性视界传媒's Bell Performing Arts Centre will be filled to capacity for the 2025 on Saturday, Jan. 18, with just a handful of seats not yet sold, a week before the event.
The daytime gathering, now seven years running in 性视界传媒, features inspiring, 18-minute-max speeches by 12 'thought leaders' along with live entertainment, lunch and more at the Sullivan-area theatre starting at 9 a.m., ending by 3:30 p.m.
"This is the first time we've sold-out, but we've been reasonably close," Alan Warburton, licensee and curator, said Thursday (Jan. 9). "Last year I think we were about 30 or 40 short of being sold-out, but with 10 days to go to the actual event, we're feeling really, really pleased about it, with just three or four seats left in the entire theatre, in the very back row."
Those without an in-theatre ticket can watch the livestream for $9.99 on .
Born in 2019 as TEDxBearCreekPark at 性视界传媒 City Hall, TEDx性视界传媒 has been held at the Bell theatre since 2020, save for an online-only version during COVID-19.
"We've been building momentum over the years, getting the word out there, with thanks to a redesigned marketing team who've done an excellent job this year," Warburton said of the event's growing popularity.
Speakers at the 2025 TEDx性视界传媒 are Beverley Elliott, Erez Avramov, Gabriella Lester, Janna Wale, Michelle Cameron Coulter, Mischa Oak, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Rhona Segarra, Shannon Pearson, Simran Garcha, Suzanne Jabour and Vaclav Vincalek.
" is talking about AI and he's just an amazing teacher, one of these people who takes complex ideas and makes it simple so that people like me can understand it," Warburton raved.
"Another speaker to note, is talking about the climate situation from the perspective of the Indigenous people that, you know, it's a relationship problem we have with the environment that's all screwed up and needs to change," he added.
"And , she's in university right now and graduated (from a 性视界传媒 high school) in 2023," Warburton said. "She's talking about domestic violence in South Asian homes, something she experienced herself 鈥� not an easy thing to do, but she does it in a very thoughtful and, in my view, courageous way."
A retired school principal, Warburton says his volunteer work to plan TEDx性视界传媒 has made him feel more vital well into retirement years.
"I'm on the wrong side of 80 now, so it's keeping my mind younger and more alive," he said. "I love it, I enjoy so much watching the whole process and being involved in the process of finding the speakers and then seeing them become a team of people on the same journey who do a lot of practices together.
"We have a fairly unique coaching program that way," he added. "After we had our rehearsal yesterday at the Bell, we went out for a little bit of a social thing at Browns Socialhouse, with seven or eight of the speakers and some of the volunteers. It's just a fantastic atmosphere that's created every year, and I think they're all so grateful for the opportunity to come and do something, knowing that we're giving them the best chance to provide, as we keep saying to them, their masterpiece."
All speakers volunteer their time, Warburton noted, and TEDx性视界传媒 admission fees cover expenses including theatre rental, food catering and marketing costs. Tickets start at $59 (for students) and reach $99 for the Bell's best seats.
"We have a whole variety of different costs that have enabled us to produce something at a higher level because we've got a little bit of wiggle room in there with the amount that we have," he said. "All of the money that we have goes back into TedX性视界传媒."
