Theme: Imagine Reality

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, we are inviting you all to the main event of TEDxBreda on the 2th of October!

Building on last year’s success of TEDxBreda and our successful Pitch Night, we gathered speakers from a variety of fields to share their ideas in thought provoking Talks. This year we opt for an intimate set-up that allows us to have a lot of interaction with our public. Not only do we have 10 speakers lined up for you, we also have some exciting performances and entertainment. Our line-up will be announced soon!

You are welcome at 15.15h and our program starts at exactly 16:00h. We will have Talks and performances until +- 21.00h, followed by a drink to where you can share your own ideas or discuss your experiences with the audience, the speakers and the volunteers of TEDxBreda.

Tickets

Given the great interest in our Pitch Night last March, we expect our main event to be sold out quickly. So, if you are interested, don’t wait too long and order a ticket right away. A ticket costs € 30,- (food is included).

As you may know TEDxBreda is organised by a team of volunteers. We want to inspire everyone who wants to get inspired. That’s the reason we keep our entrance price so low. But to offer you the best experience we can give you, we can use some extra money. If you want to help us to make this day extra special, you have the option to pay a little more than the original price. We would really appreciate it if you consider this option.

During the event photos and videos will be made. By ordering your ticket you give permission to use these photos and videos in upcoming publicity of TEDxBreda and TED.

Speakers

Speakers will be announced soon on social media and our website, so do keep an eye out! We have all seen TED(x) Talks on YouTube, but nothing beats seeing something live, so join us on 2th of October at 16:00h at Podium Bloos (Speelhuislaan 153, Breda) to Imagine Reality!

See you all there!

Podium Bloos
Speelhuislaan 155
Breda, Noord-Brabant, 4815 CD
Netherlands

Beau Oldenburg

Scientific Researcher

Beau works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Sociology Department of the University of Groningen. Beau was born in Breda and is a proud Brabander. But being passionate about contributing to a better world, she moved all the way to Groningen to develop her academic career researching bullying. During her research Beau noticed that there often is a lot of discussion on whether certain people are actually bullied or not. She found that many students who felt bullied were not seen as victims of bullying by their classmates and teachers. In other words: perceptions on bullying differ a lot. Beau argues we should focus more on the perceived than on the actual bullying.

Dominic Holland

Stand-up comedian, author

Dominic has been a stand-up comedian for thirty years. Author of five novels and one non-fiction book, he has written four series for BBC radio, made many TV appearances and has written for most national newspapers. He is married to Nikki. They have four sons and a dog. They live in London, in a house which is rarely tidy.

Ellen Dreezens

Psychologist, author and speaker on the topics of grief and resilience

Ellen teaches at University College Tilburg where her courses revolve around the topics of psychology and entrepreneurship. She is an author and speaker on the topics of grief and resilience. Ellen wrote a book (Doorleefboek) , specially for children in grieve.

Hanna van Mourik Broekman

Theatre director

Hanna is the director of her own theatre company working with the Stormkamer methodology and she is mostly interested in abolishing the distance between performer and public. She sees the public as an artist and the performer as a spectator. For her, a theatre is a public place, like a square in the middle of a city, where imagination and reality meet. She has presented her work all over the Netherlands, and now she is based in our city, Breda.

Maarten Baas

Designer/ Artist

After graduating from high school, Maarten began studying at the Design Academy Eindhoven in 1996. Maarten is considered to be one of the most influential Dutch designers of the beginning of the 21st century. He is often described as an “author designer,” of which his works lie on the boundaries between art and design. His work is known as rebellious, playful, intellectual, theatrical and artistic. He has gained an autonomous position in the design field, and his work varies from conceptual designs, limited editions, production design, installations, public space, architecture, interior design, theater design, to performances.

Marjan Knippenberg

Research interviewer

Marjan is scientific researcher in the field of the quality of healthcare. She loves to interview patients, because she is a born listener. She lives with her two fabulous kids in the city of Nijmegen.

Mindful _ Rowan & Tommy

Dancers

Two young boys, Rowan (15) and Tommy (16) met at the dance academy in Tilburg 3 years ago and ever since have been dancing together. The perfect duo of young dancers expresses their talent together in shows and participates in freestyle competitions. They are proud winners of the national final Kunstbende and the Golden Thermometer at the 39-degree festival.

Robin van Otterdijk

User Experience Designer

Robin is a User Experience Designer from Eindhoven. He is always looking around for new solutions for existing problems and problems that he didn’t even know existed. Seeing creativity around him is a big inspiration for him, to help him find solutions in his work for customers and personal projects. He is intrigued by simple solutions to complicated problems/situations. His talk is based on how he dealt with his grandfather getting Alzheimer’s disease and how technology helped connecting with him again. Robin likes to show that technology in care doesn’t have to be cold and distant, but can help creating connections.

Rogier Telderman

Pianist, composer

TELDERMAN is a pianist and composer born in Utrecht. He is able to blend together influences from jazz, classical, and pop in a completely original way, thus creating a unique personal style. This can be heard clearly on his highly acclaimed debut album Contours (2015). Pianist Telderman is particularly well known for his beautiful melody lines and the emotional depth of his music. In the words of North Sea Jazz festival "his playing is warm, lyrical, and technically sublime". Inspired by people, nature, the piano, rhythm and sound, he has been taking on musical adventures throughout his career. In 2016 he was chosen as the most promising artist by the jazz bookers of the Netherlands.

Roy Meyer

Judoka

Roy reached the quarterfinals of the past Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and he is preparing for his next participation in Tokyo 2020. Roy Meyer was born and raised in Breda. Like many other guys he was actually interested in playing football, but afterwards, he found out that judo was closer to his personality and expectations. He didn't have an easy journey to become the great athlete that he is now. He went through very rough times in his youth, a few encounters with the justice system and finally he found a path of self-discovery studying psychology and religion.

Vera Helleman

Writer, speaker, trainer

Vera is an innovative thinker, writer, trainer and inspirational speaker. Vera has a background in psychotherapy integration. Since Vera was very young she developed a great love and fascination for people, especially emotions, and she was intrigued by the questions “why do people do what they do and say what they say, while that doesn't match with how they feel?” Vera is founder of the Emotion Expertise Centre. She currently guides people to their natural state of being by poking what is not consistent with that. She believes “that our uniqueness lies in what we experience as ordinary and effortless”.

Walter Faaij

Corporate anthropologist, culture consultant and keynote speaker

Walter Faaij (1984) is corporate anthropologist and an expert on corporate culture and sustainability and founder of Green Culture Lab. He spent three months on Greenland doing research on the social impact of climate change. Walter returned home to the Netherlands enchanted by the beauty of the arctic and in shock by what’s happening in the world.