Theme: Turn the Tides

Everyone is welcome! TEDxAUCollege could not be more proud to present its 2016 event, 'Turn the Tides!'

On March 2nd, starting at 17:30 guests are welcome to join a night of inspiration as a selection of speakers share inspiring ideas on topics ranging from housing, to fish, to hunger, to games, to much, much more that all turn the tides in the way we perceive and approach certain issues. The speakers want to present innovative solutions to entrenched issues. Stay tuned as we announce the list of speakers.

TEDxAUCollege is an independently organized TED event run by students that aims to expand the TED experience not only to their fellow students, but to everyone in the Amsterdam area. If you want to learn more about what TED and TEDx are, what their aim is, visit ted.com or our website at tedcaucollege.com.

Tickets to the event are €20 which includes a catered meal, homemade drinks, goodies, entertainment, and of course, an unforgetable experience. You can reserve your ticket via this link: http://tedxaucollege.com/tickets/. After you reserve a ticket you will be placed in a waiting list.

Due to the limited spaces available, this does not necessarily guarantee you a ticket, so do not postpone reserving your spot by purchasing the ticket! Tickets are first-come first-serve. An e-mail will bes sent to you with payment details, and all the information you need will be given to you through e-mail once you sign-up.

We cannot wait to see you there! We hope you're as giddy as we are!

Bimhuis
Piet Heinkade 3
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, 1019 BR
Netherlands

Aart van Veller

Entrepreneur & Environmentalist

Aart van Veller is founder of VandeBron, the first energy supplier where consumers can purchase energy from a sustainable and independent source. With VandeBron Aart disprupts the entire energy market and changes it from the inside.

Eloy Van Hal

Founder of De Hogeweyk, an innovative dementia care center

Eloy van Hal is a founder and leading developer of De Hogeweyk, a revolutionary new concept in the care for people suffering from dementia, and will highlight the differences between current care and the more appropriate approach of his institution.

Geoffrey Lillemon

Digital artist

Geoffrey Lillemon brings a classic romantic painting and drawing style to technology to reinterpret artistic practice and consistently portrays the interplay between the digital and physical world in his work.

Halleh Ghorashi

Anthropologist & Professor

Halleh Ghorashi is Professor of Diversity and Integration at the VU University Amsterdam. She has published extensively on topics such as identity, cultural diversity, and emancipation with a particular focus on the narratives of identity, (forced) migration and belonging.

Juan David Mendieta

Entrepreneur

Juan David Mendieta is a serial entrepreneur based in Brussels and will present on his vision of community-centric business related to “Kiron University”, a social venture he co-founded that seeks to provide higher education for refugees.

Lotte de Beer

Lotte de Beer is a stage director who has developed innovative productions for, among others, the Metropolitan Opera and Opera Leipzig. In her talk, she will present the meaningful role opera can play in reflecting on the big questions of our time

Nadia Remmerswaal

Urban space architect

Nadia Remmerswaal, an architect who in the face of an almost exponential growth in city populations around the world, sees an immediate need to find new solutions to housing. She has one, and it goes by the name of Tra-Digital Hybrids (TDH).

Tessa Roseboom

Professor for Early Development and Health

Tessa Roseboom is a professor for Early Development and Health at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her work focuses on developmental programming, specifically the role of nutrition. In her talk, she will elaborate on this concept and connect it to her philanthropic efforts to improve global childhood nutrition.

Tim Alpherts

Student & Esport Advocate

Tim Alpherts recently started his own university e-sports league, through which he wishes to share the benefits of esports, de-stigmatize gaming and show how games can add so much more to our lives than we give them credit for.

Wietse van der Werf

Environmental activist

Wietse van der Werf is a conservationist with a big heart for nature and on a mission to fight wildlife crime through unconventional means. Having founded a number of civilian enforcement services, Wietse works with regular citizens to collect evidence and prosecute wildlife criminals.