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Ideas worth spreading, from the heart of the Lowcountry.
One day. One stage. Ideas from the island and beyond.
2027 theme: Bridging Our Communities. A bridge joins this island to the mainland, and ideas can do the same between neighbors, generations and causes. This year’s speakers bring ideas that connect people, businesses and communities across the Lowcountry and beyond.
TEDxHiltonHead brings the spirit of TED to Hilton Head Island: short, carefully prepared talks by local voices and invited thinkers, followed by the kind of conversation that keeps going long after the last speaker leaves the stage.
Our speakers will come from business, science, the arts, conservation, the military and everyday community life. Each talk runs 18 minutes or less, and each is built around one idea that is new, surprising or worth hearing again.
The audience is invited, limited and engaged. Expect live talks, recorded TED Talk videos, and plenty of time to meet the people who make this island what it is.
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We are curating a lineup of speakers with ideas that matter, here in the Lowcountry and far beyond it. Speaker applications open December 1, 2026, and announcements will be made on this page.
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Speaker applications open December 1, 2026. Have an idea worth spreading? We welcome speaker applications and nominations. Tell us who you are, the one idea you would bring to the stage, and why it matters now.
Apply to speakOr email info@tedxhiltonhead.com
The shape of the day
Final times will be posted with the speaker lineup.
Put your name behind the ideas that shape this island.
TEDxHiltonHead is made possible by local businesses and organizations that believe in sharing ideas. Partnerships include recognition at the event, on this site and across our communications.
Presenting Partner
- Top billing on the website, signage and printed program
- Featured on the sponsor thank-you slide
- Thanked by name in opening and closing remarks
Community Partner
- Name listed on site and program
- Thank-you on social media
- In-kind partnerships welcome
Luncheon Partner
- Logo on site and event signage
- Recognition on social media
- Signage and recognition at lunch
In keeping with TEDx rules, partners do not speak from the stage, display logos on the stage, or have any role in choosing speakers or content.
Interested in partnering? We would love to talk about how your organization can be part of TEDxHiltonHead.
Become a partnerOr email info@tedxhiltonhead.com
Seating is limited.
Tickets go on sale February 1, 2027. Leave your email and we will remind you when they are available.
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, live speakers and TED Talk videos combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local events are branded TEDx, where x stands for independently organized. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.
Tom Freiling
Event Organizer, TEDxHiltonHead
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23 C Shelter Cove
Hilton Head, SC 29926
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