In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Assembly hall, Grenaa Gymnasium
N P Josiassens Vej 21, 8500 , Denmark
Grenå, Midtjylland, 8500
Denmark

Bertylle Duforest

Student

Born and raised in France, Bertylle Duforest is an enthusiastic last year student at Grenaa Gymnasium, Denmark. In her speech, she mentions the tough pressure of society on body image. The process of accepting who you are is long and slow, but by trying every day you will hopefully achieve your goal. By breaking the taboos about body image, she encourages you to look and mirror and realise how beautiful and unique you are, without the society’s approval.

Caroline Kehlet

Student

Caroline is a 16-year-old student in Denmark, who is passionate about the environment. Tired of feeling like a helpless individual in the massive fight for a better world, she stopping using single-use plastics, to live a more sustainable life. She believes everyone can help climate change, through actions big and small, and aims to educate people on how to live more sustainably, and how they can help fight plastic pollution as an individual.

Emma Stamer

Student

Emma Stamer is born in Denmark, where she grew up with her parents and little sister. At the age of 13 she got diagnosed ADHD, here things started going downhill, she started having problems with her mental health issues, which have bene a struggle for her through 4-5 years. In her speech she will address the issues of adult ADHD and how it can affect a person and the people in the person’s life. She is talking about her own experience, but also her friend’s experience with this mental health issues and how it affected them. Her reason for choosing this topic to make more awareness towards adult ADHD and the issues, which may occur along the way, as she does not wish for this to be a taboo subject, but rather for it to be an open debate about the topic.

Francesca Maffini

Student

Francesca Maffini is half Italian-half Canadian who got to grow up all over the world in more than 10 countries. While living in Cambodia she learnt a lot of important things, one of those things being what she believes happiness truly is.

Nina Sládeková

Social Media Manager

Nina Sládeková is a Social Media Manager in Fashion Revolution in Slovakia, her home country. She is also a part of Communication and Creative Programming global team, where she works on marketing strategies for the Fashion Revolution. She started her journey in Fashion Revolution just about a year ago, even though the interest in sustainable fashion can be rooted to much longer time before. She is interested in fashion design and would like to keep studying fashion management in the university where she could implement the skills of sustainable fashion gained from working with Fashion revolution.

Veronika Radobicka

Student

Veronika Radobická is 19 years old, who grew up in the Eastern European country, Slovakia. As of August 2018, she has been in Denmark for the IB Diploma program. She chose to talk about bisexuality, as she belongs to this minority. She also wanted to show her struggle, and the hatred that still prevails in her country, as homosexuality is still seen as taboo, even refusing to admit that it exists, ignoring it as a fact or even fighting against it, with no rights for registered partnership. So, seeing a homosexual couple in public is a rarity, and when it does happen, people usually stare at them, even become violent. She also wanted to show a more liberal side of bisexuality. Before she came to Denmark, she hated herself, even afraid to see who she was. As she gradually changed and came out to her family, the fear faded. She decided to talk about it publicly to give courage to whoever finds themselves in a similar situation. If this happens, her goal for a TEDx talk will be achieved.

Zhenya Efimova

Student

When Zhenya was a kid, she tried every kind of activity possible, from karate to movie-making. She was always looking for a new feeling, new knowledge. Later on, Zhenya changed the scale of her game and became an international student to get even bigger knowledge and open new worlds. First in China, now in Denmark. She used to call her adventures the ‘concept of wonder’. And later on, while studying at Ukrainian Leadership Academy, she learned about leadership, and what does it include. To her big surprise, one of the core ideas was Wondering, opening new worlds.