TEDxTheHague

Speakers

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• Claudi Bokting

  Prof. Clinical Psychology

  Claudi Bockting is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at AmsterdamUMC at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and co-founder/director of the Centre for Urban Mental Health. She is developer of Preventive Cognitive Therapy (PCT), an effective psychological intervention that reduces relapse risk in depression. She wrote Preventive Cognitive Therapy for Depression: An evidence based approach to reduce relapse risk in 2025 with Guilford Press. Her research focuses on finding potentially modifiable factors that can be targeted with innovative interventions to prevent or treat depression, anxiety, and suicidality. She is a author of more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Nature, JAMA Psychiatry, and Lancet Psychiatry. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel, and fellowships at the Beck Institute (USA), and the World Health Organization. She is an elected membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

• Kelly Indira Buis

  Conflict Analyst

  As a conflict analyst and the founder of The Adaptation Company, Kelly Indira Buis has a unique expertise in helping organizations navigate and adapt to change. Her explorer’s spirit has taken her to remote regions across the globe, giving her profound insights into how people and systems confront challenges.

• Koen van den Biggelaar

  Founder - Buddha in the Boardroom, Tech executive

  Koen is a technologist, teacher, meditator and former Buddhist monk passionate about helping to develop human wisdom in this time of artificial intelligence. Koen served in leadership positions at Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Accenture and currently he helps organizations and students on the intersection of mindfulness, attention, and artificial intelligence.

• Maarten van der Weijden

  Inspirational speaker, olympic gold medelist, former long distance swimmer

  Maarten’s story is one of resilience and inspiration. He won an Olympic gold medal in 2008 in open-water swimming, after he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2001. By swimming the famous Dutch Elfstedentocht, Maarten raised almost 18 million euros for cancer research.

• Mads Nissen

  Award winning photographer

  Mads Nissen is an award-winning Danish photographer whose storytelling brings some of today’s most complex and urgent global issues into focus. His work is celebrated for its empathy, depth, and sensitivity. A three-time winner of World Press Photo’s main prize, Nissen is also the author of three acclaimed books.

• Marco Bosmans

  Managing Director and Forensic Advisor – FORENSICON

  Marco Bosmans is a private forensic advisor championing the “Equality of Arms” in the justice system. With a background in biotechnology and a specialization in DNA, he provides his expertise to parties who previously had no access, ensuring that scientific evidence is interpreted fairly and objectively.

• Salvador Santino Regilme

  Tenured Associate Professor International Relations

  Salvador Santino Regilme is a Filipino-born Dutch professor of international relations based in the Netherlands, specializing in foreign aid, human rights, international development, and global inequalities. Educated in the Philippines, the United States, and Germany, he has spent nearly two decades studying how powerful states use aid and security assistance to shape everyday life in the Global South. He is the author of Aid Imperium and Aid for Dominance, which uncover how “assistance” can both uphold and dismantle systems of domination.

• Theresa Ward

  Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Culture + Communications Coach, Learning + Development Expert

  Theresa M. Ward spent over a decade in the financial technology space before starting her own consultancy in 2017. She now serves as a team effectiveness coach, helping professionals in any industry thrive with a sense of meaningful momentum at work. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her fiancé, where she loves to hike, practice yoga, and curl up with her senior dogs and a good book.