Program TEDx Amsterdam Live @ Boom Chicago

Every day: expo ‘STUFF’ by artist and viewtographer Floor Knaapen

Tuesday

July 13th

Host: Jon Rosenfeld

Boom Chicago co-owner, artistic director and comedian

2:00 – 2:30 PM

2:30 – 3:00 PM

Start-up Program

Daily Sketch

• Jon Rosenfeld
• Noam Vazana

• Artistic Director, comedian
• Singer, songwriter

3:00 – 4:45 PM

Session 1: Global Century

• Joseph Nye
• Sheryl WuDunn
• Naif Al-Mutawa
• Nic Marks
• Patrick Chappatte

• Diplomat
• Women's rights advocate
• Creator, The 99
• Happiness researcher
• Editorial cartoonist

4:45 – 5:30 PM

5:30 – 5:45 PM

Break

Surprise

• Special speaker

• Surprise

5:45 – 6:30 PM

Session 2: Human Systems

• Matt Ridley
• Steven Johnson
• Chris Wild

• Rational optimist
• Writer
• Retronaut

6:30 - …

Drinks on the terrace @ Boom Chicago

Wednesday July 14th

Host: Jim Stolze
TEDx Amsterdam founder, author of How to survive your Inbox, and public speaker

8:45 – 9:00 AM

Walk in

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Kickoff program

• Jim Stolze

• TEDx founder

9:30 – 11:15 AM

Session 3: Found in Translation

• Ethan Zuckerman
• Elif Shafak
• David McCandless
• Mor Karbasi
• Iain Hutchison

• Blogger, digital visionary
• Novelist
• Data journalist
• Singer-songwriter
• Facial surgeon

11:15 – 12:00 PM

12:00 – 12:15 PM

Break

The power of Crowdfunding

• Pim Betist

• Founder Sellaband & Africa Unsigned

12:15 – 2:00 PM

Session 4: Irrational Choices

• Sheena Iyengar
• Laurie Santos
• Lewis Pugh
• Jamil Abu-Wardeh
• Maz Jobrani

• Psycho-economist
• Cognitive psychologist
• Coldwater swimmer
• Producer
• Comedian

2:00 – 2:30 PM

2:30 – 3.30 PM

Lunchbreak

Best of TED

• Provided by Prime Technology Ventures
• Selected by audience

• Most inspiring TED Talks from the past

3:30 – 5:15 PM

Session 5: Healthier Together

• Inge Missmahl
• Mitchell Besser
• Annie Lennox
• Karsu Donmez
• John Hardy
• Arthur Potts Dawson

• Analytical psychologist
• HIV/AIDS fighter
• Activist, singer-songwriter
• Singer-songwriter
• Designer, educator
• Green chef

5:15 – 5:45 PM

5:45 – 6:00 PM

Break

Fun as a binding factor

• Live Jazz, Funk and Soul
• Michiel Drijber

• DJake
• Initiator ‘Iedereen elke dag plezier’

6:00 – 6:30 PM

Session 6: Different by Design

• Miwa Matreyek
• Neil Gershenfeld

• Multimedia artist
• Physicist, personal fabrication pioneer

6:30 - … PM

Drinks on the terrace @ Boom Chicago

Thursday

July 15th

Host: Arjan Amin
Passionate poet, singer of the band Hotel and artist.

8:45 – 9:00 AM

Walk in

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Kickoff program

• Arjan Amin

• Poet, singer and artist

9:30 – 11:15 AM

Session 7: Creatures Great and Small

• Adrian Dolby
• Christien Meindertsma
• Thomas Dolby
• Toni Frohoff
• Marcel Dicke

• Organic farmer
• Artist
• Electronic music pioneer
• Wildlife biologist
• Ecological entomologist

11:15 – 12:00 PM

12:00 – 12:15 PM

Break

Finding your Inner Superhero

• Jasper van Impelen

• Initiator Inner Superhero

12:15 – 2:00 PM

Session 8: Adventures in Fairness

• Tim Jackson
• Peter Eigen
• Auret van Heerden
• Jessica Jackley

• Economist
• Founder, Transparency International
• Labor-rights activist
• Microlender

2:00 – 2:30 PM

2:30 – 3:15 PM

3:15 – 3:30 PM

Lunchbreak

Triumphs Trump The Trials

About TEDx Ams!

• Provided by Boom Chicago
• Leslie Ebony Perry & Stefano Bocconi
• Monique van Dusseldorp

• Performance poet and musician
• Organizer TEDx Amsterdam

3:30 – 5:15 PM

Session 9: The Unknown Brains

• Gero Miesenboeck
• Sebastian Seung
• Heribert Watzke
• Stefano Mancuso

• Optogeneticist
• Computational neuroscientist
• Food scientist
• Plant neurobiologist

5:15 – 5:45 PM

5:45 – 6:00 PM

Break

The power of debating

• Roderik van Grieken

• Founder and director of the Dutch Debate Institute

6:00 – 6:30 PM

Session 10: Who's the Teacher?

• Sugata Mitra
• Conrad Wolfram

• Education researcher
• Mathematician

6:30 - … PM

Drinks on the terrace @ Boom Chicago

Friday

July 16

Host: Pim Betist
Crowdfunding specialist, founder of Sellaband & Africa Unsigned and one of the 25 most creative people in business (Management Team)

8:45 – 9:00 AM

Walk in

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Kickoff program

• Pim Betist

• Founder Sellaband & Africa Unsigned

9:30 – 11:15 AM

Session 11: The Tiny Blue Dot

• Johan Rockstroem
• Jason Clay
• Rachel Sussman
• Ze Frank
• Dimitar Sasselov

• Sustainability expert
• Market transformer
• Artist, photographer
• Humorist, web artist
• Astronomer

11:15 – 12:00 PM

12:00 – 12:15

Break

The human dream: building paradise

• Harmen van Doorn

• Founder PIF-world

12:15 – 2:00 PM

Session 12: Waging Peace

• Stefan Wolff
• Zainab Salbi
• William Perrin
• Mallika Sarabhai

• Ethnic conflicts scholar
• Activist and social entrepreneur
• Community activist
• Dancer, actor, activist

2:00 – 2:30 PM

2:30 – 4:00 PM

Lunchbreak

Best of TED

• Selected by audience

• Most inspiring TED Talks from the past.

4:00 – 5:30 PM

Festive closing with food and drinks.

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