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

Ali Taghavi

Ever since 2004, Ali is passionate about Lindy Hop. Lindy Hop is an american dance stil from the 1930’s and is considered a precursor of Swing Dance, Jive, Boogie-Woogie and acrobatic Rock'n'roll.

Aniruddha Dutta

Aniruddha Dutta is PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute and avid prizewinning Science Slammer across Germany. He packs science, scientific communication, sports and music to his repertoire. He calls himself a story-teller often making the hilarious and the profound share the same space and time.

Arno Schimpf

Dr. Arno Schimpf ist Psychologe und Sportwissenschaftler und er wird oft als “Gold-Macher” bezeichnet. Nach 35 Jahren als erfolgreicher Coach von Olympiateilnehmern, Topathleten, Mannschaften und Trainern begann Arno sein Wissen und seine Erfahrungen aus dem Spitzensport mit anderen Organisationen und Unternehmen zu teilen.

Bernhard Bentgens

Bernhard is a musician by heart and works as a presenter at galas and symphony concerts since the 90's. Besides being part of the main cast of the monthly live radio show ´Zungenschlag´ in Heidelberg he co-organizes the chanson festival ´Schoener Luegen´.

Dominik & Anna Baer

When Dominik and Anna met in Chiang Mai Thailand, they were merely teenagers sitting next to each other in their 11th grade music appreciation class. After graduating High School in 2005 their paths diverged. While Anna was off studying art in the USA, Dominik spent two years aimlessly wandering the Congo and Pakistan before beginning a music teaching degree in Heidelberg. Finally, in 2010, four harrowing years of long-distance relationship come to an end, and they got married. Anna joins Dominik in Heidelberg and they spend a number of years teaching art and music at Heidelberg International School while painting and songwriting in the evening hours. Starting with the birth of their son in 2017, they have now shifted their focus toward creating and performing full-time. Current projects include Anna’s “Zeitgenießische Galerie” (pop-up gallery and studio in Heidelberg), as well as Dominik’s visual album “Colliding In The Dark”, consisting of 12 songs, 12 videos and 12 large-scale abstract paintings by Anna, released monthly throughout 2018.

John Simpson

John holds Masters degree in Chemistry and recently obtained his PhD at the Imperial College London. He also is the founder of Fresh Check, a startup which tackles the global problem of food waste. Once he received a sack of potatoes for his birthday.

Kathrin Brenker

Kathrin studied Molecular Medicine in Göttingen and worked in the Life Sciences Center in Vancouver (Canada). Afterwards she pursued a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics. Among the several approaches used during her time as a PhD student, optogenetics represented a central tool in curing many diseases. As a result of her experience with the lack of efficient analysis tools for optogenetic research, she developed a new machine that allows the combination of optogenetics with other molecular biology techniques to be used for clear results.

Madeleine Daria Alizadeh

Madeleine is known for her blog “dariadaria”, one of the most-read blogs in German-speaking areas. Last year, she shut down her blog and dedicated herself to new projects such as producing the podcast “a mindful mess” and writing a green lifestyle column for the magazine “Wienerin”. She even runs a sustainable fashion label called “dariadéh”, with self-designed clothes.

Madeleine Daria Alizaoah

Madeleine is known for her blog “dariadaria”, one of the most-read blogs in German-speaking areas. Last year, she shut down her blog and dedicated herself to new projects such as producing the podcast “a mindful mess” and writing a green lifestyle column for the magazine “Wienerin”. She even runs a sustainable fashion label called “dariadéh”, with self-designed clothes.

Nathalie Mauckner

Nathalie Mauckner steuerte mit großen Schritten auf eine Karriere in der Filmbranche zu, bevor sie mit Anfang 20 schlagartig aus ihrem bis dahin bekannten Leben gerissen wurde - durch einen Schlafanfall. Diese Erfahrung hat sie nachhaltig geprägt und viele ihrer Denkweisen verändert. Heute setzt sich Nathalie für mehr Selbstakzeptanz von jungen Menschen ein - die Akzeptanz, welche ihr selbst früher fehlte.

Sarah Spiekermann

Sarah chairs the Institute for Information Systems & Society at Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her research focus include ethical engineering, behavioral economics of privacy. She is author of several books, maintains a blog on “The Ethical Machine” and speaks at several conferences such as the German “re:publica”.

Simon Boyle

Simon is an award-winning chef, author and social entrepreneur. His varied career led him to be the founder of the charity Beyond Food, where he uses food as a catalyst for social change. Beyond Food’s home and social enterprise restaurant, Brigade is located in London. Since Simon secured £800k of funding, Brigade became the home of a unique set of training programmes for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.