About 1,600 students will gather to swap innovative ideas and listen to inspiring 18-minute lectures on Saturday at UF's third annual TEDx conference.
The conference, which is the largest TEDx event on the eastern seaboard, is Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
This year's theme is "Celebrating Curiosity."
TEDxUF is an independently organized arm of the international nonprofit organization TED, short for "Technology, Entertainment and Design."
TED hosts global conferences centered on sharing "ideas worth spreading," according to its website.
The conference is free, but reserve tickets are no longer available.
TEDxUF curator Ben Erez said videos of the lectures will be posted on the event website following the presentation.
Erez asks attendees to "think of TEDxUF as a retreat with your smartest friends."
The conference will host 12 speakers, ranging from entrepreneurs and journalists to professors and visionaries.
All of them will give free presentations lasting fewer than 18 minutes, as dictated by international TED guidelines.
"Even though it's not a paid appearance, speakers have been excited about the opportunity and more than willing to attend," Erez said. "They know that a good idea that isn't shared with others isn't worth much."
