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About

TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin 2026 was an independently organised TEDx event hosted at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. The event brought together an inspiring line up of speakers from across business, academia, entrepreneurship and social innovation to share ideas worth spreading.

Under the theme Change101, the event explored why change matters and how fresh perspectives are shaping our world across AI, law, finance and blockchain, climate, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Speakers examined a wide range of thought-provoking topics, including building legitimate AI for judges, the human equation in an age of intelligent machines, the opportunity presented by blockchain, and rethinking DEI for Europe. Talks also addressed environmental sustainability, justice reform, cultural silence and alignment, the power of play, the search for exomoons, resilience in the face of rejection, and nature as a system under pressure.

Together, these ideas challenged the audience to reflect on how we adapt, lead and act in a rapidly changing world.

Recordings of the talks will be available on the TEDx website in the coming months.

TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin 2026 Highlights

TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin 2026 brought powerful ideas, bold conversations and inspiring voices to the Dargan Theatre at Trinity Business School. Under the theme Change101, speakers explored why change matters and how fresh perspectives are shaping our world. This highlights video captures memorable moments from an afternoon of thought-provoking talks, big ideas and an engaged Trinity community.

Speakers

Speaker	Position	TEDx Talk Title
Blú Hanley	Head of lighting at The Lir Academy of Dramatic Art, Trinity College Dublin	Dublin to Dakar: How Technicians Make Great Art
Dr Eimear Nolan	Associate Professor of International Business at Trinity Business School	The Chilling Effect of Cultural Silence
Dr Brian Barry	Associate Professor at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin	Reimagining Justice: How to Build Legitimate AI for Judges
Professor Laurent Muzellec	Dean of Trinity Business School	Inclusion Without Division: Rethinking DEI for Europe
Olamide Obadina	First Class Global business Trinity Gradute and DEI Researcher	Inclusion Without Division: Rethinking DEI for Europe
Professor Na Fu	Chair of Responsible Leadership & Director of Trintiy AI XR Hub	The Human Equation in an Age of Intelligent Machines
Lory Kehoe	European Fintech, Digital Assets Executive and PhD Researcher,Trinity College Dublin	The Ecosystem to Maximise the Blockchain Opportunity
Bhadra Panicker	Law and Business student and Laidlaw Scholar	When the Law Gets It Wrong
Dr Ronika Chakrabarti	Associate Professor in Marketing, Trinity Business School	Remembering in the Future - Why Past Wisdom Matters Now?
Dr Colman Noctor	Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist, Lecturer in Mental Health at SETU	When Machines Listen but Don’t Care: Loneliness and Trust in the Age of AI
Neasa Nic Corcráin	2025 Laidlaw Scholar and Environmental Science and Engineering Student, Trinity College Dublin	Changing the Cycle: Exposing Toxins in Period Products
Dr Wen Wan Wang-Whelan	Creative Psychitherapist and PhD graduate, Trinity College Dublin	Where My PhD Didn’t Take Me: A Journey into Play
Ishna Tripathi	Physics and Atrophysics student and Laidlaw Scholar, Trinity College Dublin	Cloudy with a Chance of Exomoons - Hunting for Transiting Exomoons around a Brown Dwarf
Evie Kramer	History and Political Science student, Trinity College Dublin and Laidlaw student	Reframing Jealousy — How others’ Success Becomes your own
Alex Denning	Professional Racing Car Driver with Lamborghini, and alum of Trinity Business School	Motorsport Has Changed — Drivers Are Now Businesses
Linda Djougang	International Rugby Player and Nursing Graduate, Trinity College Dublin	A Different Kind of Journey: From Rejection to Resilience
Professor Jane Stout	Vice-President for Biovidersity and Climate Action and Professor of Ecology, Trinity College Dublin	Nature: Our Operating System at Breaking Point