Theme: Naslednji korak (The Next Step)

The TEDxLjubljana team is organizing the biggest TEDx event in Slovenia on Sunday, December 6, 2020, this year virtually. It is the team’s 35th event, with 9 speakers.

A year full of changes and shifts that make us ask ourselves that exact question - "What is our next step?". Our speakers will give us new ideas to ponder this question and help us think from different aspects about this narrative of our current life in light to build a future we want to live in.

Studio Železna
Železna cesta 16
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1000
Slovenia

ALEKSANDER LAH

Tantric therapist

Aleksander destroys taboos using tantric therapy and workshops on sexual culture. In 1994, after graduating from the Faculty of Computer and Information Science in Ljubljana, he began his lifelong research of holistic approach to life, nutrition, exercise and discovering simple things that give people positive results. Along the way, he gained knowledge from his own experience and with the invaluable help of world-renowned teachers in fields such as permaculture, psychotherapy, therapy using sexual energy, tantra... In 2011, he founded an organization called ’’Heart Connection’’, which is how he passes on his knowledge - through various cardiac connection therapy seminars and sessions.

DAN PODJED

Anthropologist

Dan describes himself as a professional voyeur. Observing, identifying and understanding people is the basis of his profession - he is an ethnologist and cultural anthropologist, who in his research and academic path is primarily interested in modern times and everyday topics. He is habilitated at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana as an assistant professor in the field of cultural and social anthropology. In 2011 he received an award from the Public Research Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of anthropology and ethnology, and in 2008 an award from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana for special achievements. He is the co-founder of the international conference “Why the World Needs Anthropologists” and the author of the book of the same title, which is coming to bookshelves this fall.

KLEN ČOPIČ PUCIHAR

Assistant Professor and Researcher in Computer Science

Dr. Klen Čopič Pucihar is a professor and assistant professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technology at the University of Primorska. Klen’s research field can be described as replenished virtual reality. His focus is on human-computer communication and in what ways an information can be successfully transferred. The question also is where we are now and what the next steps are. Technology is certainly a very important part of our lives, but it is crucial that it develops in the right direction.

MATJAŽ MASTNAK

Forestry engineer

Matjaž is a forestry engineer by profession, but as he says for himself, he is a forester with a mistake, because he has never worked in the woods, but preferred to deal with ornamental trees, especially the ones in the public space. We can notice Matjaž everywhere as he is incredibly active: he lectures and writes books, and articles for various newspapers and magazines. His writing style is playful and fun. In the past he also wrote screenplays for the children's show “Sprehodi in vrt” (Walks and the Garden) and also hosted it for some time. He is currently employed as a dendrology consultant at the Volčji Potok Arboretum, where he deals with woody plants. In addition, he is a big fan of roses, which have a special place in the garden as well as in his heart. He is active in the Rose Lovers Association Slovenia, organizes various events on the topic of roses and writes books about them.

META ORNIK

Journalist

Meta is a great lover of nature and animals. She is well known to the public as the host, editor and creator of shows on RTV Slovenia: O živalih in ljudeh (About animals and people), Turbulence (Turbulence), Klub klobuk,… Currently Meta creates a podcast V imenu narave (In the Name of Nature), where she talks to people who passionately explore nature and responsibly protect nature. She loves to spend her free time outdoors, where she’s thinking about creative ideas surrounded with animal and human friends.

SABINA KOŠMRL KAUČIČ

Professor of biology and philosophy

Sabina is a professor of biology and philosophy, author of several books, mother of three children and a wife. Through life and the above roles, she learned how to teach, educate and, above all, live with greater joy, more easily, without burnout and stress. She supported the findings from practice with the findings of experts and wrote them in her 4 books. The most recent of these is entitled Srčni Učitelj (Teacher with a Hearth). She is convinced that there is a potential in heart education and genuine relationships to heal society and the world through a healed individual. She believes that she has had many difficult moments in her life, but she remains faithful to the belief that there she is not in this world to be a victim. She seeks to empower people and remind them of their own strength, awareness, value and greatness. As a child, she spent a lot of time on a horse saddle, from which she later developed the implementation of horse therapies for children with special needs.

SANSKRITI KUMAR

Life Teacher

Born in India, Sanskriti Kumar moved to Slovenia with her father and sister when she was 10 years old. Facing big challenges due to the cultural shock, especially because she had to learn a completely new language and a way of life. Even though she had to overcome these obstacles she was living her dream which she had as a small child in India. Now she lives and teaches in Slovenia for more than 15 years. Still being in touch with her Indian roots and culture she organizes workshops where she combines concepts from both cultures for a more fulfilling and happy life. Being open and positive she feels her mission in life is to help other people.

ULLA LOHMANN

Photojournalist

Ulla Lohmann is a German photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. She is the first woman on the planet to set foot into an active volcano in one of the South Pacific islands in Vanuatu. Incredibly passionate about her work she has been documenting the world's most extreme environments for over 20 years, shooting for many of the world's most prestigious publications and broadcasters, including National Geographic, the BBC, Red Bull and GEO magazine. One of her many achievements is also the project Adventure Europe: 47 summits, 47 countries and 470 days, where Ulla and her team climbed the highest summit in every European country. Her exploration efforts were rewarded by being appointed as a fellow for the famous Explorer’s Club in New York, which will help her achieve her next dream, an expedition to the far and cold south pole.