About the Event: What If?

The overarching theme of the 2025 conference is “What If?” With the theme “What If,” we invite speakers to reimagine what particular systems or their lives could look like if they had made a different choice.

Topics for talks will range from personal to global, exploring themes in the past, present, or future. There was a main focus on decisions and the butterfly effect, and we hope to leave audience members with a sense of possibility.

2025 Speakers

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 TEDxYouthFranklinSchoolOfInnovation, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxYouthFranklinSchoolOfInnovation event, TED Talks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.