School of Leadership
TEDxSouthern Miss
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus
Fleming Education Center Auditorium
About the Event
We aim to engage individuals who are passionate about innovation, leadership, and addressing critical issues related to the coastal environment and the Blue Economy*. The intended audience for TEDxSouthern Miss includes a diverse mix of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members from across the Mississippi Gulf Coast and beyond. Our audience will also include local business leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking to connect with forward-thinking ideas and transformative discussions.
*What is the Blue Economy?
The Blue Economy refers to the sustainable use of ocean and coastal resources to drive economic growth, create jobs, support workforce development, and enhance the well-being of coastal communities. Key sectors include aquaculture and fisheries, coastal tourism, shipping and port operations, national security, and coastal resilience. Along the Gulf Coast, the Blue Economy plays a critical role in enhancing regional quality of life and economic vitality. It fuels job creation and opens doors to expanding career pathways. Nationally, employment in coastal-related industries is expected to outpace the average job growth over the next decade, underscoring the Blue Economy’s significance for workforce development and long-term regional prosperity.
Learn more about TEDxSouthern Miss here.
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About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of discovering and spreading ideas, 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.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to discovering, debating and spreading ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding and drive meaningful change. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world. Each year, thousands of independently run TEDx events bring people together to share ideas and bridge divides in communities on every continent. Through the Audacious Project, TED has helped catalyze more than $3 billion in funding for projects that seek to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and just. In 2020, TED launched Countdown, an initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and mobilize a movement for a net-zero future, and in 2023 TED launched TED Democracy to spark a new kind of conversation focused on realistic pathways towards a more vibrant and equitable future. View a full list of TED’s many programs and initiatives.