Event Series · ideas
TEDxSMU is an ideas-focused event that has run across multiple editions, including tracked years in 2009, 2011, 2015, 2020, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The speaker lineup reflects diverse topic areas spanning global health, architecture and design, higher education transformation, and personal development. Notable speakers have included Alanna Shaikh, a global health expert addressing pandemic preparedness and personal health advocacy, Joshua Prince-Ramus, founding principal of REX architecture firm, José Bowen, a university president focused on transforming higher education, and Jessica Shortall, whose keynote explored pushing beyond comfort zones. The event brings together speakers whose work spans public health, design innovation, and educational leadership.
