Theme: COUNTDOWN

This year’s topic is “COUNTDOWN” - because we believe that good ideas commit us to act and our actions must be powered by beautiful ideas. Countdown is a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. So what do we do to turn great ideas into actions and create an impact, and what can you do? Find out and join us at TEDxIxelles.

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bd de la Plaine 2
Brussels, Ixelles, Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de (fr), Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (nl), 1050
Belgium

Ali Mahlodji

Entrepreneur, Author, EU Youth Ambassador

Ali Mahlodji, born in Iran, is an international entrepreneur, founder of whatchado, EU Youth Ambassador, keynote speaker, investor, consultant and author.

Boon Breyne

Climate justice activist

Boon Breyne is a climate justice activist at Fridays For Future & Youth For Climate. Boon, born in Ypres, Belgium, grew up as a car enthusiast, but turned away from that world with an intense feeling of betrayal. As a mechanical engineer, he now aims to leverage his analytical thinking and drive to dive deep into problems into helping to unravel the greatest challenge human society has ever faced.

Eva Gruber

Habit Coach. Mental Fitness Expert. International Best-Seller Author.

Eva Gruber is a Habit Coach, Mental Fitness Expert, and Best-Seller Author. She supports entrepreneurs, managers, and teams who “have too much on their plate” to improve their wellbeing, relationships, and peak-performance. How? Through unmasking their Mental Self-Sabotage and establishing Good Habits. As only 1 in 5 people use their potential, and 6+ hours of your day are based on mostly unconscious habits, this is a game-changer! By training 3 brain muscles and good habits, you establish mental fitness and supportive behavior. Doing so, you feel happier, live healthier relationships with your team, clients, and family, and improve peak-performance when e.g. stressed, angry, or insecure.

Jada Kennedy

Climate justice activist

Jada Kennedy is a climate activist at Fridays for Future International.

Joni Sheila

Musician

Singer, songwriter & street performer. Making people smile with music.

Kwamou Eva Feukeu

Anticipation specialist, participatory futurist, decolonial legal researcher

Complexity, decoloniality, dialogue spaces, futures and the law. What's the link between all of the above? Finding that out is the core of Kwamou's professional, personal and research work. Since 2014, she facilitates experiments (dialogue spaces) to enable people like you and me to discuss a topic they care about and use their own words instead.

Natalie Haas

Policy Officer, Researcher & Human Rights Advocate

As a young professional, trained in pedagogy, political science and conflict resolution, Natalie aims to advocate for the dignity and rights of the most vulnerable. In her research as well as her project- and fieldwork, she has dedicated special attention to intersectional issues of people affected by climate change, the situation of women and girls, young people and children, and migrants and refugees.

Wim Thiery

Research Professor on Climate Science

Wim Thiery is a climate scientist with a specific interest in modelling extreme events in a changing climate. From 2015 to 2018, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at ETH Zurich. In 2017, he was appointed as research professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he established the BCLIMATE Group. His expertise includes climate change, climate extremes, climate modelling, land-atmosphere interactions, storm early warnings, energy meteorology, and global-scale climate impact modelling. Forbes magazine recently elected him as a member of the “Forbes 30 under 30 Europe” Class of 2017, bringing together “the brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers in Europe”.