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Thank you for your interest in applying as a speaker!
We would appreciate it if you could send us a short German or English abstract for your proposed idea or talk and are looking forward to your submission!
Es können sich ausdrücklich auch Deutschsprachige Rednerinnen und Redner bewerben.
We constantly review applications and strive to give feedback as early as possible.
Speakers of TEDxDresden 2019
Here we will announce the 12 speakers of the TEDxDresden 2019. The application phase is over - try again next year!
Our speaker Anthony Hyman had to cancel his talk for personal reasons. We wish him and his family all the best.
Visionary thinking
Skilled speakers
It's an open secret: Talks take usually 6 to 18 minutes and bring an idea captivatingly to the point. TEDxDresden assists their speakers by rhetoric training and repeated rehearsing to work out the essence of their vision.
Local community
Language of talks
Our speakers – 2018
All of our talks are uploaded on the TEDx YouTube Channel and collected in a playlist. Among them are e.g. Christoph Burkhardt, an innovation psychologist talking about AI, as well as the famous cello soloist Jan Vogler from Dresden.
Follow our TEDxDresden YouTube Channel to always get the talks and performances of our conference.
WATCH THE TALKS SEE THE PROFILESOur speakers – 2017
All of our 2017 talks have been uploaded on the TEDx YouTube Channel and collected in a playlist. Among them are e.g. Scott Aaronson, an American scientist in the field of quantum computation, as well as the director and audiovisual artist Sebastian Linda from Dresden.
Follow our TEDxDresden YouTube Channel to always get the talks and performances of our conference.
Our speakers – 2016
2016, we asked ourselves: How can we develop more awareness for social issues and grow together as a society?
Twelve professors, social workers and thinkers from Dresden and the Netherlands presented their ideas to about 100 participants. Among the speakers were, e.g. Catherine Gyldensted (NL) who promoted the idea of Constructive Journalism, as well as, Jan Dirk Capelle (DE) who explained the concept of Effective Altruism.
WATCH THE TALKS SEE THE PROFILES