TEDxNortheasternU: Refraction

Our 2026 flagship event centers on the theme of Refraction, exploring how ideas, perspectives, and experiences bend and transform when they pass through different mediums. Just as light refracts when it moves from air to water, revealing new colors and dimensions, our speakers will examine how challenges redirect our paths, how different cultural lenses reshape our understanding, and how moments of change reveal hidden possibilities.

Refraction is about transformation through transition. It's about the beauty that emerges when we're willing to shift angles, the innovation born from viewing problems through multiple perspectives, and the growth that comes from allowing our experiences to bend us into new shapes. Through this lens, we'll explore stories of resilience, reimagination, and the remarkable ways individuals and ideas evolve when they encounter new environments.

Join us on February 21st, 2026 @ ISEC. Tickets out now!