Theme: The Future is Now

Tedx Harderwijk provides a podium for Harderwijk and region to share idea's, inspire and exchange. A nicely curated program of a fine selection of speakers which are coached and trained to deliver a pleasant, interesting and inspiring evening.

The organizing local foundation 'Veluwse Rimpeling' aims to create a ripple in the water caused by ideas worth spreading.

MFC de Roef
Middelste wei 2, Harderwijkk
Harderwijk, Gelderland, 3844HT
Netherlands

Carla Luten

Teacher and trainer

Carla Luten has been working as a teacher and communication trainer in higher education for over 15 years. She is also committed to the mental health of students and sense of belonging on campus.

Carmen van de Beek

Managing partner

On stage, Carmen shares her professional story with humor, building bridges between generations and work cultures, from Millennials to Generation Z and Alpha.

Charlotte van der Pluijm

Psychosomatic therapist

Charlotte is a psychosomatic therapist since 20 years and she worked for 12 years in rehabilitation for people with chronic pain and fatigue; people who searched for diagnosis, treatment and salvation everywhere but could not find it. She helped more than a thousand patients to understand their physical pain by understanding and healing from their emotional pain. She educates doctors how to explain and communicate this to their patients. This she did not learn just by books… For more than 20 years she did a lot of therapy and training herself to understand her own behaviour patterns. She decided to combine her personal and professional experience into her own practice and into a theatre lecture and she loves to share the audience her lessons; these lessons are all about body-awareness and selflove.

Frank Bouman - van Veen

Innovative historian - keynote speaker

Frank Bouman - van Veen is a Keynote speaker on the subject of history, and what we can learn from history today. He combines his expertise in the field of history with elaborate managerial experience showing you why history is still very relevant to problems we experience in our modern time. He helps companies take on a new perspective on reality and finding solutions to problems that otherwise seem elusive, using lively historic examples from what history has to teach us. Winston Churchill once said: "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Frank guides you through the ages of history to break this cycle of repetition and helps build a solid future.

Jos Schuring

Journalist, presentator

Jos is a journalist, speaker and presenter and in 2013 he founded the theater magazine Scènes, of which he still is editor-in-chief. He also is active as a speaker at funerals and he guides refugees. Last year he wrote the book Stop Femicide with his wife.

Richard Gault

Retired academic

As an academic my career spanned universities in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands. Amongst other subjects, I taught the history and philosophy of technology. After retiring from university teaching I spent a number of years as the Principal of the Chisholme Institute in Scotland, a school for esoteric education. Currently I am a regular contributor to the online Beshara Magazine. In addition to writing about time for the magazine, I have extended my interests to include broader ontological questions such as the nature of consciousness.

Samira Ahale

Silence Guide

Silence is golden. This is something Samira experienced firsthand, as a Belgium-born daughter of Moroccan immigrants. Growing up in Antwerp, she has witnessed racism and discrimination in a polarised society. This experience taught her how important it is to find inner peace. Since then, she has written two books on how to discover such peace and how to identify and reach a higher purpose in life. Nowadays, as an experienced silence guide, she guides business people to find their purpose through inner peace and alchemize this into golden opportunities.