Have you ever seen a photo of a famous landmark, let's say the Dodge Mahal, and convince yourself you have really experienced it. But what about the immersive feel around it. The culture, the food, the smells.AI can never replace that feeling, no matter how realistic it gets. When I was younger, traveling felt like a break from school. It was normal for me to wonder, are we going to the mountains. Are we going to the beach. Are we going to family.I was lucky that it felt normal for me. Normal was possible o ...

This talk explores whether artificial intelligence is a friend or a foe in our rapidly changing world. It examines the opportunities AI creates alongside the risks and ethical questions it raises. Ultimately, it invites us to consider how human choices will determine whether AI benefits or harms our future. A middle school student with a growing interest in technology, innovation, and the future of society. As a curious learner, he explores how artificial intelligence is shaping the way people think, learn, ...

I shouldn't be here. I spent three months in an incubator fighting for my life. The nurses had literally thumped my foot just listen to it to my brain to breathe.Doctors gave me a little chance to survive. And yet here I am alive standing in front of all of you. That was my first time defying the odds.You see, we all have hardships. Some of us inherit it. Some of us have the privilege to avoid it.But me, I was born in it. Fighting for every single breath. only to grow up to hear the last breaths of the one ...

We are told to choose: development or environment. Progress or planet. Concrete or trees. But what carries a higher cost: investing in clean systems today, or paying for broken ones for generations? At 12 years old, Daniella Ddamulira learned that water, the most basic element of life, can become a source of shame, stress, and survival compromise. Years later, that early lesson evolved into a larger question: why, in an era of technological advancement, do 2.2 billion people still lack access to safe drinki ...

As final year students at my high school, Gaza High, we had decided as a class to pay for her first term at her secondary school. what we thought was good news was quite the opposite for the mother. She said no.And the first question that rang through all of our minds was why have you refused an opportunity for your daughter to achieve her dreams. And these were exact words. I don't want to give my daughter false hope.The only lifestyle that Betty's mother could afford was to keep Betty home. She couldn't g ...

What if the dream you’re chasing requires you to give up everything that makes you comfortable? Three years ago, Happy Mmila woke up in an empty house; no bed, no chair, no furniture, because she had moved everything into a single Airbnb unit she couldn’t afford to fully furnish. It wasn’t a collapse. It was a decision. In this deeply personal talk, Happy reveals the hidden cost of entrepreneurship; the loneliness, the misunderstandings, the friends who say no before they say yes. She shares how she scaled ...

I'd like to invite you to take a walk with me back down memory lane. Let's go all the way back to my fifth grade elementary school year at Valentine Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee, which is my hometown. Every day at 3:00 the school bell rang and all the other kids in my classroom, well, they ran for the door.Lunchboxes flying left and right, already dreaming about those snacks and cartoons that were waiting for them when they got home. You see, I stayed behind after school. Now, I didn't stay behin ...

Have you ever read a book, but after a few days you realize that you didn't understand anything. You can't read the words perfectly, but you can't process the information. It feels like your brain just skips the meaning for a long time.I thought I did not like reading. I believed the most were boring just because I didn't understand what was I reading. There was a text but no because of this study was very difficult for me.I spent more time reading and rereading and rereading. I still forgot my reads. My vo ...

Good governance begins with integrity Good governance begins with integrity, and trust remains its strongest foundation. In this thought-provoking talk, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reflects on how public trust serves as a nation’s greatest asset shaping transparency, progress, and long-term stability. He highlights the role of accountable leadership, institutional honesty, and responsible decision-making in building confidence across society. A powerful conversation from the TEDx stage on how values-driven governa ...

Love is not a spark that flares instantly; it’s a quiet garden that blooms over time. It grows in daily acts of patience, in the grace of understanding, in showing up even when unglamorous. Love matures through missteps, forgiveness, and shared silence — not just through grand declarations. To truly love is to walk alongside someone, to see and honor the love that has always been there, unnoticed yet steadfast. “Love is a journey between souls, growing in the hush between words, in the pause between storms. ...