CAPE ELIZABETH — Cape Elizabeth High School will host a TedxYouth event for its students on Dec. 7.

“This day-long program is designed to inspire our junior and senior classes to expand their horizons as they look toward planning their lives beyond high school,” Principal Jeff Shed said in a statement.

TEDxYouth@CEHS is Maine’s first full-day TEDx event for students at a public high school.

The event will feature talks designed to be relevant to young Mainers. TED talks that didn’t cater specifically to young people have taken place in Maine under the name TEDxDirigo since 2010.

Speakers at the Cape Elizabeth High School event include Libby Hoffman, founder of Catalyst for Peace; Alan Lishness, chief innovation officer for the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Emilia Dahlin, a singer, songwriter and artist; Fritz Grobe, a performer known for the Mentos-and-Coke experiment and Zoe Weil, co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education.

TED conferences got their start in California in 1984 with a focus on technology, entertainment and design but have since broadened their scope.