Rebecca Sjølie & Lisa Ribesen

Awareness for Clothing Rebecca Sjølie and Lisa Ribesen spread their idea about circular fashion by giving women the opportunity to buy less while at the same time enjoying a creative and inspired lifestyle through their choice of clothes. Former shopaholic Rebekka Sjølie and business manager Lisa Ribesen are the founders of ReLi, a clothes-for-rent business […]

Irina T. Sorokina

The Next Generation Infrared Lasers Irina T. Sorokina is a Professor of Physics at NTNU in Norway, and a co-founder of ATLA Lasers – a high-tech spinoff company that develops and commercializes ultrafast lasers that operate at middle-infrared wavelengths, also called a “molecular fingerprint” region. Sorokina holds an MSc and PhD in physics and a […]

Trym Ruud

How Persistent Creativity Changed My Life Trym Ruud is a Norwegian artist who works in the digital and physical realms. Ruud pioneered a digital art project called Rude Boys, creating a series of 3D models of toys that were sold as Non-Fungible Tokens for 11 million Norwegian Kroner. He recently finished a bachelor’s in graphic […]

Eirik Eide Pettersen

Named as one of Forbes’s “30 under 30”, Eirik is a nuclear engineer and environmentalist. The earth is bleeding due to climate change. There is a need for low-carbon energy solutions, and Eirik thinks he has one: Advanced nuclear reactors. Can nuclear energy help us create a sustainable and habitable planet? We look forward to […]

Inga Strümke

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often powered by machine learning, meaning machines which have learned to solve tasks by themselves. Such artificial intelligence systems can be used for good, for bad or just recklessly, but either way it is up to us how it will affect the future of our species. During her doctoral research in […]

Kim Kristensen

Kim Kristensen! Kim has become somewhat of a leadership guru. His take on the topic has been acclaimed worldwide. Kim Kristensen has a background as a professional officer taking responsibility for soldiers in international missions in the Balkans and Afghanistan. He now serves as the Master of Ceremonies to Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark. […]

Mikael Genberg

Mikael Genberg! We are happy to have this creative swede as a speaker at TEDxArendal 2019. Mikael is walking the tightrope between artistry and entrepreneurship. Working with ideas and people, Mikael strives to make the impossible possible. One project of his includes putting a cabin on the moon. However, Mikael’s projects are not just dreams. […]

Bryan Pijanowski

Dr Bryan Pijanowski has travelled the world listening to nature. What does a glacier sound like? How about the sounds of a coral reef before, during and after a hurricane? The top of the Borneo rainforest at night? Dr P’s mission is to conduct soundscape studies in every major biome on Earth. He has four […]

Tale Maria Krohn Engvik

The way we communicate and what words we choose to use can have a huge impact on other people. Even your own inner dialogue will affect how you live your life and how you feel about yourself – and the world. It can lift you up, and it can break you down. You probably recognise […]

Torfinn Katla Opedal

At 15 years old, Torfinn Katla Opedal was diagnosed with Wolfram’s Syndrome and went from seeing to being blind in just a few years. Torfinn tells us how he learned to “see with his ears” and how he today uses echo-localization in his daily life and in his (slightly unexpected) hobby.