Theme: #WhatsYourJourney?

How did you get here? Where are you going? TEDxRheinMain asks exactly this question on this year’s edition of the event. We want to know how our speakers got where they are and most importantly what they discovered on their way. Join us while we tag along on their #Journeys!

Physik Hörsaal Uhrturm
Hochschulstraße 4
Darmstadt, Hessen, 64289
Germany

Bana Tsegai

Ever heard of Locking? If you’re not a part of the Urban Dance Scene, there’s a great chance you haven’t. Bana was 14 years when she started taking dancing classes. In a youth center near her hometown she made her first experiences with different Urban Styles. Over the years she realized that dancing was more than a hobby and became an essential part of her life. Her ambition and passion allowed her to succeed in competitions and soon she received enough recognition to be invited to international dance events. Along her way, Bana had to face difficult decisions and obstacles which had an impact on her journey and personality. In her TEDx talk she will share her view on the restrictions we have when making decisions and her way to free herself from inner outer constraints.

Holger Heinze

Holger currently works on implementing novel and innovative company structures in businesses.

Ingmar Bruder

Physicist Dr. Ingmar Bruder is the Managing Director of trinamiX GmbH since it spun out of BASF SE in 2015. Previously he was a researcher for organic photovoltaics at BASF SE. He made the discovery that built the technological basis for XperYenZ™. Ingmar received his Ph.D. from the University of Stuttgart, Germany in cooperation with Max Planck Institute for solid state research and BASF SE.

Isha Pundir

Isha found her passion in the idea of tweaking and reshaping reality. Using technology such as Google maps, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence, she created artistic representations of Frankfurt.

Jan Peters

Professor for Intelligent Autonomous Systems

Professor at the department of computer science, he currently leads the Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) research group at the TU Darmstadt. His impressive academic carrier has gained him much respect and admiration among students and researchers.

Janja Avbelj

Her childhood dream was becoming an astronaut and be able to see the earth from above. Janja quickly realized that chances to enter the Astronaut training program are slim. So she followed her love of figuring out how things work and become and engineer, only to figure out a way to go into space by proxy through working on satellite data.