We are super excited to introduce our first speaker Maksim Izmaylov to you! He is a serial entrepreneur with the background in software engineering and law. Maksim believes that blockchain and other technologies can help us create a better world, e.g. reduce inequality.
At TEDxTUBerlin he talks about Blockchain vs. Inequality.
Alonso Burgos was born in Mexiko City and came to Berlin to study Comparative Literature and Political Science at the FU Berlin.
At TEDxTUBerlin he will talk about the Our Responsibility in a World of Stories.
Annemarie Botzki studied Politics and Government in the EU at the London School of Economics and went on to cover energy and climate policies as an energy reporter in Brussels and London. Inspired by covering the UNFCCC 2015 Paris negotiations, she started work at the Berlin based solar street start-up Solmove, where she manages national and international projects.
At TEDxTUBerlin she will talk about the The Power of Solar Streets: The innovation against climate crisis.
Fouad Al-Noor has a masters in Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology from the University of Southampton. He worked as a research assistant at Imperial College London before joining Entrepreneur First. He wrote his thesis on paper-based medical diagnostics using image processing. He was born in Iraq, grew up in Norway, has lived in the UK for more than 10 years and worked in the USA.
At TEDxTUBerlin he will talk about what he learned from building a medical technology startup.
Benedikt Kau is a student of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Freiburg and Maastricht with a focus on neuroscience. With two friends he founded the initiative WhyEurope e.V. Their aim is to communicate Europe differently. By what they call Positive Populism they are spreading simple, concrete and emotional messages over social media networks.
At TEDxTUBerlin Benedikt will speak about positive populism.
Marion Waller is passionate about cities and environmental issues. She works as an advisor to the Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of urban planning and architecture and has been the lead advisor on several competitions that have promoted ecological architecture in Paris. She has published her first book in 2016, called “Natural artefacts” about ecological restoration and the ways of re-inhabiting nature.
At TEDxTUBerlin she will talk about How Paris is bringing nature to the city — green architecture.
Thién D. Nguyen builds products and services around the theme of making technology more accessible to humans. He is an industrial engineer from TU Berlin who is obsessed with data exploration and automation.
At TEDxTUBerlin he will speak about How Innovators predicted our future and what we can learn from them.
Daniel P. Görtz is a Swedish sociologist and “theory artist”. He holds a PhD in sociology from Lund, based on an ethnographic study of ethnicity’s role in the Swedish police, and he currently lives and works as a writer who seeks to turn social theory into an art form. He is co-founder of the think-tank Metamoderna and one of the key influences of the Swedish political party “The Initiative” which started in Stockholm in 2017.
At TEDxTUBerlin talks about Metamodern Values Explained.
Yoga is something that could be for everyone, without everyone else, at any time, everywhere, for any amount of time, wearing anything you want. You don‘t have to be flexible – just join Renu Sign and the TEDxTUBerlin audience for a sitting yoga lesson! Renu Singh is a doctoral candidate in political science at Georgetown University, and currently a Fulbright scholar at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. She completed her teaching certification in Ashtanga Yoga at an academy in Rishikesh, at the foothills of the Himalayas, and when she’s not working on science policy you can find her almost anywhere teaching and practicing yoga.
Whatever happens to love? Whatever happens to your neighbor? Whatever happens to humanity? This poem is my confession. The eco of my buried conflict. The explosion of my inner volcano. My legacy. Steve Mekoudja is an art director, author and poet. In March 2015, his debut novella “Tala Ngai” was awarded the Prix Stéphane Hessel de la jeune écriture francophone at the Salon du Livre de Paris, the biggest book fair in France. Currently, he is working on his first novel and his first poetry album.
Keeping the world moving forward – We create technologies that take society further. How? Through electrification, digitalization and automation. We’re changing the cities you live in, the places you work, the energy that powers your home, and the way the products you love are manufactured.
We’re making a difference to the world we live in every day. We’ve reduced congestion in cities by 20% by using intelligent real-time traffic data; we’ve built offices using nothing but a 3D printer; we’ve created software that communicates with turbines in the middle of the ocean; and we helped NASA develop the Curiosity rover and land it safely on Mars.
Through a mandate of the German Federal State of Berlin, the StudierendenWERK Berlin provides social, economic and cultural support services to Berlin’s students. They are here to assist students with their particular problems and to answer their questions.
Volkswagen Financial Services is a mobility and financial services company with the goal of being the key to mobility for the customer. To this end, we develop innovative products at our Digital Unit in Berlin that revolve around our customers and are based on state of the art technologies. Here, employees from IT and business departements from different national subsiduaries jointly design digital products for our markets by using agile management projects techniques. This is one of the steps towards a sustainable transformation process in our company. Wanna join us? Get in touch!
With more than 9.3 million members and branches located in 400 different cities all over the country, BARMER is one of the biggest health insurance funds in Germany. Their headquarter is located in Berlin. BARMER stands for innovative healthcare and digital services, such as the BARMER doctor GPS or the online office “My BARMER”. Technology and social developments are changing our lives more than ever and call for a new way of thinking.
The global EY organization is a leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. We leverage our experience, knowledge and services to help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We are ideally equipped for this task – with well trained employees, strong teams, excellent services and outstanding client relations. Our global purpose is to drive progress and make a difference by building a better working world – for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
HYDROPHIL is your brand for innovative sustainable W.A.S.H. goods (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene). Our products are produced with minimal water consumption and do not leave anything behind in the drinking or groundwater.
They do not contain any animal products nor are they tested on animals. They are made using fair principles, because fair work deserves a fair wage. Let’s make the world of tomorrow together a little bit greener and more beautiful.
Many personalities both from and outside the Technische Universität Berlin, be it representatives from science, business or politics, are all involved in the committees of our Friends for the benefit of the TU Berlin.
They all pursue one common goal: to create the best possible framework conditions for research and teaching through financial and idealistic support, and to maintain and expand the university‘s innovation potential.
Sons of Mana serves the freshest poké bowls at Bikini Berlin’s open terrace food market. Food entrepreneurs, Ngoc Duc Nguyen, Duy Quang Ngo, Huy Tran and Hieu Nguyen, founded this groundbreaking restaurant, which epitomizes social responsibility on the Berlin gastronomy scene. Spotting the most Instagrammable interior with a Hockney-esque pastel palette and a fantastic view of Berlin Zoo’s aviaries makes for unforgettable food experience.
Sons of Mana truly believes in making a change in the environment by initiating encouraging campaigns in hospitality industry. Today it is the most recognisable and the fastest growing poke concept in Germany. Sons of Mana, Budapester Str. 38-50, 10787 Berlin.
