TEDxEindhoven 2019
Building on intuition | Aukje Kuypers
In a powerful talk Aukje Kuypers, CEO of Kuijpers and Dutch Businesswoman of the year 2018, shares how she was encouraged already at a young age to do the things that makes her happy. In the family business the longer-term view for technical developments and social balance are the horizon instead of short term financial gains.
The intangible effects of walls | Alexandra Auer
Walls have been our direct response to threat for centuries and over the last 20 years the global desire for walls has been growing. We have more border barriers now, in the age of internet and globalisation, than at the end of the second world war. But the effects of walls on societies go far beyond protection.
The power of staff engagement | Jos de Jong
Living in a world where the job market is in turmoil, how do we create engagement with our staff? The lack of people with specific skills acts as a serious brake on further growth of our economy, not only in hospitality, but any other industry. This talk gives insights how to make the connection with your team, to get them onboard, and make sure you are prepared for the long-term future.
Why it's expensive to be poor | Don Ceder
If there’s one thing thing Don Ceder has realized working as a lawyer for people who struggle with debts and poverty it’s this: it’s really expensive to be poor. In this talk, he shares some of his personal experiences and points out that a lot of money is being made from people who basically don’t have it through additional costs.
Why people should govern surveillance technology | Marietje Schaake
The market in surveillance technologies is assisting repression of human rights worldwide. At the same time, the business models of social media and search platforms are eroding the public debate in democracies, while oversight over algorithms is lacking. To turn the tables, and for people to govern technologies and not the other way around, engineers, business developers, politicians and internet users need to rise, now.
Targeting health by treating ageing | Andrea Maier
Life expectancy is rapidly increasing, predominantly due to the success of modern medicine, which targets single diseases. As a result, we are growing older with multiple diseases, which eventually decrease the quality of life. Ageing is the most important risk factor for diseases at old age; in the past two decades researchers heavily invested in unraveling the ageing process.
Let’s make humanity great again | Babah Tarawally
“Let’s make humanity great again” was the focus for Babah Tarawally, Journalist and Writer. He was open-minded as he shared his story “packed like sardines at age 4, fleeing from home”. He shared his painful past, with “black and white thinking” over growing up at asylum centers, and challenges that he faced integrating into the western world, especially without the right-papers.
Choosing trust over fear takes us into the co-creation paradigm | Stefanie Jansen
Stefanie Jansen came into this world scared. Scared of new things, and scared of new people. As an adolescent, she saw her future self participating in, as well as leading “think and do tanks”, consisting of diverse people, working together to create out-of-the-box solutions for the complex challenges our world is facing.
How to prepare for the infocalypse of fakenews | Peter Vandermeersch
As editor-in-chief of NRC, a major dutch newspaper, Peter Vandermeersch knows how influential media can be. We know most of our world only through media. This places an enormous responsibility in the hands of journalists to provide us with accurate information.