TEDx Organizers
TEDx organizers around the world create grassroots, local events dedicated to spreading ideas within their communities, and beyond. Select any name to learn more about them and their events.

Felipe Jaramillo
Bogota, Colombia
knowledge

Luis Miguel Jaramillo
Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia
I’m passionate about connecting people, ideas, and institutions to unlock opportunities that would otherwise never exist.
Throughout my professional journey working with entrepreneurs, universities, companies, and public institutions, I have repeatedly seen the same pattern: talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.
Many entrepreneurs have good ideas, strong motivation, and the willingness to work hard. Yet they struggle to grow, not because they lack talent, but because they lack access... access to markets, mentors, investors, strategic partners, or simply the right conversation at the right moment.
This realization has shaped much of my work.
Over the years, I have worked closely with entrepreneurial communities, innovation programs, and institutional ecosystems, mentoring startups, teaching entrepreneurship at the university level, and facilitating collaboration between the private sector, academia, and government. Through these experiences, I have seen that innovation rarely happens in isolation. It happens when different perspectives collide.
When a researcher meets an entrepreneur.
When a company shares a challenge with a startup.
When government opens the door for experimentation.
When communities participate in shaping solutions.
These intersections create something powerful: ecosystems.
That belief led me to develop initiatives focused on building spaces of connection, where entrepreneurs and institutions can collaborate, share knowledge, and generate real opportunities for growth.
I am particularly passionate about creating environments where emerging entrepreneurs do not feel alone in their journey. Too often, the entrepreneurial narrative celebrates individual success stories, but behind every successful venture there is usually a network of mentors, partners, supporters, and institutions that made the journey possible.
My motivation is to make those networks more accessible, more intentional, and more inclusive.
In my work I try to bridge worlds that often operate separately: academia, business, government, and civil society. When these actors collaborate, they create what I believe is one of the most powerful drivers of innovation: collective intelligence.
For me, entrepreneurship is not only about building companies; it is about building communities that create opportunities together.
That is why I am passionate about designing initiatives, programs, and conversations that bring the right people together, activate collaboration, and transform ideas into real impact.
Because when the right connections happen, innovation accelerates, opportunities multiply, and entire regions can move forward.
Munkhzul Jargalsaikhan
Julia Jargieło

Marouene JARRAYA
Tunis, Tunisia
LPA, IPEIT, ENSI Alumni, ABAP & SAP Dev, Blogger, Com Manager TCSE, Gangster MakeSense, TEDxENSI Curator.

Paul Jarrin
Calla Jarvie

Julianne Jarvis
St. John's , Antigua and Barbuda

Nirvair Kaur Jasbir Singh
Malaysia
Rami Jasem

Jaskaran
Mumbai, India

Celyne Jasmine

hyun jason
Seoul, South Korea
Nicolas Jason

SWAYAM JASORIA
Indore, India
I am most passionate about personal growth in my life. Because of the commitment to improve me and my self-worth, I keep self-evaluating myself on my attitude, actions and other areas of improvement and transformation.
One of the things I am desperately committed to for my personal growth is my fitness level. Being a sports person since childhood, where I have gone a long way in sports, now I have also added gymming and practising meditation in my daily routine for my mental health along with physical fitness, which essentially comes with me caring about my diet for well-being.
Moreover, being from a business family, watching my parents and uncles being involved in the family business, businesses and entrepreneurship is another passion that I got into from a very young age which is why I desire to have my own startups in the coming years.
Additionally, travelling is also something that I am passionate about. I believe that it takes me out of my daily routine and into new surroundings and experiences which helps in resetting my body and mind.
Jennifer Jasper
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I am passionate about strong communities that value and live diversity and social justice. I am passionate about kindness, and the ability to embrace conflict as a process to build relationships and grow as human beings; I believe in service -- to live and love for others; I also believe in joy - everyday - and really, truly living what is important; this means not sweating the small stuff or giving it power.
I also believe that the basis of all of this is knowledge and real, honest dialogue.

Josh Jasper
I am most passionate about creating community connections.
Austin Jaspers

Ojas Jassi
New Delhi, India
I’m passionate about creating meaningful change through the convergence of finance, technology, and communication. For me, innovation isn't just about pushing boundaries—it's about understanding the real problems that need solving. Whether it’s leveraging data science to uncover insights, crafting financial strategies that drive growth, or using storytelling to make complex ideas accessible, my focus is always on impact. Technology, in my view, isn’t about building for the sake of novelty; it's about thoughtful and intentional solutions that truly serve people.
Jood Jassim

Armeet Jatyani

Claudia Jaukin
São Paulo, Brazil
Science - Environment - Ecology - Ocean Acidification - Chemistry

Brenda Jauregui
Ica, Peru

Shahin Javadi Nezhad
Tehran, Iran
Changing the world, one dent at a time.