TEDxPaloAlto

Renaissance 2.0

A Bold Revival of Curiosity, Creativity, and Human Ingenuity

Date: October 19, 2025 
Time: Event begins at 2:00 PM

Location: TBD

TEDx Palo Alto Salon presents 
Renaissance 2.0: A Bold Revival of Curiosity, Creativity, and Human Ingenuity

Agenda

Time - 2:00-4:30 PM
Doors open -  2:00 PM
Event - 2:30-3:30 PM
Reception - 3:30-4:30 PM

Ticket price:
General Admission  coming soon 
Student Admission coming soon (Discounted rate for students with valid ID)

Event Overview:

Get ready for an electrifying gathering at TEDx Palo Alto, where groundbreaking minds from AI, venture capital, public policy, and beyond converge to ignite the future. In a world evolving at lightning speed, our dynamic speakers will unleash bold ideas, powerful stories, and visionary perspectives designed to spark your imagination and move you to action. 

We will engage luminaries from Silicon Valley leading employers to discuss the defining issues of our time!

With an intimate setting and deep focus on human connection, this is more than an event—it’s a launchpad for transformative ideas and a celebration of intelligence in all its brilliant forms. Let the inspiration begin! 

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Upcoming Talks

February 18, 2024

Featured Talks

Oracles, Dirty T-Shirts, and ChatGPT: Humanizing College Applications
Irena Smith
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How to Embody Grace
Guy Kawasaki
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Empathy Across Pixels: Crafting the Future of AI Driven Human Connections
Oded Gal
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Music Creation with Humans and Machines
Judith Finell
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How Complexity Arises in the Universe
Dr. Anita Sengupta
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Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, with Guy Kawasaki
Dr. Jane Goodall & Guy Kawasaki
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The Secret Life of Social Norms
Michele Gelfand, PhD
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Don’t Believe Everything You Think
Lauren Weinstein
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Speaking Up Without Freaking Out
Matt Abrahams
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Generative AI ,an Inflection Point for Human Creativity
Mike Dougherty
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To Walk a Mile in My Shoes You Must First Take Off Your Own
Okieriete Onaodowan
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Socially Assistive Robotics: A Possible Future of AI for Care
Maja Matarić
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The Art of Relevance
Nina Simon
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A New Code for AI
Vilas Dhar
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The Problem with Human Specialness in the Age of AI
Scott Aaronson
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