TEDxFS 2019

Valerie Mocker’s mission is building a future that belongs to everyone. She is currently Director at Nesta, one of Europe’s leading social innovation funds. Her team builds new funds that unlock the opportunities of digitalisation, tech for good and innovation to tackle the challenges our society faces. She shares the most important lessons in her talks and articles, including her column for Handelsblatt. Before joining Nesta in 2013, Valerie worked on innovation and behavioural economics in Germany, Spain, Peru and the UK. Valerie is part of the "40 under 40" leaders list by Capital magazine and holds two degrees (both first class) from the University of Oxford.

Successful people learn from others mistakes

Christoph Magnussen is a film maker, keynote speaker, podcaster and CEO of Blackboat, a company specialized in advising companies regarding New Work and change processes. Together with Michael Trautmann, he hosts the podcast on the way to New Work. Christoph’s mission is to inspire a new way of working and is passionate about inspiring his audiences about digitization and the roots of the New Work movement. He studied at St.Gallen University and has previously founded a mobile phone eCommerce business.

Why we shouldn‘t be afraid of being afraid

Lia Marlen Schmökel is visionary nutrition scientist, entrepreneur and speaker. Her expertise spans across multiple areas of nutrition, including preventing chronic diseases, developing alternatives to alcoholic beverages, and advocating a planet-conscious diet. Lia founded the herbal health startup NOURI as well as NUTRITION HUB, Europe’s largest community for credentialed nutrition experts. Berlin-based NUTRITION HUB connects nutrition specialists with the nutrition industry, startups and NGOs in order to foster innovation and spread knowledge based on scientific evidence - leading to a better informed, more empowered consumer. Lia believes that when consumers know better, they make better choices for themselves and the world around them. Lia’s mission is to improve lives through the translation of sound nutrition research into practices for daily life and to foster a food system that serves the planet and its people. Her vision is a world in which natural resources are managed sustainably and good nutrition is accessible for everyone.

The future of nutrition – How to eat today to change tomorrow

Daniel Nowack is managing director for corporate initiatives at Yunus Social Business, a philanthropic venture fund for social businesses and a social venture builder for joint ventures with multinationals. Yunus Social Business was founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus and seeks to end poverty with the power of business. Daniel heads the corporate innovation department which guides multinationals to apply their competencies to tackle some of the greatest human challenges. Before joining Yunus Social Business in 2010, Daniel was active in the startup ecosystem in roles such as CEO, CFO or Head of Business Development and has previous work experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Today, he is product and finance mentor for Google LaunchpadX , Partner at Lumen Strategy Design and a lecturer for Lean Management at RheinMain university

Is business the only thing that can save the world?

Lisa Sophie Laurent is an author and youtuber with more than 300,000 followers. On her Youtube channel, she conducts self experiments and talks about topics such as veganism, fair fashion and body positivity. Lisa helps her followers to find their way around life a bit better. In her newest book, she writes about the inflated expectations in the daily life of our young generation and how to prevent burning out. Besides her public appearances , she studied psychology and politics. Before the parliamentary election in Germany in 2017, she interviewed SPD chancellor candidate Martin Schulz and German chancellor Angela Merkel in television.

More than just cat videos – Political engagement on YouTube

Leon Windscheid is a psychologist, keynote speaker, author and entrepreneur. Leon public awareness rose in 2015, when he was the eleventh winner in Germany of the TV show Who wants to be a millionaire?. With his prize money, he bought a boat in Münster which serves as an event location, and for which’s inauguration he invited the TV host Günther Jauch. In his talks, he passionately tries to bridge the gap between psychology, brain research and everyone’s daily life. He studied psychology in Münster, before he earned his doctorate in economics where he studied about gender diversity and women in leading positions.

How to stop the speed of your life (with science)

Peter Steudtner is a German Human Rights Defender, trainer and documentary filmmaker from Berlin. Focusing on holistic security and sustainable activism for activists and organizations, he works with social movements in Southern Africa, the Middle East and Europe. In July 2017, he was unlawfully arrested by Turkish security forces together with other Human Rights Defenders using a workshop for the Turkish Human Rights Platform. Although all of them were released in the end of October 2017, the judicial case on terrorism charges against the so-called #Istanbul10 is ongoing.

The magic of solidarity: What keeps sustainable activism running in jail?