Sophie Desert

Engineer, Musician, Scientist, Student

Sophie Desert is passionate about facilitating h-to-h connections. Whether it's public speaking or professional meetings, you can find Sophie optimizing processes and ensuring all ideas are heard. She is a problem solver and leader-builder, pushing her teammates to achieve their full potential. After work, and not just under the shower, you can find Sophie attending live music events in the audience or as a singer on stage.

Engineering, Leadership, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Team work

I started watching TED / TEDx videos with my family when I was a teenager. In my second year of physics studies at the University of Surrey (UK), my friend was part of the TEDx society there so he introduced me to it and I helped out as a volunteer. I enjoyed that experience so much that I decided to run for TEDxSurreyUniversity president for the following year. I was elected and organised 3 salon events and 1 university event alongside a committee of 8, and 20 volunteers. I learned so much during that year and met so many incredible people that, when I graduated from the University of Surrey, I was determined to find another TEDx team wherever I went. I then went to IMT Atlantique, an engineering school in Brest (France) where I was lucky enough to have arrived the year that the first TEDx event was being organised. I joined the team in 2017, helped with the first edition of TEDxIMTAtlantiqueBrest and organised the second edition. I could not be more grateful to be part of the TED / TEDx community.