Theme: Countdown by TEDx Stavanger

TEDx Stavanger shows you the local tech and people to Stavanger Rogaland, that will make a difference, in addition chosen TED talks from the Countdown by TED launch on the 10 oct.

Susanne Thornes
Nedre Stokkavei 1
Stavanger, Rogaland, 4023
Norway

Ben David Normann

He was born in Trondheim, one of Norway’s beautiful towns, specked with history. His mother would soon learn that he had a lot of «whys» begging for answers. She would send Ben to his father, which would eventually send him to university, kicking off a decade-long, question-fueled journey of studying that culminated in a Ph.D. in mathematical cosmology from the university of Stavanger, where Ben worked with the question «why does the Universe look the way it does?». Ben loves questions, and that is why he wants the title of the book he is currently writing to be in question form. The art of asking the right question is immensely valuable and at TEDx he wants to present to you one of the very best. Ladies and gentlemen, please join Ben in welcoming — for a daring few minutes! — a neglected companion of your past and an ancient giant: What is reality?

Jorn Bjorn Augestad

Born in 1989, he grew up in Finnøy, a small island outside of Stavanger. He is a world explorer, couch surfer, author, speaker and off the beaten path tour guide. In 2019 he became the youngest Norwegian to have visited every country in the World. During his travels he saw places through locals’ eyes – living, eating, praying and celebrating life with them. Savoring cultures at both peace and at war. His message is as clear as the title of his book: “Go Discover – the World might be different than you think”In his TEDx talk Bjørn shares people’s stories – not defined by over-generalized stereotypes – but through the belief that people are good everywhere, which might encourage you to go discover it for yourself.

Marthe Knutsen

Marthe Knutsen is a 20-year-old writer, debater and journalist, with passion for ecological diversity and reuse. Growing up on the coast of Karmøy's mainland; she has seen how powerful nature can be. The hard weather and international conditions inspired her to write the poem "Storm". Marthe believes in changing the world by changing our minds. Only then will we be able to demand political will. Through politics, Marthe has fought for Norway to achieve net zero emission since she was sixteen. As a 17-year-old, she became vice president for Rogaland in Norway's largest political youth parties. The same year, Marthe was a participant in the United Nations youth conference within Global Development in New York. Right now she is studying a bachelor in International Development Studies and works as a journalist for Dagsavisen in Oslo.

Marthe Myrthvedt

Marthe has a few principles in life, she values sustainable business, of the reuse, upcycle and recycle Kind. She has a message for her peers and peeps. We need to change our consumption. She seeks to inspire her surroundings with a message - you can do it - and if products cannot be validated with the use of recyclable materials, she advocates that it should no longer be a part of a market.

Ole Kristian Sivertsen

With 20 years of experience from scaling businesses in global markets combined with leading change and innovation, Ole Kristian Sivertsen's key take-away is that global business is local business, and success depends equally on vision, focus, execution, and engagement. Today Ole’s passion is dedicated to ClimateTech and combating some of the greatest threats to life on earth. His vision is to build a company where technology delivers customer value that can be measured equally in financial results and sustainability impact for our planet. Ole Kristian will share his insights and personal journey to change his own paths to fight Climate Change.

Siri Kalvig

Siri Kalvig started her career as a weather presenter at Norwegian TV-station TV2 in the early 90s. Together with TV2 she established StormGeo, which went on to become the leading global provider of weather intelligence, StormGeo. She has since studied physics and holds a Master of Science in Meteorology and has a PhD in offshore wind technology. Before starting as CEO at Nysnø, Siri headed the research network for clean energy at the University of Stavanger. She has founded several businesses and is actively engaged in finance and start-up companies within environmental technology. Siri is so Curious about everything, that she even got a chatbot named after her inside the iPhone. She now heads Nysnø - a part of Norway’s response to the Paris agreement, moving financial flows to promote climate robustness and the move to a net-zero society. Nysnø is a sovereign investment company, 100 % state owned and exclusively dedicated to climate investment. This means Nysnø is unique in the world of green banks and impact investors Siri will take us to the clouds with her compelling take on the atmosphere, and her call to action on fighting climate change.

Susanne Heart

Susanne is passionate about creating a new path for humanity - based on a deeper understanding of nature, love and consciousness. As an elected green politician she works towards anchoring these principles into the governing systems of Rogaland and society as a whole. Susanne has been an advocate for new governing systems such as Universal Basic Income and Carbon Fee & Dividend and as the selective nerd she is, dives deeply into research in areas of interest. She has done her research from the inside of the democratic and political system to find what works and what does not work when change is needed. Susanne has been a founder and innovator from young age and as a founder she always has a lot of ideas and projects going on at the same time. She has a preference for the transformative opportunities in organizing chaos, seeing everything as building blocks for something better - just like in nature. Her company Tripod House is soon launching climate resilient, offgridable houses with hardly no footprint to serve a dramatically changing world where millions live in climate risk areas. Her ideas are often bold, innovative and action based. Susanne is not afraid of calling a spade a spade when it is needed. Now it is needed

Vera Ottesen

Are you ready for some magical music? Meet Vera Ottesen whom is ready for the TEDx Stavanger stage with her guitar singing self-composed songs in Norwegian. Vera Ottesen is a 17 years old student at Bjergsted High School, attending the musical line in Stavanger. Music is a great passion of hers, she has several musical favourites she is inspired by, including the band Fleetwood Mac and artists as Susanne Sundfør, Emilie Nicolas and Lana Del Ray. Vera is also an actor.