Theme: Shake it! Mix it!

TEDxAlmendraMedieval, Shake it! Mix it! is built around the concept of ideas that move us, merge, and transform into new ideas, thus transforming us along with them.

Shake it! Mix it! is an event dedicated to the hybridization of ideas, emotions, feelings, signs, challenges, and surprises. Ultimately, we believe that it is in mixture where growth lies. It is in intersections where innovation sparks. It is by coalescing that we learn to keep on growing and sharing.

Vivimos en un mundo complejo donde nada es solo blanco o negro. En TEDxAlmendraMedieval 2016 vamos a explorar estas coyunturas híbridas de nuestra sociedad; mezcla, multiculturalismo, globalización, etc. desde diferentes puntos de vista: negocios, medios, ciencia, tecnología, movimientos sociales, sostenibilidad, arte y cultura. Porque estamos convencidos de que es precisamente en estas intersecciones donde se encuentra el crecimiento, no solo el económico, también el personal.

Palacio Europa
Avenida Gasteiz 85
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava / Araba (eu), 01009
Spain

TEDxAlmendraMedieval organizers & volunteers

The group of organizers and volunteers of the TEDxAlMed is very varied; consultants, computer engineers, doctors, biologists, journalists, teachers...

Adela Úcar

Journalist and presenter. Traveler.

Adela Ucar always dreamt about traveling the world and telling stories. She never imagined she would live these stories herself. At 24, she won a Discovery Channel award for young directors and traveled across Papua-New Guinea, Australia, and the Philippines while doing reportage. After being the field producer of several of Ian Wright’s travel programs, she had her first experience in front of the camera as presenter on the successful program ‘Pilot Guides’ for the Travel Channel. Her leap to Spanish television came with ‘Españoles por el mundo’ on TVE1, and then with ’21 Dias’, where she stayed for four seasons. Her empathy, spirit of overcoming, closeness, and sense of ease are the trademark features of this journalist and presenter, who is facing her professional future with the hope of living an unforgettable adventure.

Almudena García-Rubio

Forensic Archaeologist

Archaeologist and anthropologist, her main activity over the last few years has been the exhumation of mass graves from the Civil War era in Spain, together with the Aranzadi Science Society team.

Andy Bäcker

Architect. Specialist in Sustainability.

He is an architect, founder of the start-up Sustainable Reference and professor at IE University. He started specializing in sustainability 21 years ago. His personal challenge is to contribute to the bringing about of the greatest positive impact on the planet, in the shortest amount of time. He has lived in 8 countries and graduated from the Universities of Manchester and Michigan. 

Andy Stalman

Branding Expert

Andy Stalman is one of the best specialists in Branding from Spain and Latin America. He’s got talent and charisma, and has been regarded as “Mr. Branding” in several countries. With a magnetic personality he has placed himself in leadership positions since his youth. As an expert in identity with over 20 years’ experience, he has developed projects in more than 25 countries. He is a graduate of Belgrano University in International Relations and Universidad Católica de Argentina in Journalism, both Argentinian universities. He completed Advanced Communication Studies at the University of Saint Joseph, in Philadelphia (US), and specialized in Marketing Direction at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Author of the best-seller Brandoffon.

Asier Urbina

Cook and Runner

I’m 29 years old and I’m a cook. My actual hobbies are sports and chasing dreams. When I was a kid and everybody else was dreaming about becoming a doctor, a fireman or a policeman, my dream was to become a cook, and I achieved my goal at age 16. This is a complex career and then one day you realize you’re 23, you weigh 107 kg., you’ve accomplished a professional goal and you feel you’ve thrown half your youth to the bin. One day, a relative challenged me to run a 5 km. race. I almost didn’t end it, I arrived among the last runners and I got injured. I received my first warning about my physical fitness at my early twenties. A little later I was diagnosed with narcolepsia. Then, I decided to change my lifestyle. I’m now a very activ person; I believe training is a way to improve myself. Last year I performed my biggest personal and sport achievement. I took part in the Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Ironman (3,8 km swimming, 180 km cycling, and 42 km running) with a solidarity goal in mind.

Eduardo Anitua

Founder and Science Director. Physician.

Doctor en Medicina y Cirugía. Fundador y Director Científico de BTI Biotechnology Institute. Su mayor motivación es desarrollar nuevos avances en biomedicina que sirvan para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas.

Enrique Pérez-Carrillo de la Cueva

Journalist and author

Graduate of the Universidad Europea in Journalism. Teaching certificate in Geography and History from the Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación. President of the Spanish Association for Bullying Prevention (AEPAE). Founder of the National Plan for Bullying Prevention. Child and youth coach. President of the Yawara-Jitsu World Federation. International Master of Personal Defense. Teacher of personal defense and coach to disabled children. Licenciado en Periodismo por la Universidad Europea. CAP en Geografía e Historia por el Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación. Presidente de la Asociación Española para la Prevención del Acoso Escolar AEPAE. Fundador del Plan Nacional para la Prevención del Acoso Escolar. Coach infanto-juvenil. Presidente de la Federación Mundial de Yawara-Jitsu. Cinturón Negro 8º Dan de Yawara-Jitsu. Maestro Internacional de Defensa Personal. Profesor de defensa personal y coaching a niños con discapacidad.

Hossein Derakhshan

Author and Journalist

Hossein Derakhshan is a Canadian-Iranian author and journalist. He was the pioneer of blogging in Iran which earned him the title of 'blogfather' there. He spent six years in prison in Iran over his blog posts and other web activities. He is the author of The Web We Have to Save (Matter, July 2015), which was published in Liberation, Die Zeit, Corriere della Serra, El Pais, Folha de Sao Paulo and The Guardian. He now writes about Iran and technology for various media outlets, including Hamshahri Javan (in Tehran) and shares his thoughts at @h0d3r on Twitter and Medium. He is also the creator of Link-age, an art project to promote open and diverse internet.

José Mota

Humorista, actor, director y guionista. Este showman canta, baila, parodia, interpreta y crea sus propios personajes practicando un tipo de humor fresco, con el que consigue hacer llegar al espectador los aspectos más divertidos de la sociedad. En todos sus programas subyace una gran dosis de crítica social, perfectamente disfrazada tras la parodia.

Mago More

Speaker, trainer, entrepreneur, author, magician.

Conferenciante, formador, empresario, escritor, mago… en suma, hombre polifacético donde los haya. Este profesional de la comunicación, promedia más de cien intervenciones anuales para las firmas más importantes de nuestro país. Su sólida formación empresarial le ha permitido especializarse en el diseño de productos exclusivos, orientados a organizaciones y ejecutivos que buscan mejorar su comunicación.

Miguel Ángel Ruiz Díez

Social worker specialising in marginalization

Social worker specialising in marginalization. In 2015, he left the presidency of Alava's AntiAIDS commission, but not the activism. Today, he is ​recycling​ himself professionally. Meanwhile, he grows vines in La Rioja.

Tania Lamarca

Olympic Champion at the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1996

Former elite athlete, double Europe silver medalist, world champion twice and Olympic champion at the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1996. Fighter, optimist, and a dreamer, three qualities that never let her stop trying. She now transmits the values of sport to the business world through her personal story.

Todd Hannula

Ideas nerd

An entrepreneur originally from the USA, Todd has worked in science, technology, service and the retail sectors. Todd has built six businesses and raised over £35m for ventures since landing in England in 2005; including the award winning £5m Shine Space. His current venture, daCunha, is a curiosity driven digital learning platform with curated and original content from around the world. Todd has experienced spectacular success and gut wrenching failure—but, throughout his journey, Todd has maintained a commitment to building remarkable ventures with positive social, economic and environmental impacts woven into the business’ DNA.

Virginia Pérez Alonso

Journalist

Journalist. She is Assistant Director in El Mundo for the Digital Area. President of the Freedom of Press Platform. Assistant Director in El Mundo for the Digital Area since July 2015. She previously worked for fifteen years at the free newspaper 20 Minutos, where she led the digital transformation of the editorial department, firstly as assistant director of 20minutos.es , and finally as Vice-director of the media group. Since 2014, she is President of the Freedom of the Press Platform.

Yolanda de Miguel

Nanotechnology Research Scientist

Nanotechnology Research Scientist and Cluster Leader. PhD in Chemistry. Passionate about Science, Music (DJ-ing and dancing) and Communication. Considers herself a world citizen.