The third edition of TEDxAmsterdam is all about Human Nature and will be hosted by the Stadsschouwburg on November 25th, 2011. An amazing team of enthusiastic volunteers, partners and performers is working hard to create an unforgettable experience making Ideas Worth Spreading reality. From this page you will find all information about TEDxAmsterdam 2011 at hand. All invitations have been sent out and we are fully booked!

Program

Registration starts at 8.00 in the morning. Please come early, we’ll have coffee and WiFi waiting for you. The program starts at 9 in the morning and will end at 9 in the evening, followed by drinks until 11pm.

Find the entire program on the program page.

You can already get the buzz watching TEDxAmsterdamTV right on our website on the 24th from 10.00-22.00!

Do you want to find out more about the history and location of our venue? Sign up for the TEDxAmsterdam 2011 Award (until the 28th of October)? Get a head’s up on the subjects speakers will talk about? Are you interested in organizing your own Simulcast Event (fill out your profile if you want to visit a Simulcast Event)? Or maybe you would like to have a chance of being invited to the main event and sign up for the monthly newsletter?

Human Nature

This year’s TEDxAmsterdam aims to bring you some of the most valuable insights on ourselves: the human being. “What is it like to be human?”, we ask. When we choose, the impact of our choices is unknown. We’re focusing on human accomplishments, people’s unbreakable spirits and practical wisdom able to change the natural environment we’re living in. Next to that we will take you a step further and invite speakers that highlight irrationality, human error and unexpected connections: exploring the darker sides of our mind is intriguing.

“Humans always seem to know why they do what they do, but is that really how it works? We want to provoke attendants with questions and stories about what it means to be human”, founder Jim Stolze tells us. The most fascinating about the theme “Human Nature” to us at TEDxAmsterdam is the blind spot we have: we are so common with being human, yet we know so little about ourselves. “Speakers from all over the world will tell us about our deepest motivations, how genes influence important parts of our behaviour and where our feelings come from. Special attention will go into the future – how will we influence, improve and alter our brain? This is all about who we truly are and can become”.

Further reading:

Exploring our theme Human Nature

Proudly presented: the 2011 program

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