ТEDx conference, a gathering of world-leading thinkers, makers, and doers kicked off in Yerevan on September 25, 2010 with the theme being "Beyond Borders".

Topics around following areas are discussed: innovations, technology, energy, education, homeland and Diaspora, arts and entertainment.

This is an invite-only event aimed to bring together an audience as impressive as the speakers - thought leaders from Yerevan and beyond - for a stimulating day of presentations, discussions, entertainment and art that will spark new ideas for all.

Alexis Ohanian , the founder of reddit.com and Breadpig, Hrair Baze Khacherian, phtographer and traveler, and some others have already spoken. Later, SOAD frontman Serj Tankian will go on air with the participants

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and others.