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).

Aula Magna, IESE North Campus
Carrer d'Arnús i de Garí, 3-7
Barcelona, Barcelona (ca), 08034
Spain

Anastasiia Smyk

CEO, Entrepreneur, and aviation geek

CEO, Entrepreneur, and aviation geek. Aerospace engineer, civil aviation industry specialist, and Girl Scout with 12 years of experience, promoting aviation among youth.

Cynthia Kreng

MBA student

Cynthia Kreng grew up in Taiwan, moved to the United States at the age of 18, and is now exploring living in a third continent, Europe. She likes to take calculated risks and is very passionate about food, technology, puzzles, and ice cream.

Danielle Francis

Leadership Coach

Danielle Francis is a dream-maker. She and her company "bCoached" supports professionals in transforming their dreams, ideas, and goals into reality through holistic workplace coaching.

Diego Bach

MBA student

Diego is passionate about philosophy and loves to discuss topics from multiple and diverse points of view. He believes there is usually a more creative and better way to solve even the most difficult problems"

Gregoire de Hemptinne

Entrepeneur

Combining a strong technical background in software engineering with business experience, Gregoire de Hemptine co-founded the startup Shayp to help real-estate owners reduce their water consumption in buildings and most importantly save water for future generations. Did you know over 30% of the clean water is lost during its distribution causing the loss of a precious resource, and also causing damage to infiltration? As an entrepreneur, Gregoire has felt the urge to put his technical and business skills at the service of a sustainable transition toward a resilient world.

Martin Lehnert

Entrepreneur, Ex-tesla

Seriousness is seriously not his thing and yet he has spent the past 25 years in a rather serious professional environment: the insurance industry. From industry leaders to leaders eager to shake up the insurance market, Martin’s optimism and preference to taking-situations-with-a-smile have helped him throughout his career and given him the opportunity to work also in different countries. His comfort zone has definitely been also stretched many times by living a German-Colombian partnership every morning at the breakfast table.

Miguel Aramburu Garcia

MBA Student

Miguel is an engineer from Peru whose work experience over the years has been split between startup management and teaching teenagers. In 2018 he went on a gap year to Australia where a series of life experiences (including a period with cows) helped redefine his professional goals and overall life perspective.

Paloma Cabello

Finance advisor

Paloma is an international reference in both the fields of finance and technology transfer. Her career in Finance includes senior advisory roles to some of the well-known Hedge Funds, having analyzed and managed transactions worth +2bn and being one of the few women of her generation in high finance. In Spain, Paloma is known for her career in Tech-specific VC, for being the first woman member of the Steering Committee of the Institute of Financial Analysts and the youngest woman independent director in a public company.

Theresa Zabell

Ex-athlete, CEO

Theresa is a female executive, fluent in 4 languages, and also the only Spanish female athlete double Olympic Champion. After her retirement from Olympic life in 1998, she launched the Ecomar Foundation, of which she is the executive president. She has been an international consultant for UNESCO on issues related to sport, a member of the European Parliament, and vice-president of the Education, Culture, and Sport Commission, and 1st vice-president of the Spanish Olympic Committee.