Jim’s career spans both academic science and business. But he is also an award-winning popular science writer, and the nature of reality has always fascinated him. From his research on the social construction of reality he concludes that, as human beings, we rely utterly on the reality that we create in our own minds, derived from all our experiences with the social and physical worlds. What we perceive and understand to be reality is entirely personal, and therefore extraordinarily vulnerable.

At #TEDxTUBerlin 2019, Jim Baggott will share his thoughts on how we might come to terms with our own personal realities, and what we can do to protect them.

Rona van der Zander has worked in 8 different countries for NGOs and large companies, which changed her global mindset drastically. In 2017 she founded her own Start-Up “GrowbeYOUnd” which connects young people worldwide. The world is currently facing unprecedented changes – technology is rapidly changing the way we work, communicate and especially learn. That’s why Rona firmly believes that we need fundamental change in our educational systems – from primary school to higher education. But what kind of changes have to be made to better prepare young people for the future?
Learn more about Ronas’ visions and ideas at #TEDxTUBerlin 2019!

Growing up in a middleclass Kenyan household, Jesse Mureu Karanja acquired a privileged education which allowed him to study abroad, travel the world, equipping him with life skills he would not have been exposed to back at home. He had never really confronted his identity as an African but it wasn’t until the 25th of May 2016 where his perception of the African Continent was redefined. He saw the African person embrace their culture through the diverse foods, performances and colourful attire.

Agenda 2063, a strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of the continent over the next 50 years, aims at an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa. Presenting his view on his home continent’s future, hear what Jesse has to say about the Africa he wants.

Billy Wagner is a revolutionary. In 2015 he started his own restaurant “Nobelhart & Schmutzig” in Berlin with the concept of a “vocally local” kitchen. Now he’s taking the next step from the capital to the whole country, trying to make people remember what is long forgotten. He wants to redefine what is good and bad, simply by questioning ourselves: How do we value food? How do we raise young generations to a sensible understanding of nutrition? And what role plays food in our cultural identity? Germany is in desperate need for a revolution, a food revolution.
Become one of the mavericks standing side by side with Billy Wagner and help reshaping the reality of us all at #TEDxTUBerlin 2019!

Originally from Syria, Laila Alhariri has been living in Germany for almost 7 years now and is currently finishing her medical studies at TUDresden. When she first moved to Germany, it was nothing odd for people to ask where Syria is. As time passed by and the country she came from started to occupy the media, people started giving her looks of pity, compassion as well as despise and prejudices. All they think of is war, refugees and Pegida, however this is not the way Laila sees her country. The life, the culture and the nature – it all forms a picture so different of what everybody thinks! Listen to Laila’s story on breaking stereotypes about Syria and its people at #TEDxTUBerlin 2019.

Jeffrey Joh studied molecular and cell biology at the UC Berkeley, lived in Denmark and Sweden, before playing an active role in the Berlin Start-Up World. Wanting a car for your 18th birthday was not an uncommon wish for a long time. Now, the new generation uses Uber instead of buying cars. When we think about mobility tech, most of us think about ridesharing, bikesharing and autonomous driving. However, how will mobility transformations affect our lives beyond that? Let Jeffrey Joh take you on a trip to the future and discuss his ideas at #TEDxTUBerlin 2019!

It is no secret, that through Social Media, human contact has become less important through the years. In our everyday life, reality is shaped by digital directions, such as Google or Facebook. The data that we provide create a “recommended reality”, which we accept as a given. Still, is it possible to break out of this tech-driven truth? Tim Kessler’s natural passion for innovation and disruption inspired him to assume a new online identity. Hear what he learned from this experiments at #TEDxTUBerlin 2019!

Having served in Iraq as a part of the United States Marine Corps, Roman Baca has lived through situations very difficult to process. Much like many war veterans, he struggled to re-adjust to civilian life later on. His way of coping with his experiences is unexpected: As a former professional ballet dancer, he started combining his military experience with dance, developing provocative choreographies and therefore creating a better understanding between those who have experienced war and those who have not.
Utilizing theories of ethnodramatics, Roman Baca is shaping an artistic scenery on the #TEDxTUBerlin stage – to enhance your empathy towards the subject on stage: Theatre of war