Zurich
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Zurich, Switzerland
October 4th, 2011
About this event
The second edition of TEDxZurich took place in a studio at Swiss National TV (SRF) on October 4, 2011. 450 participants attended.
Again, three talks from TEDxZurich were «promoted» and featured on TED.com.
Confirmed Speakers
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Bernhard Seefeld
The product manager of Google Maps talked about The future of mapping -
Satyabrata Dam
The Adventurer and Alpinist took us to some of the remotest spots on earth. -
Matthias Daum
The Journalist explained why the agglomeration is the future of Switzerland. -
Roman Gaus
Roman Gaus, Founder of Urbanfarmers, spoke about good food from the roof. -
Christofer Hierold
Christofer Hierold, Professor of Micro and Nano Systems at ETH Zurich will explain why micro sensors are the future’s guardian angels. -
Tobias Preis
Economist Tobias Preis spoke about Econophysics. -
Karin Stierlin
Sex educationist Karin Stierlin presented a children’s game about AIDS. -
Thomas Zweifel
Leadership coach Thomas Zweifel gave a talk about leadership through language. -
Sebastian Wernicke
Sebastian Wernicke proofed that every TED talk can be summarized in six words. -
Matthias Lüfkens
Matthias Lüfkens, Head of Digital Media at World Economic Forum in Davos, showed how world leaders use and abuse social media. -
Eleanor Dobson
Eleanor Dobson, CERN fellow, talked about Daily Life in Extreme Science -
Marco Tempest
Marco Tempest, magician and illusionist proved how Houdini can meet cutting-edge technology -
Arzu Çöltekin
Arzu Çöltekin, Senior Researcher at Department of Geography in University of Zurich, talked about A monkey appetite for science – why we need interdisciplinary scientists -
Peter Schmid
Peter Schmid, senior lecturer at the Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich, asked: Is Australopithecus sediba the missing link? -
Jojo Mayer
The world famous drummer spoked and played, Exploring the distance between zero and one -
Benedikt Germanier
Germanier, a former investment banker, now CEO of Zai Ski, talked about Value driven living -
Molly Crockett
Neuroscientist Molly Crockett asked: Can pills change our morals?
Additional Links
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Venue and Details
Fernsehstudios
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Fernsehstrasse 1-4
Zurich, 8052
Switzerland
October 4th, 2011
8:00am-5:00pm (GMT 2hrs)
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Team
- Tim Dührkoop
- Co-Host
- Thierry Blancpain
- Design
- Urs Bucher
- Sponsoring
- Christine Corbett
- Speakers
- Ioana Dabacan
- Logistics
- Carola Ettenreich
- Hospitality
- Hugo Schotman
- Production
- David Bauer
- Communication
- Nico Luchsinger
- Participants
- Martin Steiger
- Legal & Finance
- Oliver Süess
- Speakers
