Global power relations are changing. Connected citizens are drivers of innovation. Science gives us superpowers. Humans can program DNA and design new life. Machines can see and learn from their observations of the world. Connections are changing the nature of objects. Power to fuel and endless web of innovation now comes from natural sources. Machines control us. What are the new powers that rule our life? How can we empower ourselves, as humans? How we can we control, influence and obtain power in a connected world? How is power shared and developed? How can we build a world in which the new powers are used for the benefit of society?
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MAASK
Maask www.maask.nlNepco
The factory of doubt, that’s what Studio Nepco is called sometimes. Driven by intuition Nepco tries to discover little sweet miracles and magic moments on a stage with our outrageous costumes, surreal objects, ballet, words and music. Our doubt leads us in our work, it’s the source of our creativity. What happens when a star falls?TEDxAmsterdam Awards Finalists
The Sun Continent, Powered by the Sun - Mo El-Fatatry Masar will create an off-grid network of self-contained, solar-powered generator units to provide villages across Africa with low cost electricity. Back in time for the future of mobility, by Frank Manders 80 Day Race is an awareness project for great young explorers to remove doubts about mobility without oil. Kiting for Energy - Max ter Horst By using kites, e-Kites is able to generate energy at a price lower than obtained by wind turbines and soon cheaper than coal. Ensuring fresh water today, without limiting tomorrow - Sid Vollebregt Elemental Water Makers shows you how to realize an independent, affordable fresh water supply from the sea using renewable-energy powered desalination techniques. Power to the people to reduce food waste - August de Vocht NoFoodWasted connects grocery inventory systems to consumer facing mobile apps to provide real-time deals for best before date products on consumers' interest and location.August de Vocht
-Elliot Higgins
Eliot Higgins is the founder of Bellingcat, visiting research associate at King’s College London’s War Studies department, visiting research fellow at UC Berkeley School of Law’s Human Rights Center, and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. He’s also an award winning investigative journalist and publishes the work of an international alliance of fellow investigators who use freely available online information. His inquiries have revealed extraordinary findings, including linking the Buk used to down flight MH17 to Russia, uncovering details about the Aug 21, 2013 Sarin attacks in Damascus, and evidencing the involvement of the Russian military in the Ukrainian conflict. Recently he has worked with the Atlantic Council on the report “Hiding in Plain Sight,” which used open source information to detail Russia’s military involvement in the crisis in Ukraine. Bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/Frank Manders
-Irene Rompa
Irene Rompa is most passionate about random kindness, start-ups and sustainability. She leads the Let it Grow Lab, in which start-ups that work with flowers and plants to green our city lives are accelerated in their growth during a five-month incubation programme. She co-founded Dopper in the United States is an alumnus of Singularity University’s Global Solutions Programme 2015. Currently, Irene is a Board Member of the Major Alliance, alongside of Jan Peter Balkenende and Bernard Wientjes, which aims to contribute to a better society by bringing together funds, companies and government to jointly increase the impact of societal initiatives. She is also the founder of the Buy Nothing New-Month; one month in which people pledge to re-discover what they already have & what fun alternatives there are to buying brand new things.Jeremy Heimans
Jeremy Heimans is co-founder and CEO of Purpose, a home for building 21st century movements and crowd-based social and economic models to tackle the world’s biggest problems. In 2005, he co-founded GetUp, an Australian political organization and internationally recognized social movement phenomenon that today has more members than all of Australia’s political parties combined. And in 2007, Jeremy was a co-founder of Avaaz, the world’s largest online citizens’ movement, now with more than 40 million members. His work has been profiled in publications like The Economist and The New York Times, and his most recent thinking with Henry Timms on “new power” was featured as the Big Idea in Harvard Business Review, as one of 2014’s top TED talks with more than 1.25m views, and by CNN as one of ten top ideas to change the world in 2015. Understanding New Power https://hbr.org/2014/12/understanding-new-powerKhama Rogo
Professor Dr. Khama Rogo is an activist voice in Africa on all issues of health and human reproduction for three decades. He is Lead Health Sector Specialist with the World Bank and Head of the World Bank Group’s Health in Africa Initiative. He is a Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a prominent advocate and global authority on reproductive health issues. He is a visiting professor at several universities and author of over 100 papers and book chapters. He served on the Gender Advisory Panel of WHO, the Advisory Committee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the board of the Center for African Family Studies. He is currently on the board of INTRAHEALTH, among other responsibilities.Mandy Smith
Mandy Smith is an Amsterdam based paper artist of international acclaim. Her studio’s techniques and paper problem solving have crafted a diverse body of work. Her projects include sending a paper rocket into the stratosphere (Heineken’s Legendary Posters), touring museums of the world with a full-sized paper Guillotine that people line up for (Paper Cuts Exhibition), creating a paper globe that can withstand submersion in fluid (3M Science at SXSW) and making sandpaper a relic of delicate delight. Her expertise extends into film, animation, interactive installations and advertising. These skills and her collaborative spirit have meant her Amsterdam studio has been fortunate enough to bring visions to life for brands and agencies such as Toyota, Coca Cola, Tommy Hilfiger, Google, Heineken, Wieden + Kennedy, 180, VICE and BBDO. Mandy Smith http://www.papersmith.co/Max ter Horst
-Maxim Februari
Maxim Februari is a Dutch writer and philosopher of law. He is interested to find out how law and politics will survive the influence of smart technologies. Member of independent advisory board DEGAS (Dutch Expert Group Aviation Safety), he writes novels, essays and a weekly column for Dutch Newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Maxim Februari http://www.maximfebruari.nl/Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Merlijn Twaalfhoven is a Composer of music for all senses. Connecting styles, cultures but first people. He has worked with symphony orchestras, choirs and classical soloists as well as rock bands, folk singers, DJs, dancers and theatre directors. In recent years, he has created innovative projects with refugees, in a Roma ghetto and across dividing lines in Cyprus, Palestine and Syria, involving children, the local communities and connecting professional and amateur musicians. Currently he is working on audience engagement and interactive concerts in the world of classical music, building a network of innovative singers and choirs and developing a method for musicians and other artists to engage more directly in society. Merlijn Twaalfhoven http://merlijntwaalfhoven.com/Michel Jacobs
Michel is 62 years old, studies Slavic languages and worked as network operator and translator. Muhammed Tlej fled Syria last year, and now lives with Michel Jacobs in Amsterdam. In the 80s Michel walked from Damascus to Amsterdam, in complete freedom. In their contribution to TEDxAmsterdam, they will share their story, on fear, freedom and friendship. Takecarebnb http://www.takecarebnb.com/Mo El-Fatatry
-Muhammed Tlej
Muhammed Tlej fled Syria last year, and now lives with Michel Jacobs in Amsterdam. Twenty years after Michel walked from Damascus to Amsterdam, Muhammed walked the same route in war and full of fear. In their contribution to TEDxAmsterdam, they will share their story, on fear, freedom and friendship. Takecarebnb http://www.takecarebnb.com/Nadya Peek
Making custom machines for automation enables precision, repeatability, and rapid turnaround in production. Digital fabrication techniques allow users to switch from making one part to a completely different one with only modifications in code, not to physical tooling. However, current digital fabrication tools are still difficult to program, tedious, dangerous, and expensive. By lowering the barrier to entry for small-scale automation and digital control, unexpected users can take advantage of advanced manufacturing and automation, disrupting a power structure predicated on mass manufacturing and harnessing economies of scale.Narayana Peesapaty
Narayana Peesapaty is the Founder and Managing Director of Bakeys Foods. Peesapaty studied Biochemistry and Forest Management in Bhopal-India, and worked as a researcher in the field of rural development. Later he joined the International Water Management Institute in Hyderabad as Senior Researcher. As the Founder and Managing Director of Bakeys Foods Private Limited he is a pioneer in developing innovative solutions for environmental problems and at the same time growing a business. Bakeys Foods http://www.bakeys.com/Nina Gaißert
Dr. Nina Gaißert is the biologist within the Bionic Learning Network and responsible for corporate bionic research at Festo. Within the Bionic Learning Network, a research network linking Festo to well-known universities, institutes, development companies and private inventors, the young and motivated team is aiming to get inspired by nature and to learn from nature’s vast resources of intelligent solutions to improve the production of the future. Every year one to three projects get perfected. Numerous were awarded with innovation and design awards. The fast and successful work arises from agile development inspired by nature: bionic thinking. Festo Bionic Learning Network https://www.festo.com/group/en/cms/10156.htmRaed El Saleh
Raed el Saleh leads 2,851 search and rescue volunteers as head of Syria Civil Defence. Before the Syrian Revolution, Raed was a businessman who sold electrical equipment. After the start of the popular protests in Deraa in March 2011, he started organising peaceful protests and demonstrations in his home town Jisr Ashughour. The Syrian Army entered his town in June 2011 forcing him to go into hiding in Turkey. By the end of 2012, several areas in Idlib, Syria had been liberated from Syrian Army troops and he returned to Idlib to work in the humanitarian field helping refugees and displaced persons. Syrian Civil Defense http://syriacivildefense.org/Raphael Rodan
Raphael Rodan Grew up in the ancient land of the Galilee, Israel and was trained as a professional actor in different drama schools in Israel and London. In Israel, he used to work as a theatre director for Arab and Jewish young actors, using theatre as a bridge of communication. Since he moved to Amsterdam Raphael runs storytelling workshops and performs all over Europe. Raphael Rodan http://www.raphaelrodan.com/Sid Vollebregt
-Xiao Xiao Xu
Xiao Xiao Xu moved from China to the Netherlands at age 14. She travelled across China to encounter eight different farmer-aeronauts, all working in completely different ways. She lived with them, interviewed and photographed them and collected boxes full of original documentation and sketches. Step by step, she learnt why these farmers dream these dreams, why they decide to give building aircrafts a try, regardless of the lack of recourses, multiple failures and life-threatening accidents. Xiao Xiao Xu http://www.xiaoxiaoxu.com/Yuri van Gelder
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