Theme: Encourage yourself, encourage others

In our world of rapid change with an abundancy of uncertainty, people increasingly feel lost and seek guidance.They look for orientation to navigate through change, struggles and inequality. In this context we conceive an growing need for encouragers, people determined to take action, who envision a new direction and who, through their actions, generate a path to be followed by others.

You may call them influencers, game changers or activists. What they all share is a firm believe in themselves and a passion for change. They all strive to help this world further and they do it by encouraging others in order to make changes scalable. More of these encouragers are needed today. Through TEDxESADE we want to give these people the stage, have them motivating others and drive the change that we want to see in the world of tomorrow.

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Carmen García

Carmen is a 2nd year BBA student at ESADE Business School who won the TEDxESADE student contest allowing her to be one of the speakers at its 2017 edition. Her studies on the issue of suicide grew while overcoming a tragic family event. Now, this strong woman's belief and message for hope is that suicide is clearly preventable: we just need to change the way we see and treat this, for many, taboo topic.

Franc Carreras

ESADE Academic Collaborator of the Marketing Department

Franc Carreras spent his career developing massive online audiences for artists like Whitney Houston, Maroon 5 or Leona Lewis in America, for brands like Revlon, Pepsi or Colgate in Europe and for himself on Twitter and Instagram. In this talk he will reveal the single most overlooked element of successful and scalable online influence.

Kathy Bui

Born and raised originally in rural Vietnam, Kathy sought a successful career path including an engineering degree at MIT and later an MBA at ESADE. Hers is a story not only of perseverance and overcoming, but also an encouraging example on true mindfulness.

Keiana Cavé

Keiana Cavé is a young American scientist & entrepreneur. Currently studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, she was honored in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2017, in the "Energy and Cleantech" Category. Originally from New Orleans, Keiana began conducting independent research on the BP oil spill at Tulane University at the age of 15. Her work resulted in two published scientific research papers and two patents.

Lan Mercado

Currently, Lan is Oxfam's Regional Director for Asia. She also chairs the Peace Advocates for Truth, Healing and Justice (PATH), a human rights group based in the Philippines organized around the so-called 'anti-infiltration purges' undertaken by the CPP-NPA in the 1980s. She is part of Baigani, a feminist group that supports victims of extra-judicial killings. Through all these, Lan works to help those who suffer find their voice.

Lisa Hehenberger

Lisa is a lecturer in Strategy Management at ESADE. She is a renowned expert on venture philanthropy and social impact investment. Lisa is a member of the European Commission's Expert Group on Social Business (GECES) and of the OECD's Social Impact Investment Expert group. Until recently, she was the Research and Policy Director of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA).

Marc Sanz López

Marc is in continuous conversations with schools and education leaders. Besides being a founder of the first TEDxESADE seven years ago he currently is the Head of Google for Education for the South of Europe. He has founded various entrepreneurship clubs at university, national and international level, and has even co-founded and currently runs its own videogame studio. His background proves his bold professional profile and his commitment to improving Education and Entrepreneurship - two key pillars of society nowadays.

Martín Habiague

Martín Habiague, born in Argentina, made his way to Europe under the strong belief of finding a modern society, promising equal access to opportunities. His story drove him to empathize with the ones who arrived like him and suffered to live rightfully. In response he created Mescladís, in Barcelona, an NGO fostering social cohesion in our multicultural reality.

Vincent Helvig

Some time ago, Vincent learned to tell himself that he should belief in a better tomorrow. Now, he is an emerging motivational speaker, video blogger and one of the Homeless Entrepreneurs living in Barcelona, where over 1000 people are forced to survive in the streets. Homeless Entrepreneur is an initiative focused on ending homelessness in the city, by aiding homeless people to start a business based on their own talents.