Theme: Journey

TEDxShenkarCollege is back and opens to the public for the second time. We are proud to feature national and international speakers from the world of design, hi-tech, culinary science and academia. They will each present their own amazing, unique story as part of this year’s theme, “Journey.”

After an exceptional first TEDx event, Shenkar is back curating an even greater event. Find out why Prof. Roei Zerahia has never told his college classes what he does for a living. Why Elyss Sagossin had to become a supermother in order to look out for her son. Whether we should encourage young children to play with their food? And why governments have trouble growing up.

During the daytime, Roei Zerahia is one of the best-loved professors at Shenkar College. But when he leaves campus, he becomes the head of CANNDOC, an international company specializing in pharmaceutical grade cannabis. In his talk, “My Secret Life as a Drug Dealer” he presents his vision of the future of the cannabis industry as a treatment of choice in many medical conditions.

Orit Dolev, an industrial designer, and Shenkar graduate has gained international recognition as the recipient of Red Dot and IDA Gold and was selected as one of the most influential women under thirty by Forbes magazine. In her presentation, “Own Nothing, Have Everything” she argues that possessions such as homes, cars, and clothes are a thing of the past and will be displaced by services.

Tim Kelley is a successful political and corporate consultant. He is coming to Israel to present, “Why Counties Behave like Kids”. Tim Kelley describes the tendency of politicians to answer short term needs and how we might overcome it.

Want to know who else is presenting? Here’s a look at this year’s entire team of speakers: Tali Asher, Tim Kelley, Miriam Green, Steven Max Stern, Dr. Uri Globus, Dr. Yoel Tawil, Elissa Sagoskin, Orit Dolev, Roei Zerahia, Ilanit Appelfeld, Katz Kiely and Laura Vana. More

Information on each of them is available n our website - https://tedxshenkarcollege.com/ and Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/tedxshenkarcollege/. Feel free to contact us at tedxshenkar@gmail.com.

The Keter Center for Innovation in Engineering and Design in memory of Joseph Sagol is Shenkar's unique home for disruptive thinking in the areas of innovation, creativity, education and multidisciplinary. Established less than two years ago, the Center has hosted numerous events in cooperation with national and international organizations, including ZwissTex, The Design Kids, Woman Entrepreneurship Week, ProWomen, TAVtech, Birthright, and many others. The Center serves as home to DOTS, the entrepreneur student organization of Shenkar, "Omanut Bakehila," a nonprofit organization that sponsors art teachers in the community, and several active startup ventures.

Auditorium, Mitchell Building, Shenkar College
Yeda Am 8
Ramat Gan, HaMerkaz, 5252672
Israel

Elissa Sagoskin

Personal fittness trainer and coach

Originally from Philadelphia, Elissa Sagoskin now lives in Jerusalem, Israel. An accomplished athlete, Elissa works as a personal fitness trainer and coach, but her hardest and most satisfying work is that of a mom to her son – Amichai. As Amichai meets the daily challenges of CP, Elissa has redefined for herself what constitutes as a disability and strives to change common misconceptions in her community. She hopes others will continue to embrace difference and create an inclusive environment. Elissa writes about her journey with Amichai at www.changeperceptions.net

Ilanit Appelfeld

Intellectual property lawyer

Ilanit Appelfeld has been protecting data and intellectual property for over two decades. She received her Master in intellectual property from King’s College London, where she lived and worked for 7 years. She works with some of the leading companies in protecting their data and intellectual property and represented buyers when investing in technological companies. She currently lives in Givatayim with her husband two kids and their dog, practicing yoga and meditation on a daily basis in order to keep sane

Katz Kiely

entrepreneur and pioneer

Katz is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and pioneer. She built the first open innovation platform for HP and designed a city-scale behavior-change platform with Intel that connected mobiles, big screens and data. In 2011, she designed a programme for the UN; connecting 6,500 world leaders, 10,000 school kids and millions more on social. Her favorite part was an online competitions that inspired and connected 100s of young social entrepreneurs and invited them onto a global stage. She now heads up a startup called beep: a social, gamified platform that encourages people to surface and design solutions to shared challenges.

Laura Vana

Gastrophysics and sensory scientist

Laura Vana has MSc in Food Innovation and Health from Copenhagen University where she found her passion in gastrophysics and sensory science. Her topic of research has been about developing methods to educate children about the taste of food. At the moment she is working on establishing the sensory education method in kindergartens and elementary schools at the national level in Estonia. In addition, she is leading the research and development in the best restaurant group in the Baltics- Siigur Restaurants.

Marcia Wieder

Thought leader on visionary thinking

For over 30 years, Marcia Wieder has been CEO of Dream University, impacting hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. As a long-established thought leader on visionary thinking, she founded and leads The Meaning Institute, a modern-day Mystery School, where she teaches people to create and live fulfilling lives. She’s been a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, writes for Huffington Post and is the author of 15 books. Her newest, DREAM: Clarify & Create What You Want premiering at #4 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list and was #1 of all non-fiction books and #1 in 10 countries on Amazon. It is being released in Italian in July.

Miriam Green

Writer

Miriam Green is the author of The Lost Kitchen: Reflections and Recipes from an Alzheimer’s Caregiver which will be published by Black Opal Books in 2019. She writes a weekly blog that is posted on her website featuring anecdotes about her mother’s Alzheimer’s and related recipes. Her blog has also appeared on the Alzheimer’s Association website. Her poetry has been published in several journals, including Poet Lore, The Prose Poem Project, Ilanot Review, The Barefoot Review, Red Wolf Press, and Poetica Magazine.

Orit Dolev

Technology Designer

Orit Dolev is a Technology Designer, whose work specializes in designing experiences that live on the cross-section of physical and digital worlds. Powered by her background in both industrial and digital design, she designed experiences with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500. Orit was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 and received several design awards such as the Red Dot and IDA Gold.

Roei Zerahia

Senior lecturer + CEO of CANNDOC (pharmaceutical grade cannabis company)

Mr. Zerahia holds a B.Sc in computer science & mathematics and has a Master of Business Administration. Roei is a faculty member & senior lecturer in Shenkar College, with expertise in database optimization, and with years of experience in the high-tech arena, and in the agriculture world. For the last 7 years, Mr. Zerahia has been serving in senior management positions in CANNDOC (INCR.TA) – the first Israeli pharmaceutical cannabis license producer. During this period he acquired extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of operation of the company. Roei led CANNDOC from being a private company to a merger process with a public company (Intercure). During his tenure as the company’s CEO, the company reached a valuation of 1.2 billion NIS. Today he serves as the company’s senior executive vice president and leads the company’s IPO on Nasdaq.

Shiri Shotz-Haklai

Educator

Shiri Shotz-Haklai left a long and successful career in the advertising world to become an educator. As a creative director, working with some of the world’s leading and most interesting brands, Shiri implemented marketing techniques and strategies, which today she intertwines into her teaching in high school, college and teacher’s training classes. Shiri is fascinated by experiential learning methods and believes that education needs to be rebranded in order to prevail the challenges of today and conquer the goals of tomorrow. Shiri holds a master’s degree in education and a bachelor’s degree in media and communications.

Sponj - Yuvi Gerstein and Tom Iddan

Musical Duo

This duo comprised of Yuvi Gerstein, an accomplished Jazz guitarist, composer and producer and Tom Iddan (AKA Tito the wise), an electronic music producer, a true sonic explorer that fuzes old vinyl records with analog synths and samplers. Two seasoned musicians on a real eclectic musical journey, Please welcome Sponj.

Tali Asher

Lecturer, literary entrepreneur

Tali is a lecturer and the head of the Tyutot Center at Kibbutzim College. She leads writing workshops and acts as a literary entrepreneur. Tali graduated from Mandel Leadership Institute and she is currently earning her Ph.D. from the School of Culture studies in Tel Aviv University. Her book “Grandmother Required” was published in Zeltner Publishing House. Tali is a board member in the Beit Agnon Association (Agnon’a House) and in the Ruah Tseira Association (humanities for youth).

Tim Kelley

global change agent, expert on new paradigm systems and methods

Tim Kelley is a global change agent and internationally renowned expert on new paradigm systems and methods. He works with top leaders in many fields and countries to transform and evolve organizations, markets and industries. His client list includes top leaders and executive teams from such companies as Alibaba, ING, Oracle, Nabisco and Price Waterhouse Coopers, as well as government ministers, presidential candidates and leaders of international NGOs. Tim has trained over 1000 consultants, therapists and coaches in his methods. He is the author of True Purpose and the best-selling coauthor of three other books. His methodologies have been featured internationally in magazines, newspapers and on television. Tim has commanded military organizations, including an amphibious assault craft unit, and is a retired Naval Reserve officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from MIT.

Yoel Tawil

researcher in the field of creativity studies and anthropology + improvisational theatre actor

Dr. Yoel Tawil is a researcher in the field of creativity studies and anthropology. He lectures at HIT, the Holon Institute of Technology and at Ben-Gurion University. He is also a professional improvisational theatre actor.