At TEDxBallyroanLibrary, the safety of our audiences, guest speakers, and staff is of paramount importance. In respect of developments regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s event.

We would like to extend our gratitude to all of those working to protect the vulnerable in our society and to steer us through the current challenges. We look forward to welcoming audiences and an array of talented speakers when TEDx returns to South Dublin in 2021.

Thank you.

TEDxBallyroanLibrary Team

TEDxBallyroanLibrary 2019:

Chain Reaction

TEDxBallyroanLibrary 2019: Chain Reaction

Ballyroan Library

Friday 6th September 2019

After 2018’s The Big (Re)Think event, in our new TEDx home of Ballyroan Library, we returned for our second year, and this time, our theme was Chain Reaction: what has led us here, what comes next, and what can we learn from it all?

The full line-up of speakers was

• Tony Dunne
• Tracey McCann
• Stella O’Malley
• Stephen Downey
• Leonard Skinner
• Guy Woods
• Jolene Cox (aka One Yummy Mummy)
• Colm Ó Broin
• Eugene Hickey
• Tonie Walsh

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a conference in California 1984, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with many initiatives.

At a TED conference, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less. TED speakers have included Roger Ebert, Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates, Elizabeth Gilbert, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brian Greene, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

On TED.com, talks from TED conferences are shared with the world for free as TED Talks videos. A new TED Talk is posted every weekday. Through the Open Translation Project, TED Talks are subtitled by volunteers worldwide. Through our distribution networks, TED Talks are shared on TV, radio, Netflix and many websites.

The TEDx initiative grants free licenses to people around the world to organize TED-style events in their communities with TED Talks and live speakers. Selected talks from these events are also turned into TED Talks videos.

The annual TED Prize grants $1 million to an exceptional individual with a wish to change the world. The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. TED-Ed creates short video lessons by pairing master teachers with animators, for use in classroom instruction or independent learning.

For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED

TEDxBallyroanLibrary 2018:

The Big (Re)Think

Ballyroan Library - Friday 5th October 2018, 7pm

Inspired thinkers & curious souls come together for an evening of thought provoking talks in Ballyroan Library.

TEDxBallyroanLibrary 2018: The Big (Re)Think speakers:

Anthony Behan

Sean Doran

John Fitzsimons

Aisling Leonard-Curtin

Marie Garvey

Jed Van Der Pohl

Tom Dalton

Raymond J. Hergarty

Osgur Ó Ciardha

Adam Harris