In her witty, engaging talk, Kate Cross provides the reasoning for why we need to reconsider the rules of interaction between adults and children and the how use of theatre can be a solution.

As a founder and coach Jana Görs speaks from experience, why good ideas might still fail on the market. This talk is a must-see for founders and entrepreneurs.

America is the land of opportunity, but that doesn't mean it comes easy. Experience Diego's journey from starting out as a DACA student to becoming a professional businessman.

Todos tenemos una identidad colectiva formada por el acervo cultural que nuestros antepasados decidieron transmitirnos. Cada día tomamos una serie de decisiones que suponen una valoración de nuestra historia y nuestras costumbres, las cuales repercutirán en la identidad colectiva de las futuras generaciones. En esta charla, Macarena nos invita a...

Natalie is the survivor of a horrific attack on the streets of Birmingham, UK, while 8 months pregnant, that changed her life forever and made international news. Three years on, Natalie's is an inspirational story of not only survival but living your best life after tragedy. Her compelling talk, like her book, is entitled Still Standing, and h...

Rick Cruse, Professor in the Agronomy Department at Iowa State University and Director of the Iowa Water Center, has a deep appreciation for a resilient outdoor world that energizes his soils research and graduate teaching activities. He spends as much time as he can fishing and hunting, and connecting others to these activities. His research p...

Dr. Kersi Chavda is a Consultant in the Psychiatry department at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, and also at P. D. Hinduja National Hospital. After completing MBBS, Dr. Chavda pursued Diploma in Psychological Medicine at University of Mumbai.Dr. Chavda has 34 years of vast experience in the field of Psychiatry. He is ...

In this heartfelt and poetic talk, Daniela reads a letter to her 7 year old self, when her mother started to sexualy obuse her. The destination of the letters is at the intersection of home, togetherness, care and the river of life.

Dr. Douglas Gross conveys that people the world over, whether it be in Africa, Central America, Haiti, Sacramento or Davis, all want many of the same things: good health for themselves and their children; a home; enough to eat; to be able to raise their families with a sense of purpose and hope; and to trust the people they depend on for help. D...

In her talk, Captain Krauss examines what helped her to break through gender stereotypes and overcome obstacles to become a female police captain.

For Dr. Kurz it is obvious, where the critical place to determine your future is located. Regarding global demographic trends, our future lies in urban areas. He is convinced, to master the global challenges like climate change or civil conflicts and the effects which emerge from it, we need to act on a local level. As the mayor of the highly in...

Cris Montgomery nos propone que nos liberemos de los roles y estereotipos de género preestablecidos por la sociedad para que podamos expresarnos como queramos, abrazando nuestras diferencias, fomentando así un trato igualitario entre todas las personas.

What if one could actually choose the way they respond to a traumatic incident? Speaker Karessa Royce was injured in the October 1, 2017, Route 91 shooting in Las Vegas. Her recovery is based on her choice to grow from the experience rather than continue to be traumatized.

Meet Grace Dove. As an actress, she’s worked on some incredible film projects and TV Shows. As an Indigenous Canadian, Grace feels responsible for lifting up her audience and her community. Co-starring with Leonardo DiCaprio in the Oscar-winning The Revenant, and on the heels of her recent Netflix feature, her career is about to take flight and ...

Krizia Nardini was speaker at TEDxBarcelonaWomen 2018 - #TheBraveUs on November 30th. She shared her most important discovery throughout years studying men and feminist practice, that the search for (the) real men, is a social trap built upon a toxic understanding of masculinity. And that the only way to overcome it and build a world in which b...

Grace Natalie is a chairperson and co-founder of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). This year she competed as a member of the legislature where she received the most votes in her electoral district with 179.949 votes. But since her party failed to gain enough votes to pass the national electoral threshold, she didn’t get elected. In this tal...

Marion Quirici discusses disability access as a civil rights issue and shares how student activism can make change on college campuses. The talk demonstrates how "access" is about a lot more than ramps and elevators and introduces methods for making learning environments and the culture of higher education more inclusive and democratic. Dr. Mari...

Imagine how your life would change if you consistently acted like your own best friend. Many illustrate the importance of self-love, but very few provide instruction on how to achieve it. In this engaging talk, psychotherapist Carissa Karner reveals how she learned to concretize a nebulous idea of self-love into the tangible actions of befriendi...

Krissi challenges the status quo and speaks of her school’s journey as they made the shift from dealing with poor behaviour three years ago to ensuring mental health and wellbeing needs were being addressed. As a result, behaviour incidents and exclusions plummeted, staff retention and attendance has increased. Burton Borough School was awarde...

The primary argument of my talk is that traditional self-help advice is outdated. It is not actually the best way to help yourself and improve your life. It may be necessary for some who have no sense of where to begin, but in order to maintain personal growth, we must make decisions for ourselves and not follow advice aimlessly. This is why I b...

Joaquin nos cuenta cómo una experiencia de supervivencia en la selva amazónica le permitió descubrir un nuevo sentido a la pertenencia y la importancia de saber cómo crecer, más allá del entorno.

Matteo Guariso, laureato in psicologia clinica con un master in analisi scientifica del comportamento non verbale. Da vent’anni lavora per un gruppo multinazionale nel settore test and measurement, attualmente ricopre il ruolo di sales executive. Nel talk Matteo ci spiega come ha capito, vivendo una sua esperienza personale, di come le nostre em...

Tutti tendiamo a definirci tramite categorie, che sono in realtà mezzi per rassicurarci e difenderci dalle nostre paure. Ma ciascuno di noi è al tempo stesso timido e coraggioso, forte e debole. Il talk di Gerry Grassi, psicologo, ci invita a renderci conto dei nostri condizionamenti, liberarci dalle “etichette” e vivere a pieno e in libertà le ...

In this talk, Grace Huang shares her career path decisions from being a straight A student who studies marine biology to dedicating in her interest, cooking.

What is the price of fear? "Fictional challenges add stress," says Charisse Chua. Instead, look at the world through the eyes of a child, fearless and inquisitive.

Stephan Gras nos da una visión filosófica sobre la moralidad y analiza la moralidad innata del humano. En su charla presenta la idea de Hans Küng sobre la unificación de todas las religiones. Más información: https://www.tedxbarcelona.com/events/2022/10/tedxbarcelonasalon-66/

Have you ever faced a challenge that seemed impossible to overcome? Charissa Pizarro, PsyD. shares the lessons that she learned during her graduate studies as a first generation higher education student learning how to overcome criticism induced by low-expectations from others.

Evolutionary Medicine explores our evolved biology as underlying disease and illness in today’s populations, as well as aiding in differentiating our protective defensive responses from conditions requiring medical intervention. Dr. Crews will consider how this approach can influence and improve modern medicine.