TEDx Gary will again present ideas worth spreading.

The locally organized offshoot of the popular TEDx series of short lectures that often become viral sensations on YouTube will take place for the eighth time at Indiana University Northwest at 65 W. 33rd Ave. this month.

TEDx Gary will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Bergland Auditorium at Savannah Hall. Speakers will address the theme "Space and Expectation" in short talks that last no more than 18 minutes.

Married couple Jeffrey and McKenya Smith organize TEDx Gary, which started with the theme "Using What You Have to Get What You Want" in 2020. The series garnered international attention last year. Dr. Ravi Iyer's 2024 TEDx Gary talk entitled "The Power of Intentional Focus" was the most watched TEDx talk last year, racking up m

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