Theme: Rethinking Reality

TEDxIHSW Youth started with one idea — bringing TED’s Ideas Worth Spreading to the community of Wrocław, Poland, in a way that is accessible to the national and international members of the city, with an emphasis on youth.

Our event is organized by students at the International High School of Wrocław, and aims to provide an enriching experience for attendees, featuring live TEDx presenters.

TEDxIHSW Youth invites you to rethink reality and amplify the voices of young visionaries. Our theme for our 2024 event is in line with this: “Rethinking Reality”

Through our choice in theme, we hope our event will serve as a vibrant platform for impassioned discussions, and be able to bridge and share diverse perspectives to inspire positive change, discourse, and overall learning and reflection within our community. With a focus on empowering youth to share their innovative ideas and stories, we promise an immersive experience filled with thought-provoking talks and transformative insights, aiming to cultivate curiosity, spark connections, and shape the future.

Hotel Monopol
Heleny Modrzejewskiej 2
Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, 50071
Poland

Aleksandra Bielawska

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Captivated by the ubiquitous connections between supposedly unrelated disciplines and branches of knowledge, Aleksandra began her journey with physics and philosophy, engineering and literature, mathematics and history. This fuelled her eagerness to learn absolutely anything that brings her closer to fully understanding the world around her. Thanks to the years of engagement in MUNs, the Oxford debates, and numerous discussions during her history class, she became an avid advocate of exchanging opinions. In her free time, she enjoys writing overly complex literature reviews and playing the piano. In her speech, Aleksandra will draw unlikely connections between the most common objects and the life cycle of different stellar bodies. Through both philosophical and physical lenses, the underlying processes governing a star’s evolution will be explained, with a particular focus on their implications for our understanding of reality.

Jan Orzechowski

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Convinced of the success of reason and technological progress, Jan has devoted a significant amount of time, to gathering historical evidence supporting the idea that the world truly is in a good place right now, even though we are bombarded with contrasting viewpoints almost ceaselessly. Constantly looking for different patterns emerging in the historical narratives surrounding the economic history, the Industrial Revolution, and the various factors influencing the Cold War dynamics, Jan could be considered a true history devotee. In his free time, he enjoys watching very long, thought-provoking, and intelligent TV shows, such as “How I Met Your Mother” or “Brooklyn 99”. In his speech, Jan will identify common misconceptions regarding global problems and issues, providing a hopeful perspective based on empirical evidence to challenge the persisting notion that the world around us is a terrible place, that nothing ever changes, and that the worst is yet to come.

Patricia Sobolewska

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Seongyun Kim

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In his speech, Seongyun will discuss his personal experiences with hyperfocusing and offer retrospective reflections and advice on time management and productivity.

Taerang Shin

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