In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

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Aida Loggiodice

Aida Loggiodice, one of our Student Speaker Competition winners, was born in the States, raised in Venezuela and grew up in Spain, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. So please don’t ask her where she’s from because she genuinely has no clue, she would just call herself a citizen of the world. Her hobbies include (but aren’t limited to) dancing ballet, writing poetry and drawing. In her free time you will find her in her room drinking green tea and eating pizza, most likely overthinking the way she said “Hi” to her professor the other day.

Chiara Natali

Chiara Natali is a winner of the TEDxBocconiU Student Speaker Competition. She studies International Politics and Government at Bocconi as she is passionate about journalism and hopes to widen her worldview. She writes and edits articles for the art magazine "L'Ulcera del Signor Wilson". Chiara, inspired by Lou Reed, calls herself a "professional wannabe", hoping to express herself in every creative domain. She believes having things to say is what makes art memorable.

Dijana Pavlovic

Dijana Pavlovic is an actress and activist for Roma rights. She obtained a degree in Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 1998 and has been living and working in Milan since 1999. She is the president and co-founder of several associations related to the Roma culture and society such as ERIAC and the Kethane Movement and she is spokesperson of "Consulta Rom e Sinti di Milano".

Gianluca Sgueo

Gianluca Sgueo is Global Media Professor at New York University in Florence, Visiting Professor at HEC Paris and Research Associate at the Center of Social Studies of the University of Coimbra. His area of expertise is the public sector, to which he provides professional services. His academic work focuses on participatory democracy, lobbying and globalization and he is author of a recent work about Games, Powers & Democracies.

Massimo Morelli

Massimo Morelli is Professor of Political Science and Economics at Bocconi University. He's a Research Fellow at Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), and Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy. His Research interests include game theory, mechanism design, political economy, governance institutions, development economics, behavioral and public economics, comparative politics and international relations.

Paola Dubini

Paola Dubini is Associate Professor of Management at Università Bocconi. She works with territories and municipalities on culture led development projects. For the past 20 years she has been studying and working on the relationship between economics and culture and looking at the conditions for long term sustainability of different types of cultural organizations, public, profit or non profit. Everything started with the analysis of the economics of the book publishing industry and the founding of CLEACC in 1999, a degree on management for the arts, culture and communication offered by Università Bocconi.

Roberta Cocco

Roberta Cocco is Councillor for Digital Transformation and Citizen Services at the Municipality of Milan since September 2016. Here she works at the improvement and simplification of the public services thanks to the technological expertise she gained through years of experience at Microsoft Italy. She promotes the implementation of the Digital Agenda in over 12 countries in Europe. She also fervently supports projects pushing girls into STEM careers through digital trainings on international level and by offering free digital courses for over 10.000 girls in Milan.

Stefano Boeri

Stefano Boeri is an Italian architect and urban planner, founding partner of Stefano Boeri Architetti. He is currently Professor of Urban Planning at Politecnico in Milan and Chairman of Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, one of the main cultural institutions in Italy. His focus on the relationship between city and nature led to the creation of Vertical Forest in Milan, the first prototype of a sustainable residential building with facades covered with trees and plants

Vickie Pasterski

Vickie Pasterski is a psychologist specializing in gender development across the lifespan. She earned a PhD in behavioural neuroendocrinology from City University, London, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Psychoendocrine Clinic at Columbia University Medical Center, New York. In addition, Vickie is Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, conducting research and lecturing on the psychobiology of gender development. She currently splits her time between scientific research and clinical practice.