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TEDx – Ideas spreading everywhere
TED2011 is taking place in the US this week, and the audience was treated to this video report of all the TEDx events around the world. It provides a wonderful impression of the TEDx phenomenon. Barely into the second year of TEDx, the community of h
TEDxAmsterdam Thought Leaders #3: Claire Boonstra on tech innovation
TEDxAmsterdam Thought Leaders is designed as a ‘deep dive’ into the worlds that TED loves – namely technology, entertainment and design. But since TED has expanded since it first established itself as ‘the ultimate brain spa
TEDxAmsterdam Thought Leaders #4: Michiel Buitelaar
The fourth in our Thought Leaders series is a short interview with Michiel Buitelaar, Chief Digital Media (CDM) at Sanoma Magazines. Michiel has extensive media experience in previous executive roles. The appointment of Michiel Buitelaar characteriz
Our future is not history
Pop quiz: what’s the common denominator in the Sanoma publishers, the Club van 100 and TEDxAmsterdam equation? This ensemble could not have been better described than they were by Rijksmuseum director Wim Pijbes. Three seemingly very different gr
“How to transform inspiration into action”
Interview with Joris van Heukelom (Director Digital Publishing @ Sanoma Digital). Taken from the book “Breakthrough”, special edition for TEDxAmsterdam 2009. A breakthrough is an idea that is so powerful, it blows all obstacles aside. In this cas
Let’s try it, do not be afraid (Oscar Kneppers)
Interview with Oscar Kneppers (Serial entrepreneur with great experience in publishing and new technology. Founder of magazines and websites such as Bright and Emerce). Taken from the book “Breakthrough”, special edition for TEDxAmsterdam
Be amongst people who think differently (Astrid Elburg)
Interview with Astrid Elburg (Management consultant & executive coach Elburg Consultancy). Taken from the book “Breakthrough”, special edition for TEDxAmsterdam 2009. I seek out people and platforms that energize me, and TEDxAmsterd
The Man Who Discovered Da Vinci’s True Face
Mona Lisa is one of the best-known faces on the planet. But would you recognize an image of Leonardo da Vinci? Dutch Illustrator Siegfried Woldhek used some thoughtful image-analysis techniques to find what he believes is the true face of Leonardo. H
(Re) read philosophy books (Nico Baken)
Interview with Nico Baken (Senior strategist at KPN and part-time professor at TU Delft) Taken from the book “Breakthrough”, special edition for TEDxAmsterdam 2009. The world has found itself in crisis, but we do not know the extent of
Prof. dr. Robbert Dijkgraaf
Before Professor doctor Robbert Dijkgraaf started teaching mathematical physics at the University of Amsterdam he taught at Princeton University in New Jersey in the United States. After studying math and physics, Dijkgraaf attended the Gerrit Rietve




