TEDx Doncaster 2026: Undermined From Coal to Code to AI Festival of Ideas

TEDx Doncaster returns with its most ambitious programme to date

This year will be a Festival of Ideas that captures the spirit, history, and future of a place that has always evolved.

This year’s theme, Undermined, draws a powerful line from Doncaster’s coal-mining heritage to the digital and artificial-intelligence revolution shaping tomorrow. It is a theme rooted in both disruption and reinvention.

What does it mean to be undermined?
To be overlooked, displaced, or redefined?
And more importantly, what comes next?

Across one landmark weekend at Cast, 20 speakers will step onto the iconic red carpet to share ideas that challenge, provoke, and inspire. These are not simply stories; they are ideas with consequences. Ideas that interrogate systems, expose blind spots, and reimagine futures.

Saturday 17 October 2026

TEDx Doncaster Women (Inaugural Event)
A bold and necessary platform dedicated to amplifying the voices, experiences, and ideas of women shaping the future — across industries, communities, and cultures.

Sunday 18 October 2026

TEDx Doncaster 2026 Main Event
A dynamic and thought-provoking programme featuring innovators, disruptors, and thinkers exploring Undermined through the lenses of identity, industry, inequality, and innovation.

From coal to code to AI, this is more than a theme; it is a narrative of transition, resilience, and transformation.

This is a Festival of Ideas.
This is Doncaster.
This is TEDx.