TEDxTUBerlinSalon - Reset your mind!
We’re taking the TED spirit to heart and venture into a new format: TEDxTUBerlin goes digital!
A hybrid event to inspire, learn and interact with one another on a whole new level while staying at home.
HOW?
The TEDx box will make it possible. After signing up, we will deliver a box filled with exciting content to your home. You will find amazing material in it which comes directly from our speakers and will be used during the talk, turning you into an active participant. There might be some delicious snacks from our sponsors as well.
Unboxing day is the 28th of March. At that day, you enter our live stream where the event is hosted.
Get prepared for 3 fantastic, interactive talks and a live performance which will make you want to reset your mind.
We are highly looking forward to this new experience! You too? Great! Then sign up and we’ll see you on March 28th.
WE ARE SOLD OUT! Though you can still join us in the livestream during the event!
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Salon Speakers 2021
Ruth von Heusinger
Efficient climate protection can be easy for everyone
Can we use the capitalistic system to fight climate change? Social entrepreneur Ruth von Heusinger shows you how! By buying European CO2-emission rights, her start-up @fortomorrow.eu enables individuals to influence the carbon emissions of the European economy, making it as easy as online shopping. Sounds too simple to be true? In her Talk, Ruth will explain the functions of the EU emission trading system and how your single action can indeed have an impact.
Jana Pfenning & Rita Maglio
Let‘s revolutionize Birth Control!
Let’s talk about sex – or rather, contraceptives. For women*, there are several ways to prevent pregnancy. But the most popular contraception methods are hormonal or copper-based which can have a negative impact on one’s mental or physical health. Men* however only have two options: the irreversible vasectomy or the condom. It’s time for a revolution! With their petition @betterbirthcontrol, Jana Pfenning and Rita Maglio demand free and better contraceptives for everybody. In their talk, the two university students will explain why we still use out-dated contraception and how to tackle the status quo.
*We see the term “woman” and “man” as a social construct of gender and are aware that there is more natural variety in human’s sex than cis-woman and cis-man for whom gender equals sex. The * shall represent this diversity which is why we write women* and men*.
Copyright photo: Thilo Kunz
Dinesh Punni
How immersive technologies (AR/VR) will shape our future
Immersive (AR/VR) technologies are past the hype now. They are already being used across multiple industries outside of what many think is just gaming and entertainment. And now, they are slowly entering the consumer market – so what does this mean for us and our society?
Over the next years we have to completely reset our thinking on how we interact with digital information.
Global Water Dances
Dancing for safe water for everyone, everywhere
Global Water Dances is visionary initiative that combines both, participatory art and environmental activism. It uses the international languages of dance and film to promote awareness and a behavioural shift toward solutions for water preservation and conservation through community engagement. Global Water Dances connects and supports a worldwide community of choreographers, dancers and environmentalists to inspire action and international collaboration.
Anja Schäplitz is a freelance dance and performance artist, a choreographer and a dance educator.
Our Partners
BARMER
Gold Partner
BARMER is one of Germany‘s largest providers of public health insurance. It has been helping improve Germany’s health care for over a hundred years and continues to shape its future. About 9 million people have put their trust in BARMER.
BARMER is present all over Germany with 400 branch offices and offers useful and relevant advice over different contact channels – 24 hours a day. Members benefit from our multifarious digital services: Practical apps help manage your health and your health insurance related topics easily. Through numerous networks with specialists, hospitals and universities, BARMER is able to provide you with innovative and the best possible medical care.
7Mind
Product Partner
7Mind empowers people and organizations alike to lead healthy, happy and purpose-driven lives since 2014.
With more than 1.9 million downloads to date, 7Mind has become one of Germany’s most popular online meditation training and is still growing. Our goal is to help people pay as much attention to their mental well-being as they do to their physical health.
In cooperation with seasoned meditation teachers, as well as healthcare experts, we strive to develop high quality training that provide the easiest access possible to meditation and mindfulness.
We are a Berlin-based start-up in Prenzlauer Berg with a creative, international, and close-knit team of 50 employees.
Institut für Kommunikation und Gesellschaft
Media Partner
Communication determines our lives, connecting people with themselves and with society. The Institute for Communication and Society combines research and funding: We offer active training, tailor-made seminars and individual coaching. In addition, the institute prepares studies on rhetoric, society and personality. This way, we combine research with mediation, so knowledge becomes impact and theory becomes practice: for individuals and the entire society alike.
studierendenWERK BERLIN
Venue Partner
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.
SIRPLUS
Product Partner
SIRPLUS makes food saving mainstream! The Impact-Startup saves surplus, expired or “imperfect” food from being wasted and brings it back into circulation. With six Berlin rescue markets and the online shop (www.sirplus.de), rescuing becomes accessible for everyone! Become a food saver and contribute to sustainable consumption and climate protection!
Wolt
Product Partner
WOLT is the one app that makes it super easy to discover and order great food from the best restaurants in town and get it delivered in only 35 minutes. WOLT is currently available in 23 different countries, in Germany you can enjoy the app in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich – more cities coming soon!
MyPostcard
Product Partner
MyPostcard is the most successful provider of postcards and greeting cards which can be sent either online or directly via app. With over 50,000 designs, MyPostcard has the widest selection of design templates worldwide and has been downloaded more than three million times.On top of all this, MyPostcard is the most committed company in its industry when it comes to supporting social projects worldwide.
manna Naturkosmetik
Product Partner
Manna’s story began in 2004, when our son got a rash all over his body a few days after he was born. In favour of our child, we banned all cosmetic products from the house that contain chemicals and thus the natural cosmetic products of Manna were evolved. Those are chemical-free, naturalness and contain health, a lot of work and knowledge. Manna’s products are not only gentle on your skin, you can also be sure that not a single animal has suffered because of them.
klæny - Green Home Living GmbH
Product Partner
klæny provides you with sustainable, microplastic-free household cleaning products that are good for you and the environment. Our mission is to eliminate single-use plastic bottles and keep CO2 emissions as low as possible. Our concept is simple; you fill our 100% recycled cleaning bottle with tap water, dissolve one of our klæntabs, screw on the spray trigger head and you’re ready to start cleaning. Cleaning is not your thing? Try our laundry detergent.
enorm Magazin
Product Partner
enorm is the magazine for social change. Since its founding in 2010, enorm’s is dedicated to social business. Our articles focus on companies, movements and people who are aware of their own ecological and social responsibility. Those who do business sustainably and innovatively are of special interest to us.
hubraum - tech incubator of Deutsche Telekom
Venue Partner
hubraum is Deutsche Telekom’s tech incubator. By bringing early-stage startups and the leading European telco together, hubraum sparks innovation transfer and creates business opportunities for both sides. Since 2012, hubraum has been collaborating with the digital ecosystem out of its campuses in Berlin, Krakow and Tel Aviv. AI, IoT, 5G and other cutting-edge technologies are on our focus – join us for funding, free co-working space and incubation programs
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