A line-up of inspirational Kiwi scientists, business people, politicians, designers, artists and performers will take to the stage at the Aotea Centre today to impart their "ideas worth spreading".
The second annual TEDxAuckland conference promises a full-day forum of speakers and performances.
This year's speakers include UN Development Programme Administrator and former Prime Minister Helen Clark, director of Auckland University's Centre for Brain Research, Professor Richard Faull, and founder of the depression charity Live More Awesome, Jimi Hunt.
Follow a live blog of the day here: