TEDx is a
local occurrence of the world-famous TED conferences promoting “ideas worth
spreading”. On Saturday, it will be organized in Wrocław for the third time,
and the list of participants includes the “Space is More” team from Wrocław
University of Technology.
It will be possible to watch the conference live at
Wrocław Philharmonics or online at tedxwroclaw.pl. Artists, scientists, and
social activists will take part in the event that will be conducted by the
journalist Rafał Motriuk. Each participant will have a maximum of 18 minutes to
present, in English, their everyday activity and catch the attention of the
audience.
It’s important since the aim of TEDs and TEDxs is not
to let people deliver lectures but to allow the audience to get inspired by the
presentations. Therefore, the organizers invite people who not only have
something interesting to say but also can do it in a creative way, attracting
the attention of the public.
During this Saturday’s TEDx Leszek Orzechowski from the “Space is More” team will talk about
the team’s travel to the USA for the Mars Student Design Contest finals and
their project of Mars manned mission.
The conference starts at 10 AM and the “Space is More”
presentation is scheduled at 4:30 PM. The team has already announced this will
be their last appearance before the departure to USA, planned for August.
The list of participants that will be presenting their
passions and projects also includes:
• Bartosz Zamirowski – business advisor, editor of the
“M!XTURA – know You know” e-magazine for managers,
• James Banc – entrepreneur, enthusiast of reading and
education,
• Tomasz Popów – advocate of the idea of locally
developed business,
• Neil Bennion – traveller, writer,
• Tomasz Grzywaczewski – adventurer, Siberia explorer,
• Paweł Surgiel – entrepreneur, works on a project
facilitating moving around the city by blind people,
• Ola Ławrynowicz – biotechnologist, works on an alga
called spirulina, designs a device allowing the home-breeding of the alga,
• Wojtek Gajewski – photographer, economist,
• Michał Koziołek – car enthusiast, wants to
reactivate Polish automotive industry by designing the “New Warsaw” premium
car,
• Marcin Jędras – traveller, computer programmer,
kitesurfer – combines job with passions,
• Marcin Osman – entrepreneur, coach and traveller,
will talk about the theory of light backpack,
• Patrycja Obara – lecturer from University of Wrocław,
translator at HBR, will talk about inspirational teaching,
• Jim Williams, Chris Dumas, Derrek Carriveau – three
comedians that will swamp the audience with jokes,
• MaKavaKava – pantomime, combined with beatbox and
singing
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Translation: Dariusz Więcławski