TEDxSydney 2020

Date:
6 November 2020

Venue:
Online

What is TEDxSydney?

TEDxSydney is Australia’s leading ideas forum and a gold standard event on the global TEDx stage.

2019 event highlights HERE | Look back over 10 Years of TEDxSydney HERE

TEDxSydney 2020 Online

TEDxSydney on Friday 6 November 2020 is happening ONLINE and will feature four Main Stage sessions (broadcast live from a studio), featuring our 2020 speakers, performers, films, our popular Fast Ideas segment and more.

You will experience TEDxSydney from an exciting new digital platform that we are developing especially for this event. It will deliver a next level experience.

During the breaks in between the Main Stage sessions, you will be able to join in a multitude of activities. You can discuss ideas with other attendees as part of an online video “roundtable,” join a “Meet the Speaker” Q&A or participate in one of many different “Discovery Sessions.”

Discovery Sessions are online experiences structured around the broad topics of:

  • Business & Entrepreneurship
  • Creative & Curious
  • Body, Mind & Soul
  • Technology & The Future
  • Sustainability & Environment
  • Community & Cultural

Discovery Sessions will give you a chance to dig deeper into an idea, to learn something new or to simply get up and move your body. They will be run by individuals from the TEDxSydney community, including speakers (past and present), partners, team members and selected members of our broader community. We are super excited about the Discovery Sessions, and have scheduled 27 Discovery Sessions for you to choose from.

Check out the specific Discovery Sessions on offer HERE.

Schedule for the day

8:00 – 9:00 am: Discovery Sessions / Connection Sessions with Attendees
9:00 – 10:50 am: Main Stage Session 1 + St.George Kick Start
10:50  – 12:00 pm: Discovery Sessions / Meet the Speaker Q&A / Connection Sessions with Attendees
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Main Stage Session 2
1:00 – 2:30 pm: Discovery Sessions / Meet the Speaker Q&A / Connection Sessions with Attendees
2:30 – 3:50 pm: Main Stage Session 3 + St.George Kick Start
3:50 – 5:00 pm: Discovery Sessions / Meet the Speaker Q&A / Connection Sessions with Attendees
5:00 – 6:30 pm: Main Stage Session 4

What’s this year’s theme for TEDxSydney?

The theme for TEDxSydney 2020 is REAL. REAL Ideas. REAL Change. The REAL Thing. 

TEDxSydney 2020 Ticket Registration and Packages

You can register for TEDxSydney below. Inclusions listed HERE.

We offer a variety of packages to suit individual and group needs. Plus learn more about our Pay It Forward memberships, which is an initiative to make a difference to someone’s life by helping someone within the indigenous community access this thought-provoking and culturally connecting event. LEARN MORE.

 

Talks from TEDxSydney 2020

Talk

This is why we dance | Shyamla

In this powerful short talk, Shyamla, the founder and director of progressive South Asian performing arts company BINDI BOSSES, explains how they use dance and art to challenge traditional...

Performance

Easier | Mansionair

Mansionair perform their song, Easier from their 2019 album, Shadowboxer live on stage at TEDxSydney 2020. Mansionair are Jack Froggatt, Lachlan Bostock and Alexander Nicholls. Mansionair’s global streaming numbers...

Performance

A Guzheng Improvisation In COVID Times | Mindy Meng Wang

In this beautiful performance, versatile Chinese/Australian Composer and Guzheng Performing Artist, Mindy Meng Wang improvises a new work for TEDxSydney 2020. She describes the work as a response to...

Performance

Warrell Creek Song | Emma Donovan

In this beautiful solo performance, acclaimed indigenous vocalist, Emma Donovan performs Warrell Creek Song at TEDxSydney 2020. Acclaimed Indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan and Melbourne rhythm combo The Putbacks burst...

Performance

Lonely Death Cleaning Company | Dog Trumpet

Iconic Australian musicians, Dog Trumpet, featuring Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty perform "Lonely Death Cleaning Company", a song from their 2020 album Great South Road live at TEDxSydney 2020....

Performance

Buttons Undone | Dog Trumpet

Iconic Australian musicians, Dog Trumpet, featuring Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty perform "Lonely Death Cleaning Company", a song from their 2020 album Great South Road live at TEDxSydney 2020....

Performance

Lonely Death Cleaning Company | Dog Trumpet

Iconic Australian musicians, Dog Trumpet, featuring Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty perform "Lonely Death Cleaning Company", a song from their 2020 album Great South Road live at TEDxSydney 2020....

Talk

The real person behind the headline | Angela Jay

Doctor Angela Jay narrowly escaped death when she was attacked by her former partner in 2016. In this unflinching talk, she shares her vision for a world without intimate...

Talk

The true state of the United States, November 2020 | Damien Cave

Four days after the 2020 US Election, without a result annouced, New York Times Australia Bureau Chief Damien Cave spoke to the rise of individualism in America. Cave's career...

Talk

How to rekindle your motivation for something you love | Daria Gavrilova

Daria Gavrilova (or Dasha, to her fans) is one of Australia’s most popular tennis stars. In this light hearted short talk, Dasha explains how she stays motivated to do...

Talk

Four ways to live a better and happier life | Dominic Price

We all strive to be a better person. We want people to think well of us, and we’re constantly weighing up whether our actions are the right thing to...

Talk

Why a replica is nothing like the real thing | Grazia Materia

In this passionate short talk, Australian furniture designer, Grazia Materia describes the impact of the replica furniture industry on independent designers, local manufacturers, crafts people and consumers. She makes...

Talk

The most inspiring thing about being human | Hugh Mackay

Because we humans exist in a web of interconnectedness, nature has equipped us with the one quality we most need to make that web shimmer with social harmony. That...

Talk

How Artificial Intelligence creates opportunity for all | Jamila Gordon

AI advocate Jamila Gordon drew on her experience, as a Somali speaking immigrant, working in the kitchen of a Japanese restaurant to found a company that democratises training and...

Talk

Can citizen participation save our toxic politics? | Jess Scully

With a burst of optimism and positivity, the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and Ideas Curator, Jess Scully shares what she calls the "transformative potential of people-powered politics". Drawing...

Talk

The other pandemic: Can we save our native plants from extinction? | Karen Sommerville

Australia’s native plants are battling a pandemic of their own – an exotic disease known as myrtle rust. The disease is known to affect hundreds of species in Australia’s...

Talk

First Nations led solutions for the justice system | Keenan Mundine

Proud First Nations man, Keenan Mundine speaks to his lived experience of breaking the cycle of incarceration and recidivism and his work now as a justice advocate. Through his...

Talk

Where my violence comes from | Mahmood Fazal

Mahmood Fazal, an Afghan-Australian writer examines what drew him as a young man to a life of violence. Once a high ranking member of an outlaw motorcycle club he...

Talk

Don’t dress for success | Nat’s What I Reckon

In this honest talk, comedian, content creator and isolation cooking champion Nat's What I Reckon shares his story and examines the perception of what success really means. As he...

Talk

The function of art in the life of Reg Mombassa | Reg Mombassa

Why I became an artist - a semi abstract rumination concerning art and artists. In this talk, the renowned Australian artist and musician, Reg Mombassa examines the downsides, contradictions,...

Talk

Pretty Hurts: It’s time to decolonise beauty | Sasha Sarago

"You're too pretty to be Aboriginal" is a shocking statement Sasha Sarago experienced at a young age. In this talk, Sasha shares how she reclaimed her femininity and Aboriginality...

Talk

How education can save the world | Gavin McCormack

The leaders of tomorrow lay dormant in the children of today. Academic excellence is important, but essential skills such as love, empathy, resilience and acceptance cannot be overlooked. In...

Contributors from TEDxSydney 2020

Speaker

Angela Jay

Performer

BINDI BOSSES

Performer

Catherine Alcorn

Speaker

Damien Cave

Speaker

Dasha Gavrilova

Performer

Dog Trumpet

Speaker

Dominic Price

Performer

Emma Donovan

Speaker

Gavin McCormack

Speaker

Grazia Materia

Speaker

Hugh Mackay

Speaker

Jamila Gordon

Speaker

Jess Scully

Speaker

Keenan Mundine

Speaker

Mahmood Fazal

Performer

Mansionair

Performer

Mindy Meng Wang

Speaker

Reg Mombassa

Speaker

Sasha Sarago

Speaker

Yvonne Weldon