What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxJKFZCIS, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxJKFZCIS event, live speakers will spark deep discussion and connection across multiple disciplines. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

2024

TEDxJKFZCIS Youth: Kintsugi

Kintsugi is a Japanese artistic practice of mending broken pieces of pottery through the use of lacquer with gold powder.

The randomness with which the pottery is broken exhibits the chaos and uncertainties of life.

The employment of clearly manifested lines of gold to piece together the scattered pottery is an emphasis on past brokenness and wounds.

The combination of the pieces is an allusion to the interconnections of the pieces and how different things are able to complement each other.

The transformation from disintegrated fragments to a piece of art is a manifestation of acceptance, rebirth, and a new life.

2021

TEDxjkfzCIS Youth: 不将就者 The Unsettled