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spreading ideas from Dubai to the world since 2009

Dubai's Crossroads of Ideas & Innovation

Ideas worth spreading, documented for global impact and intellectual curiosity.

Our Guiding Principle

"Ideas Chage Everything".
We find the best from Dubai to share with the World

Curating a gender balanced speaker lineup since 2010

By the Numbers

Our UAE Legacy

4M

views from 3 speakers on TED.com

50%

women on stages at every event

300

Volunteers

17

Years of activities

190+

nationalities represented

1000+

1st TEDx event of 1000 attendees int he TEDx ecosystem

Our Mission

Our Story so far

TEDxDubai has brought ideas and people together in Dubai since 2009, building a community and launching talents with ripple effects around the world.

50% women speakers · 300 volunteers · 1,000-person community

From pioneering gender-balanced curation and sustainable event practices to community activations that carried ideas beyond the stage, TEDxDubai has always been built around one principle: ideas should lead to impact.

If you have been part of this journey in any way, THANK YOU!

TEDxDubai Archive

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Our archive serves as a permanent record of the thinkers, builders, and visionaries shaping the future of our region, fostering intellectual exchange.