TEDxCU Presents: On the Contrary

About This Event

TEDxCU is a self-organized event that brings people together to share a TED-like experience. Enjoy live speakers and fine arts performances. Join us for TEDxCU's 14th event on Saturday, April 4th, 2026 in Macky Auditorium and Concert Hall on CU Boulder’s campus! Speakers: Doris Yuen, Aimee Bernard, Leo Heuring, Kya Leptrone, Benji Billman, Vik Bebarta. Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxcu-presents-on-the-contrary-tickets-1910504122259 Theme Description: On the Contrary challenges us to reconsider the tension between opposites not as conflict, but as connection. Just as we don’t know light without shadow, or sound without silence, it is through juxtaposition that meaning emerges. Our theme explores the beauty of contradiction and opposition where tensions like chaos and order, friction and flow, and comedy and tragedy, remind us that opposing viewpoints are often two halves of a deeper truth. In duality, we can find dialogue, rather than division. Read more about TEDxCU at TEDxCU.com Please direct questions to [email protected] TEDxCU is a project of the College of Media, Communication and Information and the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)