TEDxSydney 2025

Three Horizons

These are not just ideas for ideas’ sake. These are ideas to meet the moment.
We live at a moment in time when global risk and incredible opportunity expands across our climate and biodiversity, exponential tech and AI breakthroughs, an energy transition, our social and information divides, and our collective health. The complexity is extraordinary.

On a personal level, while bombarded with ever novel content, we’re striving for purpose in our professional lives to contribute to something meaningful, we’re earnestly trying to hear the opinion of those we don’t agree with, and we’re giving ourselves a break from it all by binging Netflix before bed.

How do we make sense of this time? TEDxSydney 2025 is a gathering of minds meeting the moment.

To help us navigate the complexity, this year’s speakers will explore ideas through the lens of Three Horizons:

- Horizon 1 - Triage
 Where are we now?

- Horizon 2 - Transition
 Where are we going?

- Horizon 3 - Transformation
Which futures are we imagining and working towards?

We will hear from leaders at the forefront of our energy, economic, political, scientific and creative systems. They will share their ideas that can shape the next chapter of life on our planet.

• Artists

  2025 Speakers 

  Corey Bradshow

  Professor of Global Ecology

  Tanya Latty

  Insect Ecologist

  Sarah Wilson 

  Author, Broadcaster, Advocate

  Isabelle Reinecke

  Human Rights Lawyer

  Gina Chick

  Rewilding Adventure & Writer

  Simon Holmes à Court

  Climate Philanthropist

  Tim Buckley

  Climate Finance Advocate

  Aunty McRose Elu

  Saibai Seisia Elder

  Barry Irvin

  Chair, Bega Group

  Ruby Rodgers

  Young Advocate, Singer

  Jessica Chapnik Kahn

  Performer, Poet

  Luke O'Shea

  Singer