What Comes
‍

After Growth?

November 12, 2pm
Pakhuis de Zwijger

WHERE LOCAL ENERGY SPARKS
GLOBAL IDEAS

Through our inspiring talks, interactive workshops, and dedicated Impact Program, we amplify voices that inform, ignite, and drive meaningful change.

Every speaker, act, and experience we bring to our stage is carefully curated. We handpick content that truly reflects and responds to the world around us, ensuring innovation sparks progress, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and our community finds the inspiration and tools needed to create real impact.

Speaker on a TEDxAmsterdam stage with images of a diver in a forest and underwater on a large screen behind.

TEDxAmsterdam in numbers

  • 16

    Editions

    On the Amsterdam stage since 2009, run by volunteers every year.

  • 50+

    Volunteers

    The team behind curation, production, comms and the Impact Program.

  • 450+

    Speaker applications

    Narrowed down to the nine talks taking the stage this November.

TEDxAmsterdam 2026

What Comes After Growth?

We're in between worlds, at the cusp of change. For our 16th edition, we open the floor to the ideas that could shape what comes next: technology and what it means to be human, economies beyond endless growth, and who gets to build the world we're inheriting.

Thursday 12 November 2026, 2pm

Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam