Henry Dagg – 2016
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 – 2016
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 – 2016
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 – 2016
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 – 2016
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 – […]
Karen Bit Vejle – 2016
Karen Bit Vejle has a lifelong passion for creating stories in paper – known as ‘psaligraphy’ – a passion that has made her a globally recognised artist. Karen’s magnificent artwork sells for top money and is on display in galleries around the world. When she was just five years old Karen Bit Vejle made her […]
Gunhild Carling – 2016
Follow Gunhild Carling on her journey through the history of jazz trombones, and hear her mimic some of the iconic heroes of this instrument. An upbeat, fun, and inspiring talk about the instrument, as well as the history around it. An old-school jazz artist of astonishing ability, Gunhild Carling combines her extraordinary talents on the […]
Runar Jarle Wiik – 2016
Filmmaker Runar Jarle Wiik has travelled extensively and in recent years his interests have led him to focus primarily on documentaries addressing the plight of indigenous peoples. Runar has spent the last 4–5 years developing his own documentary “No word for Worry” tells the story of the Moken people of the Mergui Archipelago in the […]
Dag Berild – 2016
Antibiotic resistance is rampant in the world, and we are moving towards the dark ages when it comes to curing something as simple as a cut or a wound. Hear one of the leading experts in the field of resistance talk about what the problem is, how we can handle it and what humankind should […]
Shaun «Shonduras» McBride – 2016
Shaun McBride, aka «Shonduras», is Snapchat’s first home-grown celebrity and one of the first people to make money from his intricate and personal Snapchat art. With his long, curly hair tucked under a backward baseball cap, McBride has his six younger sisters to thank for his ongoing digital success. Using creative illustrations to communicate with […]