Theme: I'mPulse

All of us have our own worlds which we create daily, as well as a reality we exist in all together. The universe consists of various scenarios about what surrounds us and what lies beyond the ocean. It is the space with the concentrated portion of local thoughts in a global chain of events. Every one of us is a part of something bigger, and we are all in it together. It's time for us to grasp it.

This year we are widening our geography. Apart from Ukrainian speakers, we have invited guests from Georgia, Sweden, Estonia, USA and Israel to our stage. We are preparing over 10 breathtaking speeches, that will make you rethink the concept of responsibility in your profession, city, the world and for yourself. We will combine biology, genetics and nature to find out how to live a long and happy life. We will also talk about becoming a part of a global movement, and why every drop in the ocean is very important in building a new Ukrainian society. Together we will find out what guides Ukrainians when they make their life choices, and what this means for the country. We will try to determine whether storytelling can have a continuation, we will test everyone for the level of inside populism, and see another dimension of "democracy". And it's only the beginning.

For the past two years, we have all been caught up in a chain of quickly changing events, since what is happening to Ukraine will never happen in other countries. We are the ones who believe, know, and act, because it is impossible to stand aside, when you get the chance of building something new. In order to keep up the pace, find a new inspiration, ideas, and people, the impulse is needed. The impulse is the bridge that will carry all of the ideas from the inside to the outside world.

It is this spark that will ignite all of us with new experiences and will let something warm inside each one of us light up. We can move forward to reach new heights and open new horizons of life with confidence and a smile.

CEC Parkovy
Parkova road 16a
Kyiv, Kyïv, 01021
Ukraine

David Bismark

Voting system designer

December 13th, 2015. TEDxKyiv 2015: I'mPulse. PhD in Verifiable Electronic Voting from the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK (2011), founder and CEO of Swedish book publishing firm «Recito Förlag AB». His research interests include remote electronic voting and its verifiability and transparency. In the summer of 2010 David gave a talk about his research at TED Global in Oxford, UK.

Erez Eshel

Leadership researcher

Author and Founder of Leadership Academy Ein Prat (Israel). He has experience in the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Education. Versed in civil society interaction with the government. He knows creation new elite without leaders — is impossible, and teach leadership only through informal education.

Natalia Antelava

Journalist

BBC News correspondent in the Caucasus, Central and West Asia, co-founder codastory.com. Lives and works in Tbilisi, travels and writes about Burma, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and so on. Natalia understand what international journalism is and what it really lacks today.

Simon Ostrovskiy

War correspondent

Simon Ostrovsky is an award-winning American journalist and documentary filmmaker for VICE News. He has covered the former Soviet Union extensively for a number of outlets but is best known for his Emmy-nominated VICE News series, Russian Roulette, which gave viewers an unvarnished view of the Ukrainian conflict from the ground. More recently he produced a documentary titled Selfie Soldiers for VICE News, which uses the social media posts of a Russian soldier to track his unit's movements from its base in Siberia to the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, disproving the Kremlin's official claims that Russia had no part in the war.

Валерій Пекар

Civil activist

Businessman and civil activist. Co-founder of the Civic Platform New Country, vice president of UMB, the president of "Euroindex", lecture at KMBS and UKU.

Віталій Дейнега

Volunteer

About people like him say, he went and did. Applied Mathematics, a professional from the field of IT, one day he created Initiative "Return alive". Widely known in narrow circles: 95th separate airborne brigade, 30th detached mechanized, special troops of the Main Intelligence Directorate, a special unit "Omega" and "Alpha" SSU. And not only this. Vitaliy help us understand that we know for help, and life support and how war changes a man.

Георгій Матвіїв

Bandurist innovator

Georgiy is a bandurist virtuoso from Odessa, Ukraine. He is a composer, an instructor at the A. V. Nezhdanov Odessa National Musical Academy, soloint of ensemble "Chaika" and the winner of many international academic and jazz competitions. He is the inventor of many new, modern techniques for playing the bandura, the traditional musical instrument of Ukraine. Magic of contemporary music creation through ethnic sounds of bandura — something that inspires George, because not only gives pleasure, but also tells the world about the great traditions of Ukrainian music with a breath of modernity.

Давид Арахамія

Volunteer, entrepreneur

The founder of the "People's Project". David was born in Georgia but grew up in Ukraine. Successful implementation of the projects David contrasts the existing social pattern "detachment", arguing that synergy creates real miracles.

Євген Глібовицький

Political scientist

Managing partner of consulting company pro.mova , co-founder of hromadske.tv , an expert on long-term strategies, the lector. Univ group founder and member of the Nestorivska expert group. Step from the idea to the desired future of Ukraine, which we really need — a topic Eugene.

Захар Пашун

Entrepreneur

Zakhar - CEO of ELMOB . Will the Ukrainian electric car become a good alternative to Elon Musk's car or how far from own garage can start a great idea.

Іван Пух

Rhythm therapist

Ivan — musician, teacher, therapist rhythm, developer of a unique anti-stress therapy Rhythm Diving, corporate trainer, coach of team building. All that Ivan makes a positive and filled with the magic.

Олександр Коляда

Gerontolog

Researcher at Epigenetics Laboratory of the Institute of Gerontology AMS, co-founder of the American company Titanovo. Alexander has been studying the genetics of aging, investigating genes that allow the old-timers "trick" nature. What makes us unique and what science does today to help us live forever and not age tomorrow let's think and imagine together.

Олексій Болдирєв

Neuroscientists

Neuroscientist, biophysicist, molecular biologist, a junior researcher at the Institute of Physiology. Bogomolets NAS. He studies the function of ion channel protein in the brain, in addition, one of the founders of the "My science" (my.science.ua) engaged in the popularization of scientific achievements.

Павло Ігнатьєв

Composer-improvisionist

His music is often called modern classical and modern jazz. But Pavel himself deliberately does not define his music. He says that it is — without artificial framework, so as to play cleaner and more honest. The musician has a perfectly classical piano technique, refined academies in Ukraine, Poland, Austria and Germany. Pavel's music amazingly thin and sensitive, breaks with the fingertips and freezes in the air. This expressive and simultaneously a balanced sound that creates a unique atmosphere and mood. Paul does not write his music in notes and every time plays from memory inhaling fresh feelings and emotions.

Юрко Филюк

Entrepreneur

Urbanist, traveler, dreamer, co-founder of the «Warm City» (Ivano-Frankivsk). Yurko with his team know how to fill every day a small town with new content and new future: no theory, but the practice of responsibility and love of the space in which we live.

Ярослав Грицак

Historian

Doctor of History, Professor Ukrainian Catholic University, Director of the Institute of Historical Research. He teaches at the Central European University (Hungary), Harvard (USA), NaUKMA (Ukraine). Member of Univ group and Nestorivska group. Which values influence the development of Ukrainian society, and what Ukraine can offer to the world and itself — will analyze together.