TEDxPeachtree, Georgia's largest community TEDx event, announced that its 2017 flagship conference will be held on Oct. 6, 2017 and is returning to the Rialto Center for the Arts in downtown Atlanta. From the future of energy to promising medical advances to explorations of the deceptively mundane, more than 15 thinkers and doers will go beyond the headlines to share ideas around the theme: Beneath the Surface.

With sold-out attendance seven of its eight years in existence, TEDxPeachtree is recognized for high caliber speakers and a global reach. Three TEDxPeachtree talks have been featured on TED.com, garnering more than 3 million views to date. TEDxPeachtree speakers on the TEDx Global YouTube channel command 1.5 million views and counting.

The 2017 speaker slate will be announced in July and a limited quantity of early bird group tickets is now on sale at http://TEDxPeachtree17.eventbrite.com. Rates increase once speakers are announced.