Theme: Who cares?!

One hype chases the other, buzzwords are floating around in today’s meeting culture and it seems nearly impossible to distinguish between a trend actually having an impact on society and one, which is entirely built on hot air. The world is changing faster than ever before and companies, society and politics alike are confronted with a continuously increasing complex world. Which problems to tackle first? Which opportunities should be prioritised? Trapped in a deadlock of selective perception many people already struggle to identify the most important aspects of their own lives.
This year we’ll dive into the question “Who cares?!” and try to find answers on why we consider some things to be more irrelevant than others.
Some speakers will provocatively play around with the question, others will passionately show you what they care about – and we’ll try our best to find out, what you care about the most!

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

Anna Perdrix Rosell

Anna is the co-founder and CSO at Sixfold Bioscience, a startup at the forefront of hyper-precise drug delivery systems. Her scientific entrepreneurial journey has been recognised by Forbes on the 30 under 30 Science and Healthcare list (2018), the 100 Women Founders In Europe To Follow list (2018), as well as others.

Cawa Younosi

Cawa is one of a kind. With 14 years he fled the war in Afghanistan and started on a journey, which led him to become one of the most renowned HR executives in Europe! Currently he is the Head of Human Resources SAP SE, Member of the Management Board for SAP Germany and continuously fights for equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion. Not many people know hot it feels to be responsible for 22.000 employees! At TEDxHeidelberg, Cawa will shed light on how the enablement of employees can entirely change a working culture and foster a culture of trust & appreciation! --- Cawa ist einzigartig. Mit 14 Jahren floh er vor dem Krieg in Afghanistan und begann eine Reise, die ihn zu einem der renommiertesten Personalverantwortlichen in Europa machte! Derzeit ist er Personalchef der SAP SE, Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung von SAP Deutschland und setzt sich kontinuierlich für Chancengleichheit, Vielfalt und Integration ein. Nicht viele Menschen wissen, wie es sich anfühlt für 22.000 Mitarbeiter verantwortlich zu sein. Bei TEDxHeidelberg wird Cawa aufzeigen, wie die Förderung von Mitarbeitern eine Arbeitskultur vollständig verändern und eine Kultur des Vertrauens und der Wertschätzung aufbauen kann!

Charlie Easmon

Charlie is a doctor, global health activist and a medical director at Your Excellent Health Service in London. He is passionate about Company, Occupational, Global and Public Health. He is keen to work with CEO's, CFO's as well as HR to create the next generation of 'Sunlight' organisations and during his career he intensively worked alongside institutions like Médecins Sans Frontières and the United Nations.

Del Keens

Del Keens is a model & founder of Misfit models. He grew up in South East London, dropped out of school at the age of 15 and after some detours signing a model contract with Ugly Models. He was working successfully for companies like Levi’s, Diesel and Calvin Klein before moving to Berlin and founding his own modeling agency ‘Misfit Models’.

Funk Johtsi

Funk Johtsi könnte man leicht in das Zentrum der griechischen Mythologie stellen – bestehend aus zehn Musikern und einer Menge Blasinstrumente haben sie eine schier immense Kraft auf der Bühne und erinnern uns eher an eine musikalische Hydra als an eine Band. Seitdem diese Hydra 2011 ins Leben gerufen wurde, begeistern die Bandmitglieder mit satten Funk- und Soulklängen aus Heidelberg.

Juli Kwadwo

Juli is an artist from Heidelberg, who started his solo career based on unique vocals, guitar music, a loop station and beat boxing and combines the genres Folk, Reggae, electronic music and Jazz elements.

Michael Rasche

15 Jahre lang lebte und arbeitete Michael als katholischer Priester, bevor er sein Leben um 180 Grad drehte – er heiratete und ließ sein altes Leben hinter sich. Er musste nicht nur seine Stelle als Professor für Philosophie aufgeben, sondern sein gesamtes Leben neu denken.

Oliver Rößling

Oliver is the initiator of the fastest growing Meetup and speakers platform outside of the US – 12min.me. If he is not busy hosting and speaking within several podcasts or being invited to the White House he challenges mindsets and ideas as the Chief Disrupting Officer of Absolute Reality GmbH – cutting through buzzwords like Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Robotics, Machine Learning,…

Sulin Sardoschau

Sulin is an economist, researcher and migration adept. After graduating from the Paris School of Economics, she worked as a researcher at the Department of Economics at Harvard University in 2015/16. Currently, she is working at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research.