TEDxHamburg wants to explore new territories. That means that we want to take you on a journey with us to explore insights in the latest developments and future trends in different areas of social life and scientific advancement. This conference will be about unexpected discoveries and disruptive innovations that will change our thinking and living and will show the multiple ways how culture, art, economy and science are deeply entangled and interact today to change our living conditions in the future. This interaction suddenly creates new questions, disciplines, territories, a new consciousness that we didn't have before. Exploring new territories means to widen our horizon, to ask questions we didn't ask before, to give unexpected and surprising answers. Let's check out the terra incognito of our world today!
Speakers
Speakers may not be confirmed. Check event website for more information.
Rhonda
How brilliant were the good old days...The Star Club and Indra in Hamburg, The Cavern in Liverpool; cool beat music everywhere. Some listened to the American soul pioneers Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield, others grooved to the first big English beat bands. They met up in clubs in cellars and lived for the moment. Everyone wore lanky cotton trousers, cheeky haircuts and pointy leather boots. The feelings of a whole generation were reflected in the music, where rock ‘n‘ roll, soul music and cool rhythms merged with chinking guitars and sizzling organs. These days are over? No way! It’s coming back like never before - and where’s the best place to re-live it? Yep, Hamburg, Germany. The quintet Rhonda didn’t form until March 2012 but a rise such as theirs has seldom been made by any other German band.Marjo Kyllönen
Since 2004, Dr Marjo Kyllönen is the Education Manager at General Education division in Helsinki. She has PhD in Education. She defended her doctoral thesis on Future School and Leadership in December 2011. After defending her thesis she further developed the concept of future school and its role and prospect in society. At her current position she is responsible for various areas of basic education, such as curriculum matters and development, pupils participation, special education, multicultural issues. She has also been appointed to various committees on a national level such as the national core curriculum work, pupils welfare, pupils assessment. On a city level she is in the lead for curriculum renewal and implementing the Future School Concept in Helsinki. Dr Kyllönen does a lot of voluntary work promoting children’s education in developing countries, which is really important top her.Ana Pereira Roders
Ana Pereira Roders is a theoretical architect working at the intersection of architecture, urban planning, law, environmental management and computer sciences. She wants to rewrite urban theory, to reveal how efficiently cities can use their resources, in relation to standards and values. Her latest work uses UNESCO World Heritage nominations in urban settings, to discuss impact evaluation of policies and projects, based on their conservation status. Protected Urban Planet is a step towards more ambitious goals, enabling real-time big data analytics and co-authorship of urban theory. Currently, she is an assistant professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, and the founding co-editor of the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Emerald, UK.Andras Vamos-Goldman
As a son of parents who endured the Holocaust, Andras Vamos-Goldman has been on a mission to turn "Justice Denied" for victims of mass atrocities into "Justice Achieved". Andras’ vision is for the investigation of mass atrocities to be done as quickly and professionally as the investigation of any ordinary domestic crime. In pursuit of this vision, Andras helped to create, and is the Executive Director of Justice Rapid Response (JRR). Since becoming operational in 2009, JRR has certified over 500 professionals to its rapidly deployable roster and has supported 50 investigations of the worst crimes known to humanity. Andras’ goal is that the quality and timeliness of investigations achieved by JRR becomes the standard to which all investigations of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity are carried out.André Wilkens
Bruce Katz
Bruce J. Katz is a vice president at the Brookings Institution and founding director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. He is also the co-author of The Metropolitan Revolution (Brookings Press, 2013) which argues that cities and metropolitan areas are not only the engines of national economies but also the vanguard of economic policy innovation. Katz regularly advises federal, state, regional and municipal leaders on policy reforms that advance the competitiveness of metropolitan areas. He counsels on shifting demographic and market trends as well as on policies critical to metropolitan prosperity (e.g. innovation, human capital, infrastructure, housing) and new forms of metropolitan governance. After the 2008 presidential election, he co-led the housing and urban issues transition team for the Obama administration and served as a senior advisor to new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan for the first 100 days of the administration.Dhairya Dand
Dhairya Dand’s work investigates the human body as a medium for computation, new materials as a tool to embody interactions and design as a vehicle for mindfulness. His work is situated in the belief that human well-being in an increasingly computational world can be achieved at the intersection of thoughtful design, innovative engineering and radical paradigms. His work feeds from disconnected fields, skills and mediums to eventually bring them together in new thoughtful and playful ways. Currently he is the Principal at oDD (a futurist factory) in Seattle and teaches studio-focused graduate courses at the Art Institute of Seattle; previously he was a researcher at the MIT Media Lab in Boston. He was part of the Forbes 30 under 30 list 2015, ELLE’s 15 names to know in 2015, was named as the first WIRED Innovation fellow ‘innovators who will change our world’ and an INK Fellow in 2014, part of Globe’s ‘Top 25 Innovators’ list, the Smithsonian’s National Design Award.Fred Jansen
Fred Jansen studied astrophysics at Amsterdam University, Netherlands. During his study he participated in a Leiden/MIT program which launched a balloon borne set of X-ray detectors observing the universe. After his PhD, on a thesis of X-ray observations of supernova remnants (the hot and bright remains of exploded stars), he worked on the development of one of the X-ray instruments for the XMM-Newton observatory. In 1995 he joined the European Space Agency and was appointed project scientist for this mission shortly afterwards. Following the launches of the Mars Express and Venus Express missions he also became mission manager for these projects. Fred was Rosetta mission manager of from June 2013 until February 2015. This period covered the hibernation exit, comet approach, landing and post-landing operations periods.Marco Maas
Marco Maas has been working as a freelance journalist and entrepreneur in Hamburg and Berlin since 1999. As such, he was involved in the development of the “ZDF-Parlameter", which won the Grimme Online Award. He also received the CNN Journalist Award for the G8 coverage on gipfelblog.de. Marco is also a managing partner and data journalist at OpenDataCity, an agency for data journalism and data visualization. There, he leads a team of journalists, developers and visualizers. The agency has won several national and international awards (Lead Awards, Grimme Online Award, the World Summit Award, Online News Award, etc.). He has dealt with the topic of Open Data/Linked Data since 2009, and for the last two years has focussed mainly on the Internet of Things. He blogs on TheMaastrix.net and twitters on @themaastrix.Martin Powell
Martin Powell is the head of Urban Development within Siemens Global Centre of Competence for Cities. This involves working with mayors and leaders providing advice and support to those cities as they strive to meet tough economic, social and environmental targets and looking at economic and technical models of delivering solutions at scale. Martin was previously the Mayoral Advisor on the Environment to the current Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. As Executive Director of Environment he also had responsibility for delivery of London’s Environmental Projects and Programmes. As Managing Director of Cambridge Management & Research, an organisation working with a number of cities, Martin was a Special Advisor to The C40 Cities Group, Chaired by former Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. Martin is co-author of ‘Our Urban Future’ and ‘Better Cities, Better Life’.Nagaire Blankenberg
Ngaire Blankenberg is internationally recognized for her work planning innovative museums and revitalizing urban spaces. She is co-author, with Gail Lord, of Cities, Museums and Soft Power (AAM Press 2015) which urges museums to play a more vital role in creating equitable, inclusive and empowering cities. She is co-founder of the Museum of AIDS in Africa- a pan-African project which collects, preserves, interprets and remembers the history and impact of AIDS on the continent. As European Director and Principal Consultant at Lord Cultural Resources, the world's largest museum and cultural professional practice, Ngaire advises museums, the private sector and governments throughout the world on ways to develop their cultural assets for public benefit.Ngaire Blankenberg
Ngaire Blankenberg is internationally recognized for her work planning innovative museums and revitalizing urban spaces. She is co-author, with Gail Lord, of Cities, Museums and Soft Power (AAM Press 2015) which urges museums to play a more vital role in creating equitable, inclusive and empowering cities. She is co-founder of the Museum of AIDS in Africa- a pan-African project which collects, preserves, interprets and remembers the history and impact of AIDS on the continent. As European Director and Principal Consultant at Lord Cultural Resources, the world's largest museum and cultural professional practice, Ngaire advises museums, the private sector and governments throughout the world on ways to develop their cultural assets for public benefit.Omer Klein
Omer Klein is an exciting, daring pianist. He dazzles masterfully between textures and dynamics, dancing between seemingly-unrelated musical worlds. Klein's solo program includes music from his new release Fearless Friday, on-the-spot improvisations, and surprising covers. Omer (32) tours extensively around the world as leader of the Omer Klein Trio and as a solo pianist. He released 6 albums to great international acclaim. He grew up in Israel, where he is considered "One of the most fascinating artists who have emerged from this country in the last decade" (City Mouse Tel Aviv) Klein is the winner of numerous awards, including the Förderpreis for Music 2013, awarded by the city of Düsseldorf.Priya Prakash
Priya Prakash is a serial change agent, entrepreneur and founder of London based D4SC - Design for Social Change. The applied product innovation studio specializes in collaborative urban systems combining human and machine intelligence. In 2014, she was listed ‘Tech City Insider 100’, IBM’s People for Smarter Cities and featured in BBC, Wired, Outlook India. D4SC’s products have won The Smart City World Expo Showcase, Innovate UK’s Connected Cities Challenge and got shortlisted for Zumbtobel’s Applied Innovation. Since 2001, her innovations have changed industries radically across media, publishing, telecom and retail. Her focus now is on reimagining smart cities. Priya is visiting professor at Syracuse University, RCA, UCL and LSE and advises early stage iOT & smart tech startups. A regular keynote speaker and judge, Prakash is FRSA with MA in Computer Related Design, Royal College of Art. Priya enjoys discovering cities by running, cycling and tasting local cuisines.Rasa Weber
Rasa Weber (1989) is a designer and researcher currently working and living in Berlin. She is one of the founders and designers of Studio Blond and Bieber, a cooperation with designer Essi Johanna Glomb, which meets on the border between textile- and productdesign, and currently working at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory “Bild Wissen Gestaltung” of the Humboldt University Berlin. Her work is based upon material research in cooperation with scientific institutions (such as Fraunhofer Institute or Schlafakademie Berlin / Charité) and a narrative perspective on design. Further information on: blondandbieber.com and rasaweber.com.Ricky Burdett
Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies, and director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age Programme. He is currently a Visiting Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University as well as a member of the UK Government’s Independent Airports Commission and a member of Council of the Royal College of Art in London. Professor Burdett was Global Distinguished Professor at New York University from 2010 – 2014. He has been involved in regeneration projects across Europe and was Chief Adviser on Architecture and Urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics and architectural adviser to the Mayor of London from 2001 to 2006. Professor Burdett was also a member of the Urban Task Force which produced a major report for the UK government on the future of English cities. He is co-editor of The Endless City (2007), Living in the Endless City (2011) and Transforming Urban Economies (2013) and editor of Innovation in Europe’s Cities (2015).Rose Wang
Rose is the co-founder and CEO of Six Foods, an organization that is normalizing insects as a more sustainable protein. Rose worked in strategy and marketing at Nutraclick and Microsoft. In college, Rose managed HSA Cleaners and The Harvard Shop through Harvard Student Agencies, managing an annual budget of $1.5M. She also has a passion for education and sits on the board of an education non-profit, Wema Inc., in Kenya. She founded Six Foods at the age of 22 (after eating a scorpion in China). Business Insider named Six Foods as one of the top ten startups changing the future of food, and they have one of the most funded food Kickstarters to date. Rose is a graduate of Harvard College and plans to matriculate to Harvard Business School in 2018 as a part of the 2+2 program.Vincent Forster
Dr. Vincent Forster is the CEO and Co-Founder of Versantis, a preclinical stage pharmaceutical company based in Switzerland, which develops a versatile detoxification therapy. Vincent received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from ETH Zurich, which built upon a multidisciplinary education in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, completed at EPFL (Switzerland) and UCSD (USA). His research in the field of Drug Delivery taught him the Art of formulating and conveying pharmaceuticals. Paradoxically, his recent work has been focused on the conception of a universal antidote to “un-deliver” drugs and remove them from overdosed patients. Specifically, he developed a revolutionary peritoneal dialysis approach for the detoxification body wastes and toxic chemicals. Enthusiastic and passionate, he now dedicates his energy to translate this technology to the patient’s bedside.Organizing team
