Nairobi
Meeting this moment...
Our world is in the midst of a hard reset. Institutions are faltering, and achievements, like the Paris Agreement, appear increasingly precarious. Critical challenges that mark everyday life remain unresolved, deepening fears about our shared future.
A three-day program
Sessions of mainstage TED Talks and interviews, filled with thoroughly researched and thoughtfully curated talks from around the world - designed to bring new insights into progress and restore resilience and hope with brilliant new ideas.
Breakthrough sessions
Your opportunity to choose from a thought-provoking lineup of workshops, with topics ranging from the future of work to our response to temperature overshoot. Each session is designed to help you dig deep and tackle specific problems while building new collaborations.
Quests
Head offsite and explore Nairobi and surrounding communities with local leaders to see climate impacts firsthand and learn how the region is building a low-carbon future with innovation and urgency.
Who attends TED Countdown?
Countdown brings together diverse participants including politicians, climate scientists, nonprofit leaders, business leaders and C-suite executives, artists and more. We’ve gathered 2400+ world leaders from 70+ countries at our events. Here are just a few of the participants who have made Countdown events impactful:
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