TEDxIkastBrandeGymnasium is a youth event at an international school in Denmark. The team consists of students from all around the world, who worked hard to make their dream of holding a TEDx come true. The conference will include a variety of speakers and topics, among others a talk by a vaccine expert regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, a tale of living with self-harm scars by a mental health activist and a look at the climate crisis by a communications specialist from Aarhus University. Tune in on some fascinating and inspiring stories this fall at Ikast-Brande Gymnasium.

Ikast-Brande Gymnasium
Bøgildvej 6
Room 107
Ikast, Midtjylland, DK-7430
Denmark

Claus Ekstrøm, PhD

Biostatistics expert

Claus is a statistician who develops and uses mathematical models to dig beneath the data in order to understand the world around him. He will be talking about the uncertainty surrounding us in everyday life and how perhaps it's time to embrace it.

Laura Martí Perez, PhD

Mother to a child with Down Syndrome

During the month of October, all across the world, individuals with Down Syndrome and their beloved ones celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of the accomplishments and challenges faced by those diagnosed with this condition. In social media you may encounter some hashtags and expressions related to this, like "Love doesn't count chromosomes" or "The lucky few", but what do those really mean? Laura, teacher at our school, and lucky to love two people with DS, wants to share her view, hoping to deliver a message of acceptance and open-mindedness.

Marcia Clare Allison, PhD

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric

Marcia is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and 2021-24 Aarhus Institute for Advanced Studies Fellow at Aarhus University. Dr Allison’s work explores how social change is a rhetorical process influenced by the media, political ideology, and cultural history. She gives talks across Europe and the Anglophone world on how to create social change on the key issues of the so-called culture wars: the climate crisis, politics, gender, and social inequalities. Dr Allison is also a staunch advocate for disability rights in academia, medicine, and the environmental movement. She will be talking about the communication crisis related to the IPCC report.