Even Moland

Did you know cod has feelings? And how much do we really know about the life and fate of marine animals? Marine biologist Even Moland’s research has taken him around the world, from the Great Barrier Reef to Skagerrak, Norway. In studying the behaviour and movement of fish and lobsters – how they live, where […]

Kristine Ullaland

Social anthropologist Kristine Ullaland speaks about the Zero Waste movement – what it is, why it matters, and why YOU are the key to our future!

Kristin Oudmayer

Kristin Oudmayer is behind UNICEF Norway’s advocacy program «You can be The One» and is a public speaker and columnist. She is a sought-after lecturer on mental health, bullying and social media. She also advocates for children’s rights and expresses the importance of adults as role models. Her articles and opinion pieces have been published […]

Rita Westvik

Social worker, journalist, presenter, political adviser and foresight expert – Rita Westvik is a woman who wears many hats. Rita’s slogan is: KISSSS – Keep It Simple, Smart, Safe, and Sustainable! Rita likes beautiful green buildings, trendy street-level bars and creative chefs – you get the picture. A true believer in ”the birds and the […]

Dr. James Beacham

Dr James Beacham is an experimental high-energy particle physicist with the ATLAS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He spends his time sifting through the largest unique dataset in human history, looking for exotic Higgs bosons, dark photons, gravitons, dark matter, extra dimensions, quantum black holes, and answers to the most baffling open […]

Henry Dagg

Henry Dagg has been creating unusual sounds and music from an early age. This brilliant composer and creative mind has his own unique way of tuning in to the world and creating new, unforgettable sounds. Dagg gave a total of three talks, plus a few interviews, as well as random appearances at the TEDxUniverse.

Ole Morten Olesen

Ole Morten Olesen: What if the impossible was possible? Ole and his innovation team have tried to achieve the impossible and solve an enormous task: to turn sand into soil. Water is a scarce resource that many of us take for granted, but unfortunately, large parts of Earth’s population do not have that luxury. Ole […]

Per Ivar Selvaag

Per Ivar Selvaag: How does a farmer’s boy from southern Norway end up being one of the international design community’s leading thinkers? What is “Design-thinking”? – And can design be about more than shape, colour and form? Per-Ivar is one of the international design community’s leading thinkers and has worked on a lot of projects. […]

Lars Johansson-Kjellerød

Few Norwegian leaders dare to hire outside the norm. Lars Johansson-Kjellerød has made it his business idea. Former broker manager Lars Johansson-Kjellerød got bored with the financial sector. He started his own IT company and employs only people with Asperger syndrome or autism. Come join us at TEDxArendal to hear Lars talk about the new […]

Teo Härén

Teo Härén is an author and speaker on Business Creativity. He has worked in over 25 countries and has inspired hundreds of thousands of business people to become more creative. In 2015, Teo was selected by The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise as one of Sweden’s most entrepreneurial persons, and he has also been picked – […]