Eyes to the Skies. TEDxLausanneWomen Returns with “LOOK UP"

Lausanne’s biggest celebration of ideas, courage, and women’s voices is back. TEDxLausanneWomen 2025: LOOK UP

When: Friday, 21 November 2025

Where: SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne

Time: Doors open 17:00 | Talks begin 18:30

Tickets: CHF 89 (includes event, drinks, entertainment, and cocktail dinatoire)

Tickets available now: my.weezevent.com/tedxlausanne-women-2025

A Call to Look Up and Rise

This year’s theme, “Look Up,” is a bold reminder that progress begins with perspective. Every moonshot, every breakthrough, broken glass ceiling and every act of courage starts when someone dares to lift their gaze and imagine more.

In a time when women’s rights and progress are being tested around the world, Look Up isn’t just a theme, it’s a call to action. TEDxLausanneWomen brings together global trailblazers and Swiss changemakers to reimagine what’s possible, together. Amplifying women's voices in a space where local vision meets international impact.

“Our speakers aren’t just here to inspire, they’re here to ignite action,” says curator Ashley Puckett. “These aren’t only women’s issues, they’re human issues. It’s time to look up and get up, together.”

Eight Voices Shaping Tomorrow

From gastronomy to tech, sport to social innovation, eight exceptional speakers will explore what it means in 2025 to Look Up; ethically, collectively, humanly.

Anne-Sophie Pic 

Culinary visionary, most Michelin-starred female chef redefining gastronomy.

Kirsty Coventry

President of the International Olympic Committee, leading sport into a new inclusive era.

Noor Sweid

Venture capital powerhouse rewriting the rules of who gets funded.

Cindy Gallop

Fearless entrepreneur breaking taboos around sex, age, and power.

Loulia Kassem

Tech pioneer reimagining women’s health through femtech innovation.

Ilhem Khodja

Vocal prodigy unlocking the human voice as a force for freedom.

MissMe

Rebel artist reclaiming the female body as a canvas of defiance and power.

Meagan Fallone

Futurist exploring AI, longevity, and the essence of being human.

For the first time, TEDxLausanneWomen will offer real-time English–French translation

powered by Wordly AI making it one of the first TEDx events globally to leverage artificial

intelligence for accessibility and inclusion. Talks in English will be instantly available in French, and vice versa, ensuring that every attendee can connect and understand.

This innovation reflects Lausanne’s spirit. A city where ideas, cultures, and technology

come together and reaffirms the event’s commitment to human connection through innovation.

More than a Conference

Beyond the stage, the evening will feature live performances and a cocktail dinatoire for genuine exchange across generations and disciplines. Over the past decade, TEDxLausanneWomen has grown into one of Europe’s most respected TEDx events and platform. After the success of last year's event, over 1,000 participants, women and men, will come together for an evening that sparks ideas, courage, and real-world change.

Be part of the movement. Don’t just watch history happen, be in the room where it

begins.

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About TEDxLausanneWomen, TEDx, and TED

Since 2014, TEDxLausanneWomen has been an independently organized event dedicated to amplifying voices and ideas. As the largest TEDxWomen event in Europe, it brings together a diverse community of speakers and attendees from Switzerland and beyond, creating a platform for dialogue, fresh perspectives, and collective imagination toward a more equitable and inclusive future.

TEDx events are grassroots initiatives held in communities around the world, designed to share ideas in the spirit of TED’s mission, to discover and spread ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding, and drive meaningful impact.

At its core, TED is a global nonprofit devoted to ideas worth spreading. What began in 1984 as a conference bringing together Technology, Entertainment, and Design has grown into a worldwide platform covering topics from science to society, in more than 100 languages.