conference. Occasionally we hold deep-dive Salon conferences more focused on one subject area like - Climate Change, Women & Gender Discussion, Healthcare, Mental Health, Public Service, Parents & Children, Music & Mobility.

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Speaking on our Stage

We search year-round for speakers who will inform and inspire, surprise and delight. TEDxGateway isn't a typical conference, and the TED audience has high expectations for the speakers – amazing individuals who invent game-changing devices, run the world's most admired companies, design its best-loved products and create ground-breaking media. TEDx also seeks out emerging artists, scientists, thinkers and doers, introducing them to the TED community well before they hit the mainstream.

How are speakers selected? Conference speakers are selected by our curatorial team who identify and investigate ideas and innovations that matter. We invite prominent experts, artists, activists and many others to attend and present our signature TED Talks in their areas of research and expertise.

If you know someone who belongs on the TEDxGateway stage, or if you belong there yourself, we want to hear from you! Learn more about speaking at TEDxGateway, then use the speaker nomination form to tell us why this person would be well-matched to the TEDx stage.

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