Less than a month to go until TEDxUbud, gulp! Every year we feel a rush of gratitude for being able to put this event together and work with Bali's brightest and best. And while the challenges of wrangling these many people and moving parts may have us pulling our hair out right around this time, we love doing it. After all, there would be no Elami and Co without TEDx.

We'd like to give a big thanks to Ria and Skyler of Utama Spice, who have been so generous with their time and support for this event for so many years. We are very grateful to this amazing hometown brand that has taken their incredible message and brand around the world!

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1// The 2019 TEDxUbud lineup is out!

We are very excited about this year's speakers and performers. Our theme of Movement has led us to curate talks about migration, emotional upheavals, changing the way we travel, dancing with dinosaurs, seismic activity, trade that feeds our hunger for the new, and how we can think more with our hands. We've been rehearsing with speakers for several weeks and they're better than ever.

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2// A snippet that inspired us

“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.”

—Aldous Huxley

3// Fill your bellies

To whet your appetites, we have some of Bali's best culinary creatives coming back to feed attendees this year; including Locavore, Pasti Enak, Moksa, Coffeenatics, Mia Chia, Gelato Secrets, Albens Cider, Stark Craft Beer, Krakakoa, Balipop, and Happy Kombucha! We're nearly sold out, book your tickets if you haven't done so yet.

4// Partner-in-art

We have the amazing Kanoko Takaya as our TEDxUbud artist for 2019! Kanoko is a Japanese artist who lives in Bali. Her work is filled with movement and popped into our minds when we started thinking of how we wanted this edition to look. Kanoko created portraits of each speaker and also a dreamy being filled with thoughts and ideas for our limited-edition volunteer t-shirts.

5// Our TEDxUbud space

So many of our attendees fell in love with Setia Darma’s incredible space when we held our first night event there in 2017, so we're very happy to be heading back there for our 8th edition. This museum opened in 2006 and its collection includes more than 1,300 masks and 5,700 puppets from around Indonesia and the world. It's a wonderful place to head to on the weekend, or the next time you have no idea what to do in Ubud with guests. Did we mention it's free?