Theme: The Mind and Beyond

The mind is the key to complexity. What if we could be closer to reaching the understanding of the world, of ourselves, of our minds? Think about it, what if you had the opportunity to listen to people’s real life experiences on failure, success, the unknown. Imagine you could finally get the answers to your questions, get inspired by the mind and space.

This is not an event, it is an experience. It is an experience that hopefully, will help you, will move you and teach you beyond what is seen.

It is time. It is time to start crossing lines. It is time to finally experience life to its fullest.

This is the beginning.

Institut International de Lancy
Avenue Eugène Lance 24
Geneva, Genève (fr), 1212
Switzerland

Alice Torres

Student

Coming from France and Honduras, Alice is a 17 year-old student who has lived in 7 countries on 4 different continents. In this TEDx talk, she explores this diversity of cultures and expresses the struggles that occur when we try to identify ourselves. Alice has previously talked at a Kairos religious retreat and a school-held “STUDENT talk” (based on TED talks). She is interested in visual arts of all forms, global social justice issues, and music. After finishing the IB diploma, she intends on studying fine art at university.

Anna Redly

Student

Anna Redly is a 17 year-old student in her final year of the IB. If she survives the ordeal, she hopes to study biomedical sciences at university. The fruit of many a late-night thinking session, this talk will delve into the concept of individual realities and the importance if bridging the gaps between them.

Celeste Kew

High School Teacher

Celeste Kew is head of the English department at “Institut International du Lancy“, where she focuses on preparing IB students for their English Literature examinations. Passionate about sharing her knowledge of literature, Celeste's goal is to inspire critical thinking in adolescents, who she believes are increasingly confronted with unreliable and confusing information. Having taught in 3 countries (South Africa, England and Switzerland) she has been exposed to a rich variety of literature and enjoys the diversity of teaching multi-cultural students.

David Ehrenreich

Senior Research Associate at the University of Geneva

David Ehrenreich is an Associate Professor at the Université de Genève. He is studying the atmospheres of exoplanets—planets outside our Solar System—in order to understand how planets form, evolve as he looks for traces of life. He obtained his PhD in astrophysics in 2007 from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris), after a Masters of astrophysics at the same university (2004) and a Masters in engineering at the EPF engineering school in Sceaux (2002). He has been working at the Observatoire (Department of astronomy) of the Université de Genève in Versoix since 2012. Furthermore, he is also working on the detection of exoplanets from space: he serves as Mission Scientist of the CHEOPS space telescope. In his talk, David approaches the planets in a different way. He tells us the tale of how life can be found beyond earth and does so whilst showing some captivating stellar views.

Miguel Correia

French Baccaleauréat Student and Co-Found of Youth-Thoughts

I am Miguel, the son of a Portuguese Catholic father and mother, from whom I inherited these two things and I am proud of it. I'm a 16 year old boy who likes to like things. I Like family and friends who are here for me the best I could have asked for, they are a constant and unconditional support. I like God and to pray, which are the most important things for me. I like to express my opinion and letting it be heard. I Enjoy having a strong personality, even if that leads to great discussions. I Like to be respected and that everyone is respected. To enjoy not being afraid of being happy, and being with others and not at their expense. Like to grow, since growth brings freedom. To like not to like certain people, because to like all would be naive. I Like to not forget, not to repeat past mistakes. I like not to create great expectations so that there are never any big disappointments. I Like to see the world as it is, not how it is shown.

Nikoloz Bolkvadze

Head of Parternships at Social Sharks

Born in Georgia, Nikoloz moved to Czech Republic in 2010 starting his career in a business magazine as a social media manager, later he created the online version of the magazine reaching thousands in just few months. Moving forward, Nikoloz joined a social media company that he expanded to his home country, making the company the number 1 social media agency in the country. After a major setback at that same company, Nikoloz decided to take the pain of rejection and channeled his energy into finding a new opportunity for new business endeavors. Fast forward 1 month after facing rejection, Nikoloz joined a Facebook marketing partner company as well as created his own consulting company and started working with international partners.