Theme: Origins

The Theme of TEDxEcoleHôtelièreLausanne 2016 is "Origins" and promises to explore –communication- as a combination of qualities that could ease us into the future..

As the world’s first hotel school, the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne is also the first hotel school to organize its very own TEDx events. Following the success of TEDxEcoleHôtelièreLausanne in 2012, 2013 and 2015 a new event, is now in the planning for Tuesday the 18th of October 2016.

A team of 20 students have been working all together to bring the biggest TEDx conference ever organized at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne under the lead of Elie Vischel.

TEDx is a world famous program, designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading“.

Live talks from inspiring speakers across a diversity of disciplines feature ideas worth spreading, curated to encourage thinking outside of the traditional hospitality box and to spark stimulating conversation.

Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
Le Chalet-à-Gobet
Lausanne, Vaud (fr), 1000 Lausanne 25
Switzerland

Alastair Gray

intuitive problem solver

Alastair Gray is an innovative and intuitive problem solver. What does that mean? He uses both thoughts and feelings to understand and identify the best solutions to problems, supported by a desire to select the right words to explain and communicate. In his talk, Alastair will go back to the origins of our actions, seeking to understand why we do what we do. Additionally, Alastair – who is also fascinated by human interaction with the environment – will discuss the way in which we act towards our planet. His speech is a wake-up call everybody needs!

Cédric Rainotte

business amplifier

A graduate from the Ecole de Recherche Graphique (School of Graphic Research), Cédric Rainotte has focused on the digital world throughout his career. He began his working life at one of the first digital agencies in Belgium in 1995. Now, however, Cédric Rainotte gives his expertise through his company which is the first “business amplifier” to work for agencies and companies. Digital is a tool, accessible to everyone than leads to Freedom. Let’s wonder on how the digital world can bring us back to our origins. What are these origins? How can the digital world help us?

Dan Aufseesser

Student at EHL

Dan is a 23-year-old Swiss student at Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne. He has travelled the world since he was a child and continues exploring new places every year. This has fuelled a deep curiosity and respect for different cultures and traditions. He has lived in Switzerland, Hong-Kong, Israel, Canada and England where he was able to see on a daily basis how cultures could clash as well as nourish each other. He has been interested and concerned by the rise of populism and racism around the world and has tried to create conversation with people to fight this phenomenon. Today he addresses this issue in front of a diverse crowd to spark a well needed discussion.

Edgar Grospiron

First Olympic Gold Medallist freestyle skier

Back in 1992, Edgar Grospiron won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Albertville. After a fulfilling and successful sports career this French Freestyle skier started working on what is known as the performance mechanism. But what is it? How does it work? How does it relate to origins? Edgar will use his experience to talk about this specific energy, this natural resource we can find everywhere, the flame which highlights our talents… Do you want discover more? You will have the opportunity in this engaging and inspiring talk!

Geremy Farrell

CEO and founder of the brand “Peculiar PPL”

Geremy Farrell just landed from New-York City and is here to discuss our theme of “Origins”. This young businessman, CEO and founder of the brand “Peculiar PPL”, is here to talk about how you can use your unique origins to make a positive impact on the world. In today’s fast paced technological world it is common for people to imitate the actions of others, be them the actions of a famous person or even perhaps a close friend. We hope that after this talk you will understand that such people are missing out on one of the best chances – the chance to be original.

Laura Penn

Speaker coach

Laura Penn, Ph.D. is disrupting how we speak in public. As an award-winning speaker, author, and Founding Director of The Public Speaking School, she has had enough of watching BAD presentations. Her mission is to vastly improve and fundamentally change how we deliver presentations… with a totally new approach. Her dynamic talk will reveal the ORIGIN of her fire and will dig in to the nuts and bolts of this exciting approach, leaving you with some of the tools that you need to try it out for yourself.

Pierre Louis Paillusseau

comedian

After political difficulties in Maritius, Pierre-Louis moved to Paris leading him to change his ambitions and life, and begin drama studies at Les Cours Florent to become an actor. He is now an author, director and a comedian with different ongoing projects. Eccentric but realistic, this young man will explain the real meaning of his passion and how this can reach all of you.

Pierre-Andre Kruger

CEO of nomad lodges

Pierre-André completed his studies in Switzerland with a focus on marketing. Following this he studied marketing and tourism at Cornell University and set up a South America Tour operator in Switzerland. After more than 150 inspection trips within South America he decided to create Nomad Lodges, the first luxury sustainable hotel network in South America. Focused on nature conservation and cultural aspects, he benefits from over 25 years of experience in Luxury Travel and is keen to share his ideas with us. Pierre-André Kruger will speak about how we can rediscover connections between ourselves and nature

Sarah Gouia

student

Sarah is a French, Costa Rican and Tunisian national studying Politics and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and is keen to complete her studies in International Law. You will notice Sarah has a marked taste for current political debates about topics such as globalisation, climate change, cultural dialogue, security and peace building. Today, her interesting talk will focus on the « false debate » between respecting our own origins and traditions versus being free and cosmopolite.

Veronique Goy Veenhuys

founder of Equal Salary

Veronique is a born entrepreneur. She gets a kick out of developing ideas and setting up new businesses. Starting from the idea that originally men and women were equal, Véronique is concerned with the inequality that can be seen in today’s society. As a result, she has set-up and is currently running Equal-Salary, an organization for fair compensation between women and men. At TEDxEcoleHôtelièreLausanne, Véronique will perform a speech to bring an interesting two sided talk on what is an ongoing debate of equality.

Vincent Perriard

Co-Founder and Member of the board of HYT

Vincent Perriard is the Co-Founder and Member of the board of HYT and has occupied key marketing and management positions in the watch industry. Vincent also founded a company several years ago that specializes in brand strategy…Following these years of experience there is no one better to discuss with us the origins of a brand strategy. He will demonstrate the importance of a Brands DNA within its branding strategy.