Theme: Innovation in Technology and Society

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).

Schloss Hansenberg
Hansenbergallee 11
Schlegelraum / 201
Geisenheim, Hessen, 65366
Germany

Armin von Falkenhayn

Bank of America Country CEO

Armin von Falkenhayn has been the Country CEO of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch for more than 7 years now.

Jens Mönig

A powerful idea can change your life. This is about the one that changed mine. - Jens Mönig was a lawyer, now he makes blocks for kids. He is the lead developer of the Snap! visual programming language for UC Berkeley’s “Beauty and Joy of Computing” course.

Marc Busch

founder of Studyscript

Marc Busch graduated from Hansenberg in 2014. While studying economics in Mainz in 2016, he founded his own company "Studyscript", which prints university lecture notes for thousands of students in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In this talk, Marc Busch shows the precise steps to start an own business, scale it, and contribute to society.

Melanie Kubin-Hardewig

Vice President Group Sustainability Management

Melanie Kubin-Hardewig verantwortet auf globaler Ebene den Bereich unternehmerische Verantwortung für den Konzern Deutsche Telekom AG. Sie gestaltet die Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie und Leuchtturminitiativen zum ökologischen, sozialen und übergreifenden Engagement der Deutschen Telekom AG. Dazu gehören auch alle Aktivitäten des gesellschaftlichen Engagements sowie die Definition und Umsetzung von Vorgaben und Zielen für die Entwicklung nachhaltiger Produkte und Lösungen.

Omar El-Manfalouty

pilot and flight instructor

For decades, humanitarian organizations had to choose between gravity-dropping of humanitarian supplies out of large cargo aircraft or expensive, inefficient precision delivery systems using helicopters. HPI has developed, certified, and field-tested its novel Super Versatile Airdrop System (SVAS) which can easily ensure affordable precision delivery of fragile, high-value goods. Omar El Manfalouty is a professional pilot and flight instructor who has volunteered for the project. In his talk, he displays how engagement and innovative ideas such as HPI can have an impact.

Ralph Samulowitz

Promoter bei Siemens

Ralph Samulowitz received a diploma degree in electrical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, and the Master of Marketing MBM from the Free University of Berlin. Since 2004, he has been working for Siemens AG for the Promotion of Totally Integrated Power and Energy Management which he will further explain in his talk. In addition, he is a lecturer for the Industry Communication System at the University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt in Germany.

Sven Korndörffer

Head of Group Communications at the Commerzbank AG

Sven Korndörffer studied Economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn and is working as the Head of Group Communications at the Commerzbank AG. As chairman of the Wertekommission e.V. (Initiative Werte Bewusste Führung in Deutschland), his talk will explain how values can create value.

Thorsten Noll

speaker for cradle to cradle

Thorsten Noll has worked as a chemical engineer at Evonik Acrylic Polymers and Röhm and is a member of the Cradle to Cradle NGO in the Mainz-Wiesbaden area. In his talk, he stresses the issue of resource consumption and climate change. The negative CO2 footprints from people all over the world are known to be the reason for these phenomena. So how can we alter our behavior to positively impact the future? The "Cradle to Cradle" concept is one attempt to reach this aim.