Theme: Personal & collective growth

Our second TEDxTallinn followed our goal of introducing the TED format to Estonian audience and was deliberately unfocused.. Although- no matter if the talk focused on HIV prevention, building a student satellite or Estonian energy dependency, all the topics where discussed from the personal point of view..

KUMU Art Museum
Valge 1
Tallinn
Estonia

Taavi Veskimägi

Born 1974, is a former Estonian Minister of Finance (2003–2005) and the managing director of the Estonian electric power transmission system operator Elering.

Tõnu Kõrvits

Estonian composer, born in 1969. Music of Tõnu Kõrvits is filled with highly poetical imagery. It varies from gentle and fragile sound paintings to dramatic orchestral textures, full of vivacity and passion. Since 2001, Tõnu Kõrvits is a lecturer of composition and instrumentation at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

Mairi Jüriska

Born in 1983, is a Social entrepreneur, Executive Director of the Health Estonia Foundation. In 2006 – 2007 Director of the AIESEC International.

Veronika Valk

Born in 1976, Urban designer Veronika Valk is Estonia's most inspiring and surprising young architect. Her ideas are turning not only the world of architecture around but also the mood of her country. She has successfully participated in numerous architectural competitions, won several awards, published many articles of architecture and urbanism.

Valdur Mikita

Dr. of semiotics and author.

Kai Pata

Researcher in Educational technology. Focuses on cognitive learning domain in biology, environmental science and science, with special interests to collaborative learning patterns in synchronous environment, model-based reasoning and learning in multi-representational environment.

Mart Noorma

Manager of the The Estonian Student Satellite projec. Head of the Center for Teching and Learning at University of Tartu.

Ewert Sundja

Young and talented singer and songwriter.