Dordrecht
x = independently organized TED event

Theme: Building Brain Bridges

This event occurred on
September 29, 2016
5:00pm - 10:30pm CEST
(UTC +2hrs)
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands

TEDxDordrecht returns in 2016 in its fourth edition. Next year, the event, titled BrainBridge, wants you to float on an island of ideas. We plan to provide you an evening full of
ideas worth spreading and hopefully, you will be awash in inspiration.

Previous editions of TEDxDordrecht have included, police office Dirk Jan Grootenboer also known as the Twitter cop, Bjørn Aris who demonstrated his sword technique and Astrid van Eck on creativity and why it is so important.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. You may be familiar with the TED videos you find online. They all come from great events like ours.
Tickets for the event are available on the website and you can keep up to date with us via Facebook.

Sint Jorisweg 76
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, 3311 PL
Netherlands
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Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check event website for more information.

Alwin Notenboom

Change-Manager, entrepreneur
As a father of three kids and as a projectmanager / change-manager, Alwin developed a passion in what people need to be their best self. He was lucky to work for almost 30 years in people centered companies. Being an employee, manager or entrepreneur within these companies, he discovered, that giving people more powers and responsibilities, increases their happiness, production and pro-activity. During that same period, he saw a lot of companies from the inside and got ‘positively frustrated’. So he decided about 7 years ago to specialize in inspiring and facilitating companies in new ways of working and create an environment where people get the best out of themselves.

Britt Pols

Singer Songwriter
Britt is a singer and a songwriter. Her artist name is PollyAnna referring to her blindly optimistic character. She is on a mission for more naivety in our society. As a writer she is interested in linguistics and the impact that common sayings have on our daily lives. When doing what makes our hearts and souls sing she finds it would be good to reconsider some of our old beliefs about hoping, dreaming, persistence and worthiness and make space for new beliefs that will make us thrive in everything would like to achieve.

Danielle Vol

Entrepreneur (Vegan)
Danielle and her husband Tim live a complete vegan lifestyle. After being a teacher for 18 years, she decided to open a lunchroom offering only 100% plant based recipes. She is now making people aware about everything that a complete vegan lifestyle has to offer and to make people think about what they eat without attacking their lifestyle. By sharing her experience she will engage the audience and build bridges at the same time.

Elio Barone

Entrepreneur, Skipper
Elio Barone has a passion for the waters in Dordrecht, or as likes to call it; “The Venice of the North”.Also known as the water-guru of Dordrecht, Elio is working on giving the waters in Dordrecht back their character. By using environmentally friendly fuel only, he makes it possible for everybody to take a boat trip around this beautiful city. After setting up two foundations called “Dordtse Wateren” and “Stichting Leefwerf De Biesbosch”, he now puts all his time into various projects which all benefit the rivers and canals in Dordrecht. By doing all of this, Elio’s wish is to get the most out of the harbours and monumental ships by preserving their cultural identity.

Floris Simons

A social debt collector who stood on both sides of the debt collectors industry. He took his responsibility when he was in debt and now creates the ability to respond for people that are dealing with debt issues.

Joyce Bertram

Volunteer, Freelancer
Joyce has been a volunteer most of her life. Sinds a few years she’s been freelancing for various organisations to organize, recruit, train and manage their teams to help them reach their goals. For years she’s been working on a event called “Nowhere”, Europe’s equivalent to the famous “Burning Man” festival. With her experience as a volunteer and with the help and by working with hundreds of volunteers since, Joyce knows that without the dedication of volunteers, she could have never realized her goals.

Kristel Kuiper

Filmmaker
Filmmaker Kristel Kuiper makes powerful documentaries. Her nominated documentary, “Humor om een tumor” (Humour about a tumour), opened up a new world for her. By creating personal and socially themed documentaries she wants to create awareness and make people talk. These days, with her concepts, Kristel and her crew keep making documentaries with a very personal touch.

Laurens de Groot

Entrepreneur, WIldlife crime specialist
As an entrepreneur and Wildlife Crime Specialist and after having worked as a police detective specialized in Environmental Crime, Laurens de Groot has been dedicated to protect endangered wildlife worldwide with his ShadowView Foundation. With the help of the profits from his award winning company Skycap, a specialized drone services company, he is currently involved with several projects in Africa. Laurens has made several documentaries which have been aired on Discovery, has been nominated for his book, his company and his work and is also working as a speaker while he is working on his ultimate goal. To lock up poachers and protect wildlife all around the world. He's been one of the well know volunteers protecting whales together with the organisation Sea Shepherd featured on a well know TV show called Whale Wars. "Whale Wars"

Organizing team

Remco
Verkerk

Dordrecht, Netherlands
Organizer
  • Sandra Galjaard
    Marketing/Communications