Strijp
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Theme: Reconciling The Future

This event occurred on
February 21, 2016
11:00am - 6:00pm CET
(UTC +1hr)
Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
Netherlands

Rapid development in science, culture and behavior, coupled with the tumultuous tide of our daily lives, means that reflection is becoming ever sparser, even though it is all the more necessary.

TEDxStrijp fills that void. At this independently-hosted conference in the BrainPort region that is the city of Eindhoven, a wide array of speakers stemming from a variety of fields, come together to help find that space again. Through the power of the vocal word, infused with passion and comprehension, these talks hope to reveal that which is buried under the progression: the ethical qualms, the ill-forgotten lessons, the fruitless regressions. Join them on this journey to uncover ideas that can help us reconcile the future.

Oirschotsedijk 14b
Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, 5651 GC Eindhoven
Netherlands
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Speakers

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Barry Fitzgerald

Postdoctoral Researcher
Barry Fitzgerald is a research scientist and a huge fan of the superhero films and comic books. He sees a future where science will advance and develop technologies that could yield superpowers. You can read about his thoughts on superpowers and science in his book "Secrets of Superhero Science". Barry is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology and works in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry.

Boris Nikolai Konrad

Memory Champion
During his studies, Boris Nikolai Konrad managed to do two masters in the time of one and went on, with the insight of a PhD in Psychology, to attain two Guinness world records for memorizing 280 words and 215 names in 15 minutes. Now, as the President of MemoryXL, he believes that anyone can and should stimulate and cultivate their memorization abilities.

Camilla Spadavecchia

Researcher and expert in Migration and Intercultural Processes
An expert in the field of highly-skilled migration, development and gender Camilla Spadavecchia has lived in 5 countries and traveled to many more. Her research and teachings range from social inequality to human rights and span over seven years of labour. She formerly represented the United Nation Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and co-founded a help-desk in her home city for female victims of violence.

Cecile Cremer

Future Strategist
We might still think the future is something that just happens to us, and therefore we are only aware of the present. We should lose that attitude of unawareness and start realizing the future is in our hands.

Eliška Slováková

Freelance Designer
What is the key to creativity and how to have productive and joyful brainstorming session. Introducing the world's first brainstorming machine.

Evert Pruis

Talent Development
With an eye on the mounting demand for high performance, Evert Pruis trains managers, teams and potentials to cultivate their latent talents and, in turn, to let them flourish.

Johan van Leeuwaarden

Professor of Mathematics
In 1905. Albert Einstein provided strong evidence that molecules exist by describing their collective movement. Mathematician Johan van Leeuwaarden explains how the intuitive reasoning behind Einstein's proof provides a powerful instrument for addressing some of the statistical challenges in data-driven social networks.

Jos van Rens

Together, Marieke and Jos form Pyure, a musical duo "for the moment and in the moment". Their music is in tune with the sensations of the human experience, past and present, pain and peace, trouble and quietness...

Marco Bevolo

Consultant
In the future, connectivity will enable seamless and constant integration of urban features, in a revolution that already started since a few years. Whereas exciting times might lie ahead of us, it is crucial to bring back a true human focus, by anticipating future needs and desires of citizens by design. Architects and designers can do so by sketching and envisioning scenarios of people-driven technology.

Marieke van der Leijé

Together, Marieke and Jos form Pyure, a musical duo "for the moment and in the moment". Their music is in tune with the sensations of the human experience, past and present, pain and peace, trouble and quietness...

Martijn Veenstra

Graphic Designer
In a world full of colours and shapes, Martijn's mind has molded what he sees into new and dazzling forms. As a freelance designer, he has come into contact with a myriad of different possibilities, including the responsibilities that come with a communicative art form.

Peter Bijleveld

Talent Scout
In his quest to build bridges between people, Peter Bijleveld has been both a technical recruiter, a recruitment trainer and is currently operating as a talent scout. By matching and incubating raw talent, he's come into contact with quite a number of different individuals and so has seen many sides of an ever-evolving corporate landscape.

Rajesh Gharbharan

Three-dimensional design

Silvi Beatriz Ciccarelli Mercier

Teacher of Language
For the past seven years and counting, Mrs.Mercier has been assailed daily by both the strains and the delights of teaching. In this time her role has come to encompass being an English language acquisition teacher as well as a curriculum developer at the International School of Eindhoven, providing the linguistic framework for students to grow and prosper.

Organizing team

Xavier
Weiss

Eindhoven, Netherlands
Organizer
  • Bharadwaj Viswanathan
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  • Evie Gilbert
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  • Merel Turksema
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  • Veronika Varga
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