Theme: Consciousnet

Was there a time in your life when words were not enough? For us, there was!

Trying to identify, what TEDx is, through our eyes, we were among many brilliant ideas. So we chose the one that had never been heard before, the one we created. Consciousnet, bridging ideas.
Consciousnet is a virtue that leaves behind "I" and always preserves “we”. By creating this term, we have attempted to approach the big picture of the world. This, of course, consists of the unique consciousness of each one, creating a network that either separates or unites. TEDxUniversityofMacedonia 2017, aims, through a unique experience, to identify the individual units and highlight them as a whole.

Would you dare to see how your own consciousness determines the big picture of the world?

Conference Center of Piraeus Bank
Katouni 14, Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 546 25
Greece

Batala Salonica

Group

Batala Salonica is a member of an international group of Batala Mundo Afro-Arabian percussion bands, with more than 1,500 knocks in over 15 countries. Their music finds its roots in the traditional African percussion and is highlighted with a great dose of Brazilian saba. The main characteristics of Batala Salonica are the intense rhythm which is combined with the dynamic choreographies and the feast of colors in their costumes, creating an audiovisual experience that can not be easily forgotten.

Choir of the Music School of Thessaloniki

Choir

The Choir of the Music School of Thessaloniki initiated with the establishment of the school in 1992 and since 1996 is headed by Angeliki Krisila. The choir consists of 60 members and its repertoire includes works of all time. The choir has taken part in concerts, choral festivals, competitions and has represented Greece at European level programs and international meetings. They took part in the theatrical performances of "Βάτραχοι" of Aristophanes,"Τρωάδες" by Euripides and in the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohéme" by G.Puccini and "Hänsel und Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck. They have also collaborated with the Symphony Orchestra of Thessaloniki's Municipality , the State Orchestra of Thessaloniki, the Opera House Thessaloniki Theater, the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, the Sindos Concert Band etc.

Claire Reading

MIDWIFE, VOLUNTEER WITH MSF IN CONFLICT AREAS

A UK nurse and midwife with a passion for women’s equality and rights. I completed my midwifery education at St. George’s Hospital in London in 2011 and continued to work there for 4 years.From there, I have worked on assignment with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in current conflict areas in DRC (2015) and South Sudan (2016 and 2017) and in rural Haiti after Hurricane Matthew in 2016. I also work with the Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine where I am a facilitator for Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care skills and have worked in Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and Nepal. I am passionate about engaging communities to understand how best to tailor sexual and reproductive healthcare and to improve access.I am the focal point for survivors of gender based violence in projects and I facilitate educational sessions and direct support for project staff for SGBV. In between assignments I work as a midwife in the birth centre in Weston-Super-Mare,

Constantinos Pittas

PHOTOGRAPHER

Costantinos Pittas was born in Athens, Greece. He studied engineering at the Technical University of Athens. In 1984 he started taking photographs in the streets of his native city and by the end of that year he had completed his first photographic project about Athens and the Athenians. In the course of the next few years he travelled extensively in Eastern and Western Europe, photographing Cold War Europe, people on both sides of the Wall. In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, he abandoned his project and photography as well, and "buried" his work for 25 years. In 2014, completely by chance, he discovered his old photos in his storeroom. In 2015 he published his first book, "Images of another Europe". These photos became the material of the same-titled large exhibition that took place at the Benaki Museum Athens, in 2016.

Dimitrios Linos

PROFESSOR & CHAIRMAN 5TH SURGICAL CLINIC, NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Dr. Dimitrios Linos is Professor of Surgery at the Athens Medical School of the National & Kapodistrian University and the Director of the 5th Surgical Clinic at “Evgenideio Hospital”, Athens, Greece. He was trained at the Mayo Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. He served as Staff Surgeon and Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve, Cleveland. His Academic work covers most aspects of General Surgery. His main interest is in the field of Endocrine Surgery where he has contributed extensively.

Evi Mavropoulou

PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOTHERAPIST & HEAD OF COUNSELING CENTER AT KETHEA

I was born, raised and lived my life so far in Thessaloniki. As an adolescent, I got excited by the idea to help children that were compelled to grow up prematurely by their living conditions. This aim lead me to the School of Philosophy and Education in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki where I got my first Bachelor’s Degree and then to School of Psychology in PARIS X-NANTERRE for my second Bachelor’s Degree. Then, I returned to Greece and I got my Master’s Degree of Developmental and School Psychology in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. After that, I got educated on Systematic Psychotherapy and began working for KETHEA ITHAKI (Therapy Center for Depended Individuals), helping adult users of addictive substances.

Evie Kyrana

PHD, FECSM (HON) HEALTH PSYCHOLOGIST- SEXOLOGIST

Dr. Evie Kyrana is owner of a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Panteion University, Master of Science in Medical Psychology from University of Bristol, UK, and owner of a PhD in Psychology from the University of Athens. She has specialized in clinical sexology by completing two cycles of studies: A two-year Master’s program of University Mental Health Research Institute (U.M.H.R.I.) in University of Athens and the Master’s program of European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM). In 2013 she was awarded with the honorary title “Fellow of the European Committee on Sexual Medicine (honFECSM). Her reasearch work includes 18 international publishings. In 2012 she took part in writing three chapters of the book “The ESSM Syllabus of Sexual Medicine”, while in 2013 she was chosen as one out of four editors for the book “The EFS and ESSM Syllabus in Clinical Sexology” in which she had written 5 chapters.

Ioannis Patras

ASSOSIATE PROFESSOR OF MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTER VISION

Ioannis Patras received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Crete, Greece, and thePh.D. degree from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science in Queen Mary University of London. His research interests are in the areas of Computer Vision and Machine Learning and their applications in Multimedia Analysis and Human Behaviour Understanding. This involves the analysis and recognition of facial and body gestures and of neuro-physiological signals for interpretation of human actions and affective states. He has more than 150 publications in leading journals and conferences. He is an associate editor of the journals of Pattern Recognition, Image and Vision Computing, and Computer Vision and Image Understanding, as well in the program committee of all major Computer Vision conferences. His work is supported by research councils and direct collaborations with the industry.

Justine Leconte

FASHION DESIGNER, YOUTUBER

Justine is a French fashion designer who created her womenswear label in 2015. Her business model focuses on an ethical supply chain (fabric sourcing & production in Europe), precise fit and craftsmanship. By skipping the middle men and selling directly to end customers, she achieves affordable prices at a high quality level – offering a regional alternative to overseas production. On top of her design activities, Justine creates YouTube videos for an international audience of over 240,000 subscribers interested in fashion and style. Through her YouTube channel, she shares knowledge, skills and advice as well as insights into her work. Justine graduated from Parsons The New School for Design (USA), fashion design major. She also owns a master degree in marketing from the EDHEC Business School (France) & a second master in strategy and entrepreneurship from the European Business School (Germany). She currently lives in Berlin, Germany.

Maria Calafatis

CO-FOUNDER AT THE CUBE ATHENS

Maria is the Co - Founder at The Cube Workspace. Athens’ largest co-working community, which hosts some of Greece’s best experts in technology. The Cube is also home to most of Athens’ technology events, hackathons, innovation sessions and training events. Through coding and business bootcamps, The Cube is creating the next generation of top tier coders and businessmakers.Prior to this Maria had cofounded Greece’s first coworking community, coLab Athens with her partner Stavros Messinis. Maria is also a member of the Startup Weekend – Global Facilitation Team.Maria has been involved with Startup Weekend since 2009, having facilitated over 20 events around the world in cities such as Torino, Athens, Volos, Larissa, Thessaloniki, Patra, Vlasic, Copenhagen, Limerick .Maria's first business was founded at a Startup Weekend.

Nathan Hunter

TRAINER IN THE EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT

Apart from being a multitasking procrastinator, Nathan Hunter is a trainer for an international NGO and works in leadership for a Fortune 500 company. He was previously the president of Europe’s largest student-led policy institute, and worked in strategy for an international development think tank. Having built, lead, and trained teams across more than 20 countries throughout Europe, his recent focus in organisational psychology has been through an MSc in Human Resources as well as courses in life coaching and emotional management. Nathan is also a dyslexic spoken word poet who continually seeks the difficult route to success.

Nikos Papaioannou

PROFESSOR OF VETERINARY ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY, AUTH

Nikos Papaioannou is a Professor of Pathological Anatomy of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is, today, the Director of the Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy of the School of Veterinary Medicine and the elected President of the School of Veterinary Medicine of AUTh. He was/is a member of many special Committees of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has served as part of his postdoctoral studies, as a visiting professor at the universities of Utrecht (Netherlands) and Madison (USA). Additionally, he has visited and worked, as a researcher, in specialized foreign laboratories (Zurich, London) on neuropathology issues.

Vasilis Valandreas

IT & BIG DATA ENGINEER, MEDITATION TEACHER & CO-FOUNDER @ LIFELAB

Vasilis Valandreas was born in Thessaloniki, in 1967. He has a bachelor’s degree of Chemistry, a master’s degree of Business Administration and he has been working in the Informatics field for the last 25 years. His first encounter with Silva’s method was on 1999. After that, he entered the path of meditation and energy therapy (Reiki, Dasira Narada, etc.). He learnt Gururaj Amanda Yogi’s teaching after he joined FISU in 2010, initially as a student and then as a meditation teacher. He created “Meditation LifeLab” combining his studies in Chemistry and his multiannual career in Informatics. “Meditation LifeLab” is an innovative and effective method that conjoins conventional meditation techniques with modern neuroscience, biology and quantum mechanics in order to achieve less stress, improved well-being, inspiration and self-confidence. He first started the innovative action of giving free online meditation lessons in Greece, in 2017.

Xplicit and Panagiotis Vasileiou

SONGWRITER & SINGER, DIRECTOR, ACTOR, WRITER & POET

Xplicit was born in 1981 and grew up in Athens. He is a songwriter and performer of “Stixoima”. “Stoixima” were pulled together in the beginning of 1999 in Athens. The have 4 discographical projects. “I ptosi ton aggelon” - 2003 “4eis Daimones” - 2004 “Geraki sto xoma” - 2006 “Mhxanes” - 2012 Panagiotis Vasileiou was born in 1990 in Athens, grew up in Chalkida, studied drama and works as a director, actor and writer & poet in Athens. Since 2010 that finished his studies till today, he has been part of more than ten theatrical productions most of which are written or directed by him. He has directed music video clips and an online horror series (VIGIL) and also plays in it. The spring of 2017 got his first poetic collection published and presented it in Athens, Chalkida and Thessaloniki.