Morten Krogvold – 2017

Morten Krogvold is a Norwegian photographer and lecturer, especially known for his portrait of artists, writers, politicians, and other celebrities. Morten Krogvold and Lene Marie Fossen had a heartwarming talk on stage at TEDxArendal 2017.

Dave Troy – 2017

Dave Troy is a serial entrepreneur and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently CEO and product architect at 410 Labs, maker of the popular email management tools, Chuck and Mailstrom. He has been acknowledged by the founding team at Twitter as the first developer to utilize the Twitter API, with his project “Twittervision,” […]

Svend Heier – 2017

Svend Heier is a technological optimist who loves the combination of technology, making things work, management and social contexts. He first gained technical experience through disassembling alarm clocks and pens – purely disassembling, never reassembling. The only thing that still worked when he was done, were loose gears, now being used as spinning tops. Now, he […]

Rachel Thomas – 2017

Dr Rachel Thomas is a medical doctor and healthcare innovator, with a special interest in mental health. After full recovery from an accident that broke her back and neck, she is focusing on empowering people to increase their wellness – in mental and physical health – through technology. She studied Medicine and Surgery at Oxford […]

Miguel Valenzuela – 2017

Miguel Valenzuela is a Mexican-born American who moved to Norway in 2010 and created a ’Pancake Machine out of LEGO’ for his daughters. He is an Engineering graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and teaches Making in Norway. As an artist and inventor who struggled with learning throughout his life, he travels the world […]

Giuliana Galati – 2017

Giuliana Galati is involved in an underground physics experiment to hunt ghostly particles called neutrinos, which have been making scientists crazy since 1930. According to her, studying the elusive neutrinos is worthwhile not only from the physics point of view but also because they can teach us valuable life lessons. After graduating in Nuclear, Subnuclear […]

Jokke Sommer – 2017

Jokke Sommer is a true thrillseeker mostly known for airy flights and a fearless lifestyle. Looking back, he has always been fascinated by everything that could fly and dreamed of one day flying himself. When he matured, his childhood dream faded and he started a career in motocross. This sport became his biggest passion and […]