Theme: Limitless

What does Limitless mean? And why do we put it in the center of a TEDxKoenigsallee event?

If you look for synonyms for limitless, you will find expressions like infinite, immeasurable, unfathomable, bottomless, indeterminate, eternal, or even incomprehensible.

Doesn't that sound like the term is as hard to define as the objects it would describe? It is the ambivalence that fascinates us. It simultaneously describes the ambiguity of our world and the divergence - even the opposition - of the seemingly endless possibilities from which we can choose.

We want to explore some of the many facets of what limitless means to us, our society, and the world we live in.

Join us as we explore this in July. Welcome on board. Let's start off to new horizons.

We always have to expect the unexpected, right? But this year, however, we feel cheated.

Corona reality won't allow us to gather our loyal Düsseldorf TEDxKoenigsallee community and have an event at yet another beautiful venue. We have to accept that - for the moment - and are therefore preparing a virtual version of our TEDx conference, but one that will offer as much opportunity to share and network as possible.

This can't and won't be the same as a classic event. But let's just make the most of it and focus on the inspiring speakers on their virtual stage.

Talkd will be in English and German. You find the event schedule over the ticket link.

Online Event
Toulouser Allee
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 40211
Germany

Charlotte Triebus & Chris Geiger

Performance Artist & Artistic Research Lead

Charlotte and Chris are researching at the intersection of humans, technology, art and design in the MIREVI team (www.mirevi.de, Mixed Reality and Visualization) at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. Chris leads the MIREVI team and has been working in the field of Mixed Reality, Digital Media and Human-Technology Interaction for more than 25 years. He has initiated and led numerous research and development projects on a national and international level. He is particularly fascinated by the design and implementation of new, useful and sustainable user experiences. Charlotte is a performance artist, designer, choreographer and dancer and leads various projects of the MIREVI team as an artistic-scientific collaborator. Her artistic works and performances have been shown in numerous museums and festival halls as well as at international exhibitions and move in the field of tension between contemporary dance and interactive, digital technologies.

Luis Gallardo

Founder & President World Happiness Foundation

Luis Gallardo is the Founder & President of the World Happiness Foundation and World Happiness Fest. Author of Happytalism and The Exponentials of Happiness. Director of the Gross Global Happiness program at the United Nations University for Peace.

Mario Herger

Technology Trend Researcher | Author

Mario Herger has lived in Silicon Valley since 2001, researches technology trends, writes books on them, and advises companies on topics such as innovation, Silicon Valley Mindset, Foresight Mindset, automotive, artificial intelligence, creativity, and intrapreneurship. For many years, he was employed at SAP as a development manager and innovation strategist, among other positions. Now he helps companies to transfer the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit from Silicon Valley to their organizations in order to become more innovative and to recognize trends and tipping points early on and to help shape them. On these topics, he delivers talks and workshops on Foresight Mindset, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Silicon Valley Mindset, Automotive, Creativity and Intrapreneurship. He also monitors signals on emerging technology trends and how they affect society, policy or employment situations.

Martina Glomb

Fashion Designer

Through Punk Martina Glomb gained the confidence to turn her passion for extreme fashion, traditional craft and DIY into a profession. Following her apprenticeship as a couture tailor and her studies of fashion design at the University of the Arts in Bremen she worked at the design studios of Vivienne Westwood in London and Italy. She was responsible for the notorious Anglomania line, the Red Label line and various other collections and projects. She returned to Germany and became head of the fashion department of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover, teaching also at international universities such as the China Academy of Art, The Swedish School of Textiles and The Robert Gordon University. She is the founder of the Modepreis Hannover and many other fashion projects, exhibitions, and catwalk shows. Her research is focused on sustainability and Slow Fashion.

Maximilian Planer

Olympic Athlete - Rowing

Maximilian Planner has been active in the world's top rowing sport for 13 years. During his career, he learned to push his body to far beyond its limits. In addition to several world and European championship titles, this allowed him to participate in the Rio Olympics. But a year ago, his ability to overcome pain put his life in acute danger and drastically changed his perspective. How it came about and how he overcame this phase, you will learn in his talk on July 18!

Octavio Cesar Martinez

Author. Speaker.

Octavio C. Martinez is an experienced trainer and speaker, sales manager, and corporate relationship developer with more than 30 years of experience. He shares his knowledge of leadership, personal development, forgiveness, and relational skills with individuals and organizations throughout the United States, and around the world. He has addressed audiences and conducted seminars for businesses, colleges, faith communities, and non-governmental organizations in Ecuador, India, Europe, and Tajikistan. He has authored a book on forgiveness and co-authored a book on leadership and personal development, and has guest lectured at Bethel University, Asbury University, Fuller Seminary, BIOLA Uni, DeVry University, and Blue Mountain Community College. Octavio is the author of, It Was A Beautiful Day When My Father Died, a personal work of the emotional, and mental health benefits from forgiveness; Octavio is also the co-author of the anecdotal work, HABITS: Six Steps to the Art of Influence.

Paula Hovestadt

Communication Lead & Student

21 years old Communications Lead at Volt Germany Dual Student for Marketing & Digital Media at BBDO Düsseldorf Always open for political ideas, all kinds of sports, and the one or two beers in the City Rock & Punk Music

Witali Bytschkow

Entrepreneur

Vitali is an entrepreneur who wants to move himself and others. He walked 5,300 km, lived almost an entire year in the forest and is co-initiator of several companies at the same time. It is important to him to get out of the connection with himself and nature into the doing. Always with feeling, step by step into a better world.