Theme: Active Listening

‘The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.’ – Stephen R. Covey

A day of sparkling conversations, ideas from various backgrounds and heart-warming inspiration – after last year’s success we’re back!

TEDxHeidelberg 2017 awaits you with the promising topic “Active Listening – Call for Action” – eager to work with the community to create a future we want to live in.

We’re looking forward to international as well as regional speakers, who dedicated many hours to share exceptional food for thoughts!

But we won’t stop here! We’re grateful to have Carmen Hentschel acquired as a well-known and experienced moderator, who will guide you through the day!

Our participants can look forward to an interactive and enriching time. We offer vivid breaks, during which you can curiously explore our room concept! You can experience our exclusive art exhibition, which shows different faces of listening – brought to live by the talented Tapiwa Meda!

Use this chance, listen to our speakers, engage with them as well as with the other audience members, widen your horizon and dive into new and sometimes exotic perspectives.

Spread the word – together we can make a difference!

You can find more details and the link to the tickets here:http://tedxheidelberg.de/

Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg
Neckarstaden 24
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, 69117
Germany

As Far As Low

Robin Carpe & Azim Toure are two boys from Heidelberg, who have been close friends since childhood and have been driven by the urge to express themselves with music. Their songs are authentic, full of compassion and if you listen carefully you can have a glimpse in their lives! We want you to be inspired by their stories and the spirit they will share in the event. For those of you who watch TV on a regular basis – it was hard to miss their featuring on The Voice of Germany.

As Far As Low As Far As Low

Robin Carpe & Azim Toure are two boys from Heidelberg, who have been close friends since childhood and have been driven by the urge to express themselves with music. Their songs are authentic, full of compassion and if you listen carefully you can have a glimpse in their lives! We want you to be inspired by their stories and the spirit they will share in the event. For those of you who watch TV on a regular basis – it was hard to miss their featuring on The Voice of Germany.

Bart Knols

Dr. Bart Knols is a medical entomologist and has devoted his entire career to the study of mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, notably malaria and dengue. He has worked and lived in East and Southern Africa for more than 11 years. Undoubtedly some of the best years in his life, as he recalls them. Contributing to solving the global burden caused by malaria and dengue is what gets him up in the morning.

Jonathan Balcombe

Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe is a passionate advocate for animals and their living spaces or living species. His New York Times best-selling new book What A Fish Knows celebrates the rich and complex lives of our underwater cousins, and, like his earlier books Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, and The Exultant Ark, presages a revolution in the human-animal relationship.

Manuel Dolderer

Manuel Dolderer gathered years of professional experience in the education markets before he came up with the idea of founding his own university. Together with his Co-Founders, he saw that the educational system needed new substance, content, and forms. They developed a revolutionary concept of higher education to respond the challenges of the digitalization. The Code University successfully started with the first cohort of students this autumn.

Marc Green

Marc’s passion is the study of languages, their manifestation in local dialects, as well as their expression in poetry and folkloric song. He has acquired a near-native proficiency in six languages and their sub-forms and has given various musical performances.

Marcel Pfenning

Following his slogan “Success happens, when you follow yourself“, Marcel Pfenning co-founded the company Wachstum-Grenzenlos in 2013. Along with his team, the financial consultant offers workshops in the field of financial education and financial planning, in Heidelberg. Their mission for customers and employees is to find a meaningful path for doing and achieving things that make them happy.

Millie Baker

Millie Baker is a trainer for communication, presentation skills and public speaking with over 17 years of professional experience. As the director of The Speaking Adventure – a company offering workshops in authentic public speaking – her approach is “If we want to speak out, we should first listen in.“

Paolo Amerio

Paolo Amerio is a freelance performer, choreographer, dance and Yoga teacher. He worked with choreographers as Nanine Linning and Felix Mexer-Christian. Throughout the years, Paolo has performed in Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Russia and USA. He presented his last work, SOL | n, during the ARTORT 2017 Festival in Heidelberg. Paolo’s research is mainly focussed on the infinite possibilities of the human body, on an honest, pure way of moving, where every single action is a result of a thought or an emotion.

Tatiana Muñoz

Tatiana tries to save mankind from global warming. In her job she gives her best as a public climate action manager and in her volunteer life as vice president of the German Federal Association for Climate Action.