TEDxWarsaw


TEDxWarsaw is an independently organized TED event, run annually since March 2010. It was the first and it currently is the largest TEDx event in Poland.

History

TEDxWarsaw was founded in August 2009 by Ralph Talmont together with Adam Liwiński and Maciej Michalski. Łukasz Alwast, Julian Kozankiewicz, Małgorzata Minta and Mateusz Nowak joined the Team soon after. As at March 2017, close to 40 individuals, and numerous partners are involved on a voluntary basis in organization of public TEDx events in Warsaw.
Apart from the annual, invitation only, day-long conference, a number of smaller events are also created by Team members, notably TEDxYouth@Warsaw, TEDxWarsawSalon and TEDxWarsawPresidentialPalace - the first TEDx event in the World to be held inside such an institution. All of these are free to attend, while guests are usually required to go through an application process.
As at March 2017 well over 200 speakers and artists have appeared at the various TEDxWarsaw events, including well-known scientists, actors and performers as well as less well-known thought leaders and achievers in fields ranging from business to photography and personal development to microbiology.

Events

The conference has grown continuously and expanded its audience size to meet demand. The fourth edition of TEDxWarsaw was watched via a live stream by a total of 42,000 people worldwide with peak viewership of 14,000 at the opening.
The 2013 event received "live" in Gazeta Wyborcza one of the main Polish newspapers and was a trending topic on Polish Twitter. As noted in one of the blog posts about the event, TEDxWarsaw's hand-picked audience is very diverse, ranging from high school students to the elderly, and includes many different professions, from public servants to entrepreneurs and artists to scientists.

Featured Speakers

YearNameDomain
2013Joanna BagniewskaZoologist
2013Mark BorkowskiPR expert
2013Zofia BorkowskaChoir leader
2013Małgorzata ChmielewskaNun and community organizer
2013Mikela EskanaziMobile strategist
2013F.O.U.R.S.Jazz quartet
2013Andrzej GodlewskiJournalist and TV executive
2013Zuzanna LewandowskaSocial entrepreneur & innovator
2013Benny LewisBlogger, "language-hacker"
2013Louis-Philippe LonckeAdventurer
2013Johnathan MacDonaldStrategist and digital consultant
2013Katarzyna MillerPsychotherapist
2013Audrey Scott & Daniel NollTravel bloggers
2013Kacper NosarzewskiForesight consultant
2013Adrianna PatłaszyńskaDancer
2013Hanna PaulomäkiOceanographer
2013Kristin PedemontiStoryteller
2013Piotr SkowrońskiNuclear physicist
2013Agata SzostekUser experience design consultant
2013Kuba UrbańskiBiologist
2013Wojciech UrbańskiSound designer
2013Adam WajrakJournalist
2013Cezary WójcikProfessor of leadership
2012Brien BarnettJournalist
2012Tom BielingIndustrial designer
2012Christian DumaisWriter, humorist and lecturer
2012F.O.U.R.S.Jazz quartet
2012Karolina GlazerVocalist and composer
2012Jamie KeddieWriter and educator
2012Pepe Kabana KijachiArtist, writer, storyteller
2012Krzysztof KlincewiczAcademic, professor of management
2012Aga KozakFilm critic, popular culture journalist
2012Jakub KoźniewskiDesigner
2012Ola LazarFood blogger and author
2012Anna LichotaBanker, mountaineer, philanthropist
2012Barbara MajewskaVoice artist and singing coach
2012Renata Mieńkowska-NorkiennePolitical scientist
2012Kuba PogorzelskiPercussionist and sociologist
2012Edi PyrekTraveller, author and personal coach
2012Michael SchudrichChief Rabbi of Poland
2012Karolina SulejFashion researcher
2012Rafał TrzaskowskiMember of the European Parliament
2012Karol WójcickiAstronomer
2011Marianna BednarskaMusician
2011Wojciech EichelbergerPsychotherapist
2011Paweł GolikGeneticist
2011Tomasz GrzywaczewskiAdventurer
2011Marcin JamkowskiWriter, photographer, adventurer
2011Stanisław KarpińskiMolecular biologist
2011Marcin KobyleckiComputer graphics producer
2011Oskar KorkmanConsumer insights director
2011Mark KrawczyńskiArchitect and pianist
2011Toshi Nakamura & Ewa WojkowskaSocial entrepreneurs
2011Grzegorz NiedźwieckiPaleontologist
2011Karol OkrasaChef
2011Grzegorz PiątekArchitecture critic
2011Grzegorz PiechotaJournalist and editor
2011Krzysztof RybińskiEconomist
2011Tomek SikoraPhotographer
2011Wojtek SówkaArtist and musician
2011Martin VarsavskyTech entrepreneur
2011Kushtrim XhakliEducation entrepreneur
2010:pl:Edwin BendykJournalist and current affairs commentator
2010:pl:Richard BerkeleyActor, singer and coach
2010Sandra BichlCoach and educator
2010Zbigniew BranieckiComputer scientist and social activist
2010Anna DymnaActress and philanthropist
2010Anna GizaSociologist
2010Ivan HernandezDigital consultant
2010Hodg HodgsonArchitect and sustainability activist
2010Lori KentArtist and art professor
2010Stephen KinesLawyer
2010Monika KoniecznyComputer programmer
2010Noam KostuckiEducation entrepreneur
2010Krzysztof Ścierański, Tom Ludvigson and Paul WerticoMusicians
2010Michał MalinowskiStoryteller, curator, oral historian
2010Marek MinakowskiGenealogist and historian
2010Jacek OlechowskiEntrepreneur
2010Johnathan OrnsteinCommunity organiser
2010Sebastian StraubeSustainability consultant
2010Paweł SzczęsnyBiologist
2010Alek TarkowskiSociologist, Creative Commons leader
2010Patrick TrompitzEducator and community builder
2010Piotr WardawyMonk
2010Agata WiatrowskaHorse-assisted educator
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