TEDxUniversityofDelaware seeks applications for its fourth annual event. TED enthusiasts, great thinkers, speakers and performers are invited to "give the talk of a lifetime" at TEDxUniversityofDelaware 2021.

TEDxUniversityofDelaware’s community-wide event will be organized around the theme of “Breakthrough.” While the past year has been marked by upheavals, slow downs, setbacks and waiting, there have been incredible breakthroughs and an evolution of truly innovative thinking. These breakthroughs didn’t happen only in laboratories and the hard sciences, but in interpersonal relationships, educational models and in our everyday life. The TEDXUniversityofDelaware executive committee invites anyone to apply to speak or perform as part of this upcoming event.

This theme was selected to inspire multidisciplinary and transformative ideas consistent with the principles of TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to ideas worth spreading. The committee is especially interested in making the talks as diverse as possible, both culturally and by topic. Talks do not need to be limited to covering topics of breakthrough or mention the theme in title or content.

The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m., April 15, 2021.

Dynamic, highly visual presentations coupled with a storytelling speaking style are encouraged. As with TEDx guidelines, speakers are disallowed from addressing political and/or religious agendas or promoting a company, and also precluded from using podiums or notes during their talk.

For more information about this event, or TEDxUniversityofDelaware in general, please contact Matthew Creasy, TEDxUniversityofDelaware organizer, at mcreasy@udel.edu

To apply, please visit: www.tedx.udel.edu/apply