Theme: TEDxKTH

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

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Drottning Kristinas Väg 15
Stockholm, Stockholms län, 114 28
Sweden

Donnie Lygonis

Donnie Lygonis works as a business coach at the innovation office at The Royal institute of Technology in Stockholm and is just back in Sweden after a 10 month fellowship in Silicon Valley where he helped start the Swedish startup support at the Nordic Innovation House in Palo Alto. Donnie is passionate about everything that has to do with ideas, concepts and new ways of doing things we never thought could be done differently.

Galina Shubina

Galina Shubina has a background in software engineering and all things data. She has two children, three citizenships, and way too many books. Galina has a Bachelors, a Masters, as well as an unfinished PhD in computer science and mathematics. Over a decade of her career was spent at Google and she currently runs her own one-person company. Galina is passionate about improving gender representation and happiness in the tech industry, and challenging herself and others to think outside their boxes in their work and daily lives.

Helena Nordenstedt

Helena Nordenstedt is a physician and an Assistant Professor focusing on Global health. After high school studies Helena was the first woman to make it through the Swedish Army Language Institute, studying Russian, and has continued to line up impressive achievements throughout her career, starting at Stockholm School of Economics and ending up at Karolinska Institutet. Helena is currently affiliated as a Public Educator to the Gapminder Foundation.

Henrik Storm Dyrssen

Henrik Storm Dyrssen was the second speaker of TEDxKTH 2016. His is a passionate learning journey in search of a professional role in social innovation. This journey has taken him from Sweden to the US, England, France, Saudi Arabia, Kenya and Iran, two master degrees in Business and Political Science, co-founding the worlds largest student consultancy and awards from McKinsey & Co and Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program for social entrepreneurship by the age of 26. Today, at 32 he is the CEO of Sweden's first social impact venture capital firm, Leksell Social Ventures, backed by the Leksell family.

Mohamed Jimale

Mohamed Jimale is the founder of Ari.farm, a Stockholm based startup that has developed a crowdfarming platform that enables anyone anywhere in the world to invest in livestock and make a real difference. He grew up as a nomad in Somalia and his journey has taken him from IT-studies in india to working for UNHCR in Stockholm.Mohamed is a proud entrepreneur, tech enthusiast but above all he is proud to call himself a nomad.

Tina Morad

Tina Morad is a graduate of Stockholm University with a degree in Political Science and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Political Science. Apart from 12 years of entrepreneurship experience, Tina is the founder of Refugees Welcome Stockholm, in which she was awarded the prestigious Raoul Wallenberg Prize in 2016 for her humanitarian efforts during the refugee crisis of fall 2015. She is passionate about minorities and women’s rights, and achieving sustainable social change through consulting and mentoring civic engagers.

Wouter van der Wijngaart

Wouter van der Wijngaart is a professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and is leading the research in micro-and nanofluidic systems, focusing on lab-on-chip systems for medical applications. He describes himself as an engineer, researcher and inventor with a passion for science, and a specific interest in understanding our human position in time and space.