TEDxEindhoven 2025
From Coding to coping: My mental fitness journey | Irene Anggreeni
What if your mind had an update button? Former software engineer turned therapist, then coach, Irene Anggreeni shares how to debug depression, anxiety, and self-doubt using a framework anyone can learn: Monitor. Debug. Update. With her engineering background, Irene will guide us into a new perspective on mental well being.
Traveling through time together with AI | Christian Bleeker
What if AI isn’t here to replace us, but to help us become more human? This talk explores how we can move beyond automation toward true co-creation, building AI partners that amplify our humanity rather than diminish it. Join the interesting invitation how the combination of human curiosity and digital insight could shape your future.
What healthcare can learn from dancing | Norbert Hattink
The introducing of Standards, Methods and Guidelines in Healthcare to move patients lead to higher rates of absenteeism. Another way off approaching the Theme of Patient Handling can bring many profits. For caregivers and for patients. We have to learn to see Human Being as a moving system. That’s why we should learn the principals of dance. Modern healthcare is highly regulated, for good reason. But have we lost sight of the human dimension?
How design will define our future | Sanne Kistemaker
Sanne Kistemaker explores how design is not just about products or aesthetics – but how it will shape our future society. She believes that if we dare to redesign how we live, work, and connect, design will be our most powerful tool for change. And creativity will be an essential life skill for all of us. Sanne Kistemaker advocates for the power of creativity and design as essential forces for good. Why are they so important?
Raising kids in a world of screens | Stephanie Reina
Parents nowadays are concerned about screen time and keeping kids safe online. Drawing from relatable examples mixed with scientific research, Stephanie uncovers a rarely discussed driver of children’s digital behavior and provides two practical strategies families can apply immediately. Most adults are overwhelmed by social media, just imagine how kids must feel. What can parents do to enable healthy habits?
Designing conflict for breakthroughs | Ferdy Gilsing
“True breakthroughs don’t come from avoiding tension — they come from designing conflict. This talk shows how embracing friction accelerates progress, from personal stories to lessons shaped at design” Transformation doesn’t happen when everything flows effortlessly. What is the relationship between innovation and friction?
How reality is simulated by your brain | Surya Gayet
Your brain, this squishy walnut-shaped organ floating in your skull, somehow transforms the information collected by your sensors (eyes, ears, etc.) into a coherent experience of the world within and around you. But because your brain is different from everyone else’s, you are forever trapped inside your own private reality; a world that can never be accessed by anyone else but you. What drives conscious perception? With clever experiments we will explore what drives attention, memory, and perception.
The reality behind building something from nothing | Bram Berkien
A story of hope, setbacks, doubt, stubbornness and inspiration, as one photographer tries to realise his dream. Follow your passion! This career advice is often heard, but how do you bring it into practice?
How we can fight loneliness by redefining happiness | Lucas de Man
In this talk filled with humor and energy, Lucas De Man shows us why we became the loneliest generation ever and how we can turn it around. What’s the definition of hapiness in a world that is changing as fast as ours?
Achieve Your Dreams With The Arrow of Action | Rey Node
The Arrow of Action is a surprisingly simple methodology to achieve big dreams, overcome obstacles, and get the most out of our lives. Born in the Netherlands in 1986, Rey Node dropped out of two art schools before co-founding a creative agency in 2008. Over 15 years, he completed more than 1,200 creative projects, collaborating with local mom-and-pop shops, global mega brands, and struggling start-ups. In 2022, he substituted agency life for a freelance career and became an author.