TEDxParkCity announced it will kick off its 2025-26 season at at 6 p.m. on Oct. 30 at the Eccles Center with Back-to-TED, an evening of talks curated from the 2025 TED conference in Vancouver.
The event will feature about three hours of programming, including a pizza dinner break from Red Banjo. Doors open at 5:30. Tickets are $45; The price includes pizza and beverages at the break. The event will be limited to 300 people to allow for an intimate experience, organizers said.
Teri Orr has organized TEDxParkCity since 2008, creating Park City-based experiences that offer local audiences the best of the talks from the TED conference, which the organization said reflect the definition of technology, entertainment and design.
“We are excited to be back at the Eccles to present talks that are mostly not yet available to the public,” Orr said. “Many talks’ unique perspectives have universal appeal, but each year, some speakers strike a chord that I know will resonate within the Park City community — either through their ingenuity, their creativity or their unexpected subject matter.”
Orr, who produces these events with co-host Bari Nan Rothchild, noted the TEDx season will include events featuring live speakers, including TEDxPark City Women and TEDxParkCity Youth, where local students learn how to deliver their own TEDx Talks. The dates for those events will be announced soon.
“The evening at the Eccles will feature talks from a range of speakers representing Technology, Entertainment and Design — including Sam Altman of OpenAI, investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres,” Orr said. “Most of these talks come from the live feed and are not edited. This year demonstrated a new level of fearlessness as they explored the ways technology has infiltrated every aspect of our lives; the tech is informed by its design and how we view it. And ultimately, if we don’t have the soul part, then we stop being human.”
Rothchild added:
“TEDxParkCity events invite us to view our community through a wider lens, and engage in different conversations, in the spectacular theater space of the Eccles Center, on the giant screen and immersive sound system,” Rothchild said. “We’ll have a generous break for a light dinner and some tasty conversations, thanks to our friends at Red Banjo. After that, we’ll head back in for more on-screen adventures.”
For tickets, visit tedxparkcityut.org or find them on Eventbrite.
TEDxParkCity presents this evening with special thanks to Utah Film Center, our fiscal sponsor, and to its founder, Emmy winner and Oscar-nominated producer Geralyn Dreyfous, for their support. We are also proud to have the support of the Park City Chamber Bureau, Morgan Stanley in Park City, Proforma Peak Marketing Studio, Red Banjo Pizza, Done to Your Taste, and Park City Summit County Arts Council.
For further information or to underwrite a TEDxperience, contact Teri Orr.