Sponsorship Co-Director
Brian He
Brian is a sophomore at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch. Having been an active member of the Technology Student Association (TSA) since his start at STEM Middle School, Brian is passionate about STEM, innovation, and sharing ideas with others. Through close collaboration with his teammates and individually, Brian has won multiple top TSA awards at District and State levels.
Brian started swimming at four years old and became a year-round club swimmer at six. Twelve years of intense athletic training taught him grit, perseverance, excellence, and team spirit. At the 2023 Colorado State Championship Meet, Brian was a five-time State Champion and won 1st Place in total points. He most recently helped his Varsity Team win the 2nd Place at the 2024 Colorado High School Championship Meet. Now focused on national-level competition, Brian remains a top-ranked swimmer of the 2027 class in Colorado. Out of his busy academic and sports schedule, Brian is always happy to spend time serving his communities, such as volunteering at Chinese School and helping prepare and serve meals at the Denver Rescue Mission.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.
The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; TED Translators, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established The Audacious Project that takes a collaborative approach to funding ideas with the potential to create change at thrilling scale; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED.