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).

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Céline Flores Willers

LinkedIn Top Voice & Founder of The People Branding Company

Céline Flores Willers is one of the best-known German influencers on LinkedIn. She was named a LinkedIn Top Voice in 2018, 2019 and 2022 for her contributions on innovation, entrepreneurship and future trends. She is now followed by over 125,000 professionals. She shares her expertise in personal branding and corporate influencing with teams and individuals in various training formats and digital products. Due to the high demand, Céline pursued her project by founding a company, The People Branding Company. Her clients include many prestigious companies such as Accenture, SAP, Fujitsu and IBM. Since the beginning of 2021, Céline could also name herself co-editor and co-author of the Spiegel bestseller “Zukunftsrepublik”.

Christoph Bornschein

Founder & CEO TLGG

Christoph Bornschein is the founder and CEO of the agency for digital business TLGG and the consultancy TLGG Consulting GmbH. Based in New York and Berlin, a team of 240 bright minds unlocks the potential and opportunities of digital transformation for international companies and brands. As the author of numerous articles and columnist in Handelsblatt and Manager Magazin, Bornschein regularly writes on the economic, social and political consequences of ongoing transformation. He is also a sought-after speaker on the subject of digitalization. Well-founded and opinionated, Bornschein is an active and hands-on driver and visionary of the digital economy. The supervisory board of Talentsconnect AG, Element AG as well as the board of directors of LichtBlick SE and the digital advisory board of KubikX all rely on his expertise. In 2021, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Christoph Bornschein lives in Berlin and works everywhere.

Dr. Carmen Schwalbe

Author, Podcaster & CEO-Mindset Unleasher

With nothing else than her ambition and determination Carmen learned how our minds create our reality inspite of the cards we are given by birth. Ten years ago she left Spain with an old suitcase, three T-Shirts and a Erasmus Fellowship for three months to get her international PhD in Nutrigenetics in Germany. During her MBA (Master in Business Administration) from the renowned HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management in Germany, Boston and India she got head-hunted into executive management, graduated from a highly competitive Management Trainee Program and had two babies, which she brought into her MBA classes. Instead of jumping into top consultancy firms or leading hospitals as executive, she decided bringing herself her kids to bed every night and founded her own firm to empower globally women as speaker, trainer, coach and consultant.

Father Dr. Dr. Justinus Pech

Economist and Theologist

An alumni from HHL, Justinus did his doctorate with a thesis on business ethics at HHL and has been a visiting professor for leadership of the school since 2017. He is also teaching Fundamental Theology at the Philosophical-Theological University Benedict XVI. He has a strong research interest on leadership and leadership ethics. Justinus continues his expertise in the area by focusing on executive coaching and the design and management of seminars on leadership issues.

Markus von Hauff

Personal Coach

Markus von Hauff is a former Officer and specialist in training police and military special forces around the world. As a coach, he crosses the lines between the military decision-making process and civilian entrepreneurship. Due to his multilingual and international background, Markus focuses on values and individual responsibility. Based in Hamburg, Markus is the founder of the non-profit organization „Atrium Sports e.V., “ has written several books, and trained CEOs in stress management and inner growth.

Moon Ribas

Catalan Avant-Garde Artist & Cyborg Activist

Moon is best known for developing the Seismic Sense, an online seismic sensor that allows her to perceive earthquakes taking place anywhere in the planet through vibrations in real time. In order to share her experience, she then translates her seismic sense on stage. In 2010, she co-founded the Cyborg Foundation, an international organisation that aims to help people become cyborgs, defend cyborg rights and promote cyborg art. Ribas also co-founded the Transpecies Society in 2017, an association that gives voice to non-human identities, defends the freedom of self-design and offers the creation of new senses and new organs in community.

Nicole Bastien

Executive Coach, Entrepreneur & Author

Nicole Bastien is an entrepreneur, leadership and corporate visionary with passion for sustainable corporate governance. She advises and coaches C-level executives and entrepreneurs to give their companies more purpose and public value. Nicole is also an advisory board member for PANDA | The Women Leadership Network GmbH. She frequently publishes for SHEconomy, a business magazine for women as well.

Niko Romm

Personal Trainer

A successful athletics trainer and individual coach in various sports disciplines, Romm integrates aspects of the nervous system in his training concept. The co-founder of Valeo Personal Training is here to share his work on training your senses with applied neurology to improve performance in sports, in the corporate world and in day-to-day life. In his seminars, coaches and physiotherapists can benefit from his 25 years of international experience as a personal coach.

Prof. Dr. Steffen Rosahl

Neurosurgeon & Neuroscientist

Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Helios Clinic in Erfurt, Germany, Dr. Steffen worked as a neurophysiologist and neurosurgeon at the University of California Davis (1992-93), the International Neuroscience Institute Hannover (2000-2003), and the University of Freiburg (Germany) (2003-2006). He led a DFG-funded effort to produce auditory brainstemprostheses and worked on electronic interfaces to the central and peripheral nervous systems for the BMBF and private firms. In his world “connecting mind and matter” is taken quite literally. As a neurosurgeon and neurophysiologist Steffen led a DFG-funded effort to produce auditory brainstem prostheses and worked on electronic interfaces to the central and peripheral nervous systems. He served as an advisor for designing several medical devices and worked on a smartphone telehealth app that allows patients to access medical records, schedule appointments, and contact clinicians.

Thorsten Havener

Body Language Expert & Mind Reader

Thoughts are free? Not when Thorsten Havener is present! Profound, inspiring, enigmatic, and mysterious – Thorsten Havener acts with our thoughts, our emotions, and our behavior. The audience is an active part of the experience. With his participation, Thorsten Havener entertains, amazes, and motivates his audience. Thus, the experience lives up to its name – it is an experience: practical, humorous, understandable, and entertaining.