Launching first TEDx Youth event at WCH – Our Greatest Tool

Upcoming event

The first ever TEDx Youth event at Wellington College Hangzhou Campus will be held on Wednesday, 26 April in our Black Box Theatre. With the theme,  Our Greatest Tool, it is an independently organised event led by Célia, one of our Sixth Form pupils, and her team, featuring five speakers from the Wellington community sharing their insights on the topic. Please scan the QR code below to watch the live stream of the event.

About TEDx

TED is an influential nonprofit international platform for sharing ideas that began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged. Numerous outstanding figures in the areas of science, design, literature, music, etc., are invited to share their insights and explorations on technology, society and humanity. In the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program, where x stands for independently organised TED event, helps communities, organisations and individuals produce TED-style events at a local level. It aims to bring people together in the form of presentation videos and live speakers to provoke deeper discussions and stronger connections within the community. A TEDx youth event falls within the same TEDx event rules, except this event is oriented towards youth. 

“Presentation literacy isn’t an optional extra for the few. It’s a core skill for the twenty-first century.”  

“Remember, the goal is to give. Something people can walk away with: insights, perspective, context, hope.”

                                                                                                                                                                                         —— Chris Anderson,  Head of TED

The commitment of our dedicated sixth form pupils to the event from the preparation process and organisation fully reflects the school values of respect, kindness, courage, integrity, and responsibility, as well as the school identity of being positive, intellectual, independent, individual, and inclusive. Setting a positive example for pupils on campus.

More exciting updates on the event will follow soon.