Theme: Inspiration

By and for the Kazimierz community, bringing the best people, projects and ideas from Kazimierz to the TEDx stage, and bringing the best people, projects and ideas from the rest of the world to Kazimierz. We have inspriring speakers, leaders and performers from Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland, Western Europe and the USA from the worlds of science, technology, art, music, business, and NGOs.

Our events are - like all TEDx-es - entirely voluntary, no one in the team is paid, nor are our speakers, and our attendee survey gives us a very positive feedback about the quality of our talks and the engaged community atmosphere.

Krakowski Teatr Variété
Grzegórzecka 71
Kraków, Małopolskie, 31-559
Poland

Erith

Erith jest artystką niezależną. Sama tworzy teksty i muzykę, a jej występy na żywo to niezwykła podróż do magicznego świata, z którego trudno jest później wrócić do rzeczywistości. Erith znana jest ze swoich żywiołowych koncertów, które przybierają formę performance'u, jak dotąd zagrała ona na wielu prestiżowych imprezach, takich jak Spring Break, Alter Fest, Soundrive Festival, czy Samsara Festival Europe (HU).

MC Silk

Rapper, Musician, Youtuber

MC SILK is one of Poland’s Youtube sensations. In his smash hit “Rap Nobody faster than Rap God (Eminem”), MC Silk raps in 7 languages! It has been viewed more than 9 million times. He argues that talent and ability are more important than fame. MC Silk has also rapped to raise awareness of Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne (Polish Cardiological Society). He builds his artistic career, despite severe health problems of his own.

Słowiany

Polish/Ukrainian folk rock group based in Kraków. Iryna Dracz – Vocals Oleksandr Dracz – Accordian Maciej Kita – Electric Guitar and Vocals Agnieszka Plewińska – Violin Paweł Mazgaj – Bass and Vocals Mykola Khomutov - Drums

Agnieszka Wilczyńska

Co-founder of “Zimbardo Youth Center/ leader of “Heroic Imagination Project” in Poland.

Agnieszka has edited, authored, and co-authored many scientific publications in the field of psychology. She is the author of the book that was published regarding her gathered publications. At TEDxKazimierz Dr Agnieszka Wilczynska talked about the “Heroic Imagination Project” in Poland run in collaboration with Prof. Philip Zimbardo and The philosophy and ideas behind it.

Alina Małocha

English Teacher

Alina a teacher trainer and a secondary school teacher of English with 20 years of teaching experience. Studied at Teacher Training College in Zakopane and University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, at the Faculty of English, majored in the Methodology of TEFL. From 2008 till now, an English teacher in Romer Secondary School (I LO im. E. Romera) in Rabka-Zdrój, Lesser Poland. Her students are aged 16-18, ranging from A2 – B2 CEF level. A participant of many workshops, webinars and conferences (IATEFL, Spice-up, New Di-mensions of Philology, DOS), enthusiast of modern technologies and innovation in education.

Anna Kosińska

Manager of ADAMED SmartUP

Anna has a Cambridge University degree in natural sciences and a master’s degree in European interdisciplinary studies from the College of Europe. She leads the Adamed Smartup prgramme for motivated and talented youth. It helps youth develop revolutionary ideas and exceptional teamwork skills. Three editions of the project currently have had approximately 15,000 registered pupils competing for scholarships and mentoring support. Annual free-of-charge workshops are held for teenagers, with over 500 attendees from all over Poland each year. She shares her ideas about how to organise large scale scholarship programmes, and discusses who inspired her and why she devotes her life to the work

Ashley Deppeler

Co Founder Krakow Standup Comedy, Leader Krakow Fringe project

Ashley Keith is a comedian, festival organizer and community curator. Originally from Melbourne, Australia he moved to Krakow in 2014 and has co-founded Krakow Standup Comedy where he organizes weekly English speaking standup comedy events. In addition to Krakow Standup Comedy, he is now working on a new project, the inaugural Krakow Fringe Festival, which will run in June this year and aims to grow to become one of the most successful fringe festivals in Europe. In his talk he wants to talk about how important it is to step forward put up your hand, take a risk, to have chance at having a positive impact.

Brooke Allen

puts ideas into words and code, and sometimes into action

Today he is a retired Wall Street executive, hedge fund manager and programmer, with formal training in mathematics, computer science, and finance. He writes serious essays under his own name (https://BrookeAllen.com/publications) and he writes and performs less serious stuff under his anagrammatic pen-name Len Bakerloo (https://LenBakerloo.com). If you want to learn more about his story and investigate what it means to pledge allegiance to something, visit http://AllegianceQuest.org.

Dave Adam

Dave Adam is a singer-songwriter from Georgia. He's been working hard on his debut album release, "Why", and has also been busy traveling and playing gigs across Europe. He's been studying at the St. Louis music college in Italy and his influences include Clapton, Dylan, Sting, Dave Matthews, and all the old time great blues musicians of Chicago and the Delta.

Dawid Ostręga

CEO. SKK SA

Dawid is a seasoned leader with over two decades of experience. With successes he built from ground up Polish branches of EPAM, SolarWinds and Vizent Digital. Additionally lead major projects for IBM, iLoop and Medical Marketing Studies Inc. on both sides of the Atlantic. Currently CEO of SKK S.A. Outside of the work place, Dawid is the Head Coach of the Kraków Kings, which he lead to a PLFA1 (Polish League of American Football) national championship. A scoutmaster, university lecturer and former international athlete. Thanks to a unique blend of experiences in business, sports and charitable activities, he developed his own vision of leadership and inspiration. Dawid’s will talk about how the challenge of inspiring others is the most important.

Don Allen

Founder Krakow Kiings Players

Don Allen, 42, is a British actor, film director, and producer. Allen was born in Coventry, England where he studied Theater and Dramatic Arts and became passionate about acting. A long-time resident of London, a deep well of inspiration for Allen, his career has taken him on tours to perform on stages around the world. Later, Allen’s interests began to evolve into production, and he has since been the director of two films. Now living in Krakow, Poland, Allen founded Krakow King’s Players, the first full-time -English-speaking theater in the country. As Artistic Director, Allen leads Krakow King’s Players in staging plays and delivering acting workshops. Don Allen’s TEDxKazimierz speech will tell us why he believes the emotional impact of what we do is the thing to focus on.

Jamie Miles

Head of Fintech at Infido

Jamie Miles set up his first online business aged 12, which helped fund his studies at Oxford University. As the first student from his school to study at Oxford, he decided to start sharing videos on his YouTube channel on the process of applying and the art of learning, helping thousands of potential applicants to achieve their academic ambitions. His channel has over 1 million views and won the Oxford University award for innovation in access. Continuing his own studies, Jamie worked at Google before moving into the world of startups, as one of the early employees of Onfido, an identity verification company. Jamie’s message to TEDxKazimierz is to ask whether lessons, wisdom and principles in our cartoon culture — from Disney to Pokémon – can inspire people to tackle the hardest and most important questions like, ‘How do I live a fulfilling life?’ or ‘What should I do for a career?’.

Julia Chojnacka

Co-founder and President of Regional Volunteer Center in Krakow

Coordinator of numerous social projects. She trains and deals with counseling in the areas of volunteer management in organizations, setting up and running School Volunteer Clubs, teaches legal aspects of volunteering. She has many years of experience working with children and youth. She is a philologist and teaches Polish foreigners on an everyday basis. She talks about why people should volunteer, how it can change their and other's lives for the better, and her experiences and lessons learned

Marianna Pazhik

Violinist

Marianna Pazhik is an 8 year old violinist and has won multiple competitions in Poland and abroad. She performs live for TEDxKazimierz.

Wioleta Więckowska

PR and Marketing Manager, Hippotherapy Foundation for Disabled Children

Redaktor naczelna poradnika dla dzieci „Przybij piątkę koledze be dłoni”, wydanego w ramach kampanii „Równi w różnorodności” prowadzonej przez Fundację Hipoterapia wraz z firmą DrOmnibus. Choć od dzieciństwa zmaga się z rdzeniowym zanikiem mięśni (SMA typ III), to nie brakuje jej ducha walki oraz aktywności prospołecznej. Koordynator projektu „Moda bez ograniczeń”, uczestniczka międzynarodowych warsztatów we Francji dotyczących inkluzji społecznej, niepełnosprawności i praw dziecka. As an executive editor of a magazine for children “High Five to your handless friend”, which was released by Hippotherapy Foundation and DrOminbus company. Wioletta as a child has been diagnosed with a genetic disorder, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA type III), nevertheless she is full of fighting spirit and prosocial activities. Project coordinator “Fashion without limits”, an attendee of international workshops in France are connected with social inclusion, disability and children’s rights.

Zbigniew & Magda Marzec

Pastor, Senior Citzen Project Leader

Zbigniew (Zibi) Marzec – pastor, youth worker, entrepreneur, actively involved in the local community. CEO of Metamorphic Europe also in other European countries. Magdalena Marzec – Since 2000 involved in programs helping in the transformation of the local communities in Poland. In 2012 with a group of friends started a charity Stowarzyszenie Daleko Więcej of which she is a president since 2014. in 2009 they started ‘Church for the City” in Kazimierz, Krakow to serve the local community.