{"id":427615,"date":"2025-12-06T00:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/427615\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T00:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:31:18","slug":"tech-focused-ted-conference-moving-from-vancouver-to-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/427615\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech-focused TED conference moving from Vancouver to San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED-2024.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Presentation at TED2024\" class=\"wp-image-358327\"  \/><\/a>A presentation during the TED2024 conference. (Photo courtesy of TEC Conferences)<\/p>\n<p>Technology-focused <a href=\"http:\/\/ted.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TED Conferences<\/a> will move its flagship event to San Diego in 2027 after over a decade in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1984, TED emerged in California with a radical proposition: that technology, entertainment and design were converging in ways that could change how we see the world,\u201d the organization announced this week. \u201cThat idea became a global movement, and four decades later, we\u2019re returning to our roots to begin a new chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TED said the choice of San Diego is \u201cas symbolic as it is strategic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Diego positions us at the literal and cultural crossroads of innovation: a city where biotech breakthroughs happen alongside innovations in entertainment and media, where the Pacific Rim meets Latin America, and where some of the world\u2019s most urgent challenges are already being tackled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 conference will be held in the spring at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsandiego.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Convention Center<\/a>, which the organizers said offers an expanded footprint with new opportunities for community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Vancouver conference typically attracted 2,000 attendees and reportedly resulted in a $16 million economic impact for the Canadian city.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the flagship event, there are hundreds of TED talks held worldwide from Europe and Africa to Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTED has always been about bringing unlikely voices together,\u201d said Monique Ruff-Bell, TED\u2019s chief program and strategy officer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Diego represents where we\u2019re heading next \u2014 a community built on collaboration, a city tackling the challenges that matter most, and a place where the future is already being imagined,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is where global meets local, where innovation meets impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A presentation during the TED2024 conference. 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