Chris Duffy: Hello. Hello. Hi everyone. Hello to everyone on the live stream. Hello to everyone here in the room. Welcome to Play a TED. We are going to have such an incredible time here together. Um, my name is Chris Duffy. I am the host of Ted's How to Be a Better Human podcast. I am a comedian and I wrote a book all about how to laugh more every day. But this is true. If you were to Google me, that is not necessarily what will come up. If you Google me, and what I'm about to show you is very it's important for me to let you know that this is not edited or doctorred in any way. If you Google me, this is the Google image result that comes up.

Chris Duffy: Now, I I love what I love most about that is that one of them is me. That's just my little punim in there going like, "Hey, I'm here, too." And actually both of us, both that Chris Duffy and this Chris Duffy, we are both so glad to be here today hosting Play at Ted. And um this is an incredible, incredible, incredible event. I believe so deeply in the importance of play, in the importance of goofing around. I'm a professional goofball. And at the heart of this event, at the heart of play, it said is a simple belief that young people aren't just participants in this conversation. They are essential to it. And from the very beginning, we designed this experience with youth voice at the center.

Chris Duffy: We began this initiative by bringing together more than 300 students from across the world, more than 27 countries. And they shared their stories and their insights about play, what it means to them, how it helps them to build real world skills, and why it should be an even bigger part of how they learn and grow. And beyond today, this work is going to continue through TEDex events around the world where even more voices are going to take the stage to share ideas sparked by this initiative. Our aim here is really clear. We want to spark a global movement demonstrating how creative play can change the world.

Miles Rules: And so this work that I did by myself at home, it led to me receiving the top prize at National STEM competition last year. And As you can see, I was really shocked to receive such a big prize for simply playing with paper. And so, in the future, I definitely want to keep exploring and learning, but most of all to keep playing with origami so I can continue to discover all the possibilities a single piece of paper can hold. THANK YOU.

Chris Duffy: GREAT JOB. Give another big round of applause for Miles Rules.

Chris Duffy: >> What an inspiration. Oh my gosh. Wow. Um, can you believe it? We have come to the end of this day. Thank you all so much. Everyone who is watching on the live stream, all of you incredible people here in person. Thank you to the incredible TED team, everyone who you can see, and everyone who is hiding behind the curtains making this run so smoothly. Thank you to the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation for this partnership. And thank you to the concept of play, which makes everything more fun. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Let's give them all a big round of applause.

Chris Duffy: >> Okay, if you are watching on the live stream, thank you for watching. Thank you for joining us. I love you. Goodbye.