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TED@State

TED@State is an ideas-focused event that has been held across multiple years, including editions in 2009, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The speaker lineup reflects a broad range of topics spanning global health, data visualization, digital culture, technology's impact on society, and social entrepreneurship. Notable speakers have included Hans Rosling, a global health professor and pioneering data visualization expert, Stewart Brand, a writer influential in shaping digital culture and ecological thinking, Clay Shirky, whose work examines how technology reshapes human interaction, and Jacqueline Novogratz, an impact investor focused on entrepreneurial solutions to poverty. The event's curated speakers suggest programming that explores how ideas and innovation intersect with technology, global challenges, and social change.

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Everyone who has spoken at TED@State

4 speakers.

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Sessions worth replaying

The sessions from this edition we found on video.

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Let my dataset change your mindset

Hans Rosling
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4 environmental 'heresies'

Stewart Brand
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A third way to think about aid

Jacqueline Novogratz
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How social media can make history

Clay Shirky

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Environmental Services1
Foundations & Philanthropy1
Venture Capital & Private Equity1

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