Our Team

TEDxAmsterdam is organized by a nonprofit foundation (Stichting) supported by corporate sponsors from different industries. We would also like to express our gratitude to the members of our Braintrust (advisory board). The main goal of the foundation is to organize the annual TEDxAmsterdam event and create a movement around ‘ideas worth spreading’ . TEDxAmsterdam is an initiative of Jim Stolze, Dutch author and internet specialist, who was a speaker at TED 2009. He was granted the right to organize TEDxAmsterdam by the TED organization.

Contact: please find the right person below and use his/her first name followed by @tedxamsterdam.nl to get in touch.


Board of the TEDxAmsterdam Foundation:

Jim Stolze Marian Spier Monique van Dusseldorp Paul Rispens
Left to right: Jim, Marian, Monique and Paul

Diederick Croese Ilse Kerling Tessa Bensch-Stolze Eiso Vaandrager
Left to right: Diederick, Ilse, Tessa and Eiso


Sponsor team

jasper-de-valk_8904_200x300px_bw Freek Bodemeijer Irene Rompa Bas van de Haterd
TEDxAmsterdam Tjerk Potma
Left to right: Jasper, Freek, Irene and Bas
Second row: Tjerk


Production team leaders

Xander Kranenburg Albert-Jan Tebbe Marck Feller
Jan Scheele
Left to right: Xander, Albert-Jan, Salmaan and Marck
Second row: Jan


TEDxYouth @ Amsterdam

Evelyne Peeters Bernice Thijm Yahay Alabdeli
Left to right: Evelyne, Bernice and Yahay


TEDxAmsterdam Ideas Worth Doing

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Left to right: Linda, Jasper, Martijn and Leanne


Communications / bloggers

Oliver de Leeuw Barbara Putman-Cramer Lieke Voermans Tim Jansen
Andrew Maaldrink TEDxAmsterdam_Sanne-vd_Beek_2392_100x150px_bw TEDxAmsterdam_Jasper-Bergink_2284_100x150px_bw
Left to right: Oliver, Barbara, Lieke and Tim
Second row: Andrew, Sanne and Jasper


Crossmedia Creation

Maurice Mikkers Randolph Plomp
Left to right: Maurice and Randolph


Media relations

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Left to right: Sjoerd


Other volunteers

  • Carolien Vader – TEDxAmsterdamWomen
  • Anja Waleson
  • Atekeh Raisi
  • Minnemijn Smit
  • Yvonne Stolze
  • Thalita van Ogtrop
  • Steven Kop
  • Boy van der Leeden – Assistant to the board
  • Lizet Baars – Project manager Fair Transport
  • Jonathan Marks
  • Vera de Kort

TEDxAmsterdam Carolien Vader TEDxAmsterdam Anja Waleson TEDxAmsterdam Atekeh Raisi TEDxAmsterdam Minnemijn Smit
TEDxAmsterdam Yvonne Stolze Thalita van Ogtrop Steven Kop TEDxAmsterdam_0187_100x150px_bw
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Left to right: Carolien, Anja, Atekeh and Minnemijn
Second row: Yvonne, Thalita, Steven and Boy
Third row: Lizet and Jonathan



Questions?

Contact: please find the right person above and use his/her first name followed by @tedxamsterdam.nl to get in touch.

All photography by Jan-Jaap Heine (CC)

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