Theme: UNSUNG HEROES

This event is born from our desire for quality and meaningful education with the intention of bringing the core values of TED closer to the youth. A TEDx by the youth, for the youth with content and ideas aimed at the needs of our peers. Because right now we live in a world in which education does not offer what is needed for succes and does not prepare us for real challenges , we made it our mission to create a context and an opportunity to encourge the young to get out of their comfort zone and give them a push to become the change they desire.

THEME- UNSUNG HEROES

The purpose of our event is to bring the unsung heroes who are standing up for thier ideals and are taking in their own hands the mission to be the change they and all those around them desire. Why? To inspire all those aspiring to become the spark in their community by the power of example.
TEDxYouth@CaleaVictoriei is an ode to all the brave men and women who gathered the courage to break their boundaries through their efforts and sheer force of will. More than that, it is an impulse for all those who will. In the spirit of TED, we aim to offer our stage to the great ideas shaping our surroundings and spark curiosity in the hearts and minds of our public.

Dalles Hall
Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu 18
Bucharest, București, 010044
Romania

Adrian Stratulat

Executive Manager for the Romanian Blockchain Association & COO for Swazm

A philosopher by vocation and diplomat by training, Adrian is a social entrepreneur specialized in emerging technologies and blockchain applications. With over 7 years of business development, management and entrepreneurship, Adrian is passionate about education, energy, social change and sustainability. He believes in helping people finding their life purpose and building innovative start-ups. His favourite motto is “The mind is everything. What you think you become” and his hobbies are yoga, meditation and metaphysics. He is currently Executive Manager for the Romanian Blockchain Association and Chief Operating Officer for Swazm, a blockchain infrastructure company.

Alex Nedea

Investigative Journalist

Alex Nedea is an investigative journalist known for investigating frauds with public money at the highest level of the state or corruption within the Romanian Orthodox Church. Currently he is helping to develop the independent publication Recorder.ro after 16 years of working in several written and televised editorials such as: Adevărul, Jurnalul Național, Realitatea TV, "În premieră"(Antena 3) talk show. For his disclosures Alex Nedea was nominated for several profile competitions: the "Investigation Award" of the Romanian Press Club, The "Superscrieri" Awards, The "Ion Ratiu" Award for Journalism, New York Festivals TV&Film, Monte Carlo Film Festival, Association for International Broadcasting Awards Londra etc. Alex Nedea has a degree in Journalism from the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences at the University of Bucharest.

Alex Ștefănescu

Actor & Musician

"My name is Alex Stefanescu, and I work as an actor, a musician, and often a buffoon. In my previous life I used to work for one of the Big Four giants, and after feeling out of touch with the corporate life I decided to start studying acting. I studied at Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography(UNATC) in Bucharest, then at London International School of Performing Arts. In the end, I decided to work in my country, România, be it out of love or masochism, so I made my return to Bucharest, where I had the chance to work alongside all kinds of theatres, big or small. On the side, I started writing songs, and wrote 2 light hearted musical one man shows filled with jokes which I play at Unteatru. I played them all around the country. I played my music on TV, being featured in TV shows such as iUmor and Romanians got Talent, which is probably where you know me from!"

Chris Simion

Director, Author & Founder of Grivița53

Chris Simion is renowned director, author and entrepreneur. In theatre, she is known for her modern, fascinating vision of life and for her courage to break esthetic barriers . She is the Founder of Grivita 53, an ambitious project that seeks to build the first fully independent theatre in Romania through donations and funding campaigns. In addition, she founded The Undercloud Independent Theatre Festival, currently at its 13th edition. Whether it is for her work as a director, or her book writing, she always puts her heart and soul into what she creates.

Cristi Dascălu

Vlogger & Software Engineer

Software engineer, vlogger and aspiring musician. He declined full-time job positions with six-figure salaries at top tech companies like Google and Facebook and decided to return to his home country, Romania and pursue his vision about life. He traded the comfort of a regular job to embrace the freelancer/entrepreneur lifestyle and invest his time into building a community with over 140k subscribers on YouTube hoping to inspire others to pursue their dreams. Co-founded a music project centered around guitar and Romanian’s music culture that gain nationwide attention and had shows all around the country. The best is yet to come.

Diana Dragoș

Media and Communication officer of the International Organization for Migration – UN Migration Mission in Romania

Diana Dragoș is the Media and Communication officer of the International Organization for Migration – UN Migration Mission in Romania. Her work also covers the migrants' and refugees' integration and supporting Romanian citizens returning home, victims of trafficking in persons. Prior to this, she was part of the team that supported the establishment of RoAid- The Romanian Agency for Development Cooperation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was Romania’s representative in the humanitarian aid working group of the Council of the European Union. In 2015 she returned to Romania after working, living and academic experience in Poland and France, being a graduate of the Political Science Institute in Wroclaw. Passionate about ballet and latino sounds, Diana wholeheartedly considers that empathy is one of the key values to adopt for a fulfilled professional and personal life.

Iulian Tănase

Writer

Iulian Tănase is a writer and radio broadcaster. He writes (poetry, prose, children's books) because he likes to write. He came to speak to the microphone, on the radio, by accident, and this incident transformed into fifteen years. Recently, he took a break from radio to deal with his personal projects. He is a writing and storytelling trainer and he has worked with hundreds of people, adults and children. He is a graduate of two faculties: the Faculty of Commerce (ASE Bucharest), which he finished because of an error, and the Faculty of Philosophy (University of Bucharest), which he did for pleasure. He is a father of two from whom he always learns something.

Raluca Bacinschi-Stratulat

Entrepreneur, arhitect, founder iziBAC

Raluca’s profession is that of an architect, her vocation is that of a teacher and her mission is to be an entrepreneur. She really loves to innovate, especially in the field of education, this being her main passion. That's why she has developed, along with a team of dedicated people, a mobile app that helps high school students learn in a fun and easy way for the baccalaureate exam called iziBAC (www.izibac.ro). In the long run, the iziBAC team has set out to be an important supporter in the direction of digitalizing and enhancing education, first at a national level and over time at an international level, hence the motto: Learning made fun. What motivates her to keep going is a little voice inside her heart that has discovered the pleasure of learning and wants to share it with the world.

RAMPA

Artistic group

RAMPA is an artistic group created by 3 members with diverse visual personalities, who intends to open a broad perspective of urban art in relation to the public, to recontextualize the urban interventions and transport them in alternative spaces, creating the opportunity to highlight also studio works or other types of manifestations of the artists. One of the intentions is coagulating the street/urban art community and establishing an organic connection between artists and public, as well as accustoming more people with a continuously developing phenomenon.

Robert Obert

Urban Artist

Robert OBERT is an urban artist with academic background in Graphics that eventually followed an alternative road of his research. He illustrates universes that are dystopian, filled with sci fi, cyberpunk and other elements, dressing up the concepts of social analysis and unconsciousness research into an often dark, mysterious and full of symbols visual register. He does illustration, comics and for a few years now has caught the street art virus, using characters from an unseen world, with punctual and discrete interventions in the public space that invite the people to introspection.

Valentina De Piante

Choreographer, performer and practitioner of the Feldenkrais method

Valentina De Piante is a faculty member, doctor of Performing Arts, project coordinator, choreographer and performer, practitioner of the Feldenkrais method®️. Her works were presented at Explore Dance Festival, at the National Center of Dance of Bucharest, at Trois C-L Luxemburg, at ImPulsTanz Festival and in different National Museums. She held theoretical lectures enriched by an intense corporal practice at Wasp Studios, at Teaching The Teachers and at the Cinetic Center. In 2016 she was selected to be one of the [8:tension] choreographers. As a choreographer, she studies a circumferential perspective upon consciousness in several formats, sharing her discoveries with artists or scientists. Currently she is collaborating with Indie Box , with The National Center of Dance of Bucharest, with Arhipera and with Graphis 122.