Theme: Rethink. Rewire. Regrow.

TEDx TUHH on November 14, 2015 again invites a group of very interesting speakers for our annual idea conference. They come from various backgrounds and experiences. Under the theme of “Rethink. Rewire. Regrow.” they are going to inspire the audience with fresh and mind-blowing ideas. This event is a half day event including food and drinks. Following the talk session there is going to be a networking session.

We’re looking forward to seeing you in November!

Audimax 1
Am Schwarzenbergcampus 4
Hamburg, Hamburg, 21073
Germany

Banda Ashé

Banda Ashé started its journey 10 years ago in Hamburg. It comprises of youngsters who all share a common passion - Samba. They perform at various events and festivals in the city and specialize in getting the audience moving to their amazing Samba Reggae music.

Alexander Strauss

President of Clowns Without Borders

Alexander Strauss studied Arabic and African studies at the University of Vienna, with stays in Yemen and Africa. In parallel, he started exploring various expression forms and techniques of world and contemporary dance, such as candomble dances of Brazil or Sema dance of Turkish dervishes. Since 1992, he is a professional dancer in numerous performances with many dance companies throughout Germany. He participated in leading company trainings and choreographic assistances throughout Europe, Russia and Egypt. Since 2008, he is a clown at the Klinik-Clowns Bayern e.V., a non-profit organisation of clowns visiting children, adults and the elderly in hospitals in Bavaria with focus on rheumatic and oncological patients as well as palliative care. Strauss is also the president of Clowns Without Borders International, an independent non-profit organization of professional artists who perform all over the world to relieve the suffering of children and adults in areas of crisis.

Benjamin Brich

Chairman, Humanitarian Logistics Organization

Benjamin Brich started his career in logistics ten years ago when he studied International Business with focus on logistics at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University. He spent the practical phases of the program working for one of the top three logistics service providers worldwide. After his graduation, Brich completed a trainee-program within the same company in different branch offices. All in all, he gained experience in fifteen different departments in land transportation, air and sea freight, warehousing and controlling, as well as in different logistics projects. During the flood in Pakistan in 2010, Brich had his first touch point with logistics in humanitarian aid: he coordinated a relief flight for a German Non-Profit Organisation in Islamabad. In 2012, he started the Master’s Program Humanitarian Logistics and Management at USI in Lugano. Since 2014 he is Chairman of the Board of Humanitarian Logistics Organisation e.V. (HLO).

Christoph Schuhmann

Teacher and film producer

Christoph Schuhmann teaches Physics and Computer Science in northern Germany. He finished his scientific studies within half of the regular time and is currently studying psychology. In his lessons, he once asked his students, “What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘Learning’ ?”. The answers he got involved words like, ‘duty’, ‘boredom’, ‘annoyance’ and ‘burden’. Even students with good grades told him that learning was an exhausting process; that they only do it for the sake of grades. Not one of the students seemed to “enjoy learning”. Christoph was shocked. He wondered how we could unfold and sustain the natural curiosity that we observe in young children in their kindergarten age. He reduced his work load and followed his passion for psychology. He read many books about learning, curiosity and concepts of education, which led him on his quest to discover schools with innovative concepts, where children love to go to and truly love to learn.

David Cummins

Hacker School Co-Founder and MINISTRY partner

Originally from the USA, David Cummins moved to Germany in 1992 to continue his studies in Linguistics. David’s professional career began in 1996, with concentrations both on software development and team leadership. Today, David is managing partner of the MINISTRY Group, responsible for technological innovation, agile processes, as well as modern management and leadership topics. In 2013, he talked to Timm Peters and Andreas Ollmann about an idea to inspire young people to learn programming and the Hacker School was born.

Jasmina Quach

Sound and Video Artist at Kuoko

The 25 year old Jasmina Quach from Hamburg moves with her emerging project Kuoko on a totally own playground. Self-designed videos and artwork are just as important for the project as the music. A combination of synthesizer harmonies, beats and a voice with a Scandinavian touch that carries us away into places of friendliness and at times to dark fantasy worlds.

Marc Hauser

Entrepreneur and World Record Holder

Marc Hauser is a true multi-talent. He founded erfolgswelle, an international naming agency. As a conceptual artist, he sold the second most expensive picture at his first exhibition – without really being able to paint. He also sets world records in flying over entire cities in freefall – with vertigo. In his belief, the principle of achieving your goals and living your dreams is always the same, no matter if it’s adventure or business. Hauser reminds us of the forgotten parts of our inner selves, and with his implementation expertise, knows how to revive them. He holds a degree in education and communication.

Otto Scharmer

Social Entrepreneurship Leader from MIT

Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. He is the co-founder of the Presencing Institute, and the founding chair of the MIT IDEAS Program, that takes leaders from civil society, government and business from Indonesia and China on a nine month action learning journey in order to co-create profound social innovation in their communities. With the German government (GIZ Global Leadership Academy) and the Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan, he co-founded the Global Wellbeing and Gross National Happiness Lab, which brings together innovative thinkers from developing and industrialized countries to prototype new ways of measuring well-being and social progress. Scharmer holds a Ph.D. in economics and management from Witten-Herdecke University in Germany. In 2015 he received the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in teaching from MIT.

Prof. Dr. Anna Förster

Expert in Sustainable Communication Networks

Prof. Anna Förster obtained her M.Sc degree in computer science and aerospace engineering from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, in 2004 and her PhD degree in self-organizing sensor networks from the University of Lugano, Switzerland, in 2009. She also worked as a junior business consultant for McKinsey&Company, Berlin, between 2004 and 2005. From 2010 to 2014, she was a researcher and lecturer at SUPSI (the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland). Since 2015, she leads the Sustainable Communication Networks group at the University of Bremen. Her main research interests lie in self-organizing and autonomous sensor and opportunistic networks. She applies various artificial intelligence techniques, like machine learning and swarm intelligence, to various aspects of wireless communication protocols and applications. Her research group is especially focused to how to achieve better sustainability of communication networks among other things.

Silke Luinstra

Innovation Leader in Organizational Principles

Silke Luinstra has concerned herself with what we call “New Work” for over five years and has given talks about this topic. She is a consultant for organizational and culture changes in companies and the co-founder of AUGENHÖHE (meaning colleagues working on the same level, respecting each other and minimising hierarchical levels), a filming and network project about innovative organizational principles at the workplace. AUGENHÖHE has grown into a social movement, providing inspiration, courage and support to people wanting to change their organizations into more successful and livable places.

Tobias Boeing

Speaker of the Hilldegarden project

Tobias Boeing was a professional set designer before making the decision to start studying; it had always been clear to him that his job was only the first step to something greater. In 2006 he completed his studies in interior design with a master's degree in experimental design. Tobias worked as an assistant to the Hamburg artist Florian Borkenhagen for several years during his studies. He also gained some work experience as designer and original creator for several design agencies. Those experiences helped him complete his knowledge in spaces and products design with a new interest in design research, innovative building and urban spaces. Since 2014, he has been working together with more than 50 people to create a new concept of urban nature (Hilldegarden) on the colossal bunker at Heiligengeistfeld in Hamburg St. Pauli.