012Central hosts TEDxPretoria

The event's theme explores the latest technology and trends - with revolutionary speakers discussing the importance and impact of radical ideas and fast change in an age of upheaval. The theme embraces the future, our youth and how we can fundamentally improve lives locally and globally with the helping hand of technology. Because how else can we make a change without thinking about the future?

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This will be the fourth edition of TEDxPretoria - a localised offshoot of the Technology, Education and Design (TED) series of talks which has become an international movement under the banner of "Ideas worth spreading". The talks, which are freely available online, are widely recognised as one of the world's most inspiring sources of new thinking on a diverse range of cultural and scientific subjects.

The live talks will be given by striving social activists who aspire to make a change, technological geniuses with exciting new ideas, driven entrepreneurs who fight for the youth and their education, ordinary people with extraordinary stories and performers who use poetry and writing to express their innermost feelings in a touching way, along with influential experts in psychology and relationships who will share their memorable musings. See the speaker line-up here.

These talks will certainly send people home with original and fresh thinking and ignite a burning desire to change something, even the most insignificant thing, to make the world a better place.

Like all TED talks, the TEDxPretoria event is open-source and not for material or political gain. It is organised under a free license by an independent team of professionals, graduates, and students who share a profound passion for challenging the accepted wisdom and sparking deep conversations and connections in their communities.

The lead sponsor for this year's event is Standard Bank, with support from 012Central and Summertime.

Visit www.tedxpretoria.com for more information, visit the Twitter page (@TEDxPretoria or follow the official hashtag #TEDxPretoria.