TEDxLinz

Speakers

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• Adetayo Manuwa

  Nigerian Musician in Germany · Community & Multiculturalism

  Adetayo “Tutipsy” Manuwa is a keynote speaker, musician, and founder of the award-winning One Community Project, recognized across Germany for strengthening social cohesion through music, dance, and storytelling. https://tutipsy.com/

• Ann Christin Kornelsen

  Peatland Researcher · Wetlands · CO₂ Storage · Climate Action · Ecosystem Protection

  Ann Christin Kornelsen is a geographer, climate advocate, and the founder of the award-winning NGO Mission to Marsh. She leverages a broad global network to research and protect wetlands, transforming scientific data into actionable conservation efforts to preserve the Earth's most critical carbon sinks. https://missiontomarsh.org/

• Birgit Niessner

  Economist · Central Banks · Price Stability · Trust · Monetary Policy · Social Stability

  Birgit Niessner combines a passion for economics and global development with decades of experience in Austria’s financial sector. A former Chief Economist at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), she now contributes her expertise as a Research Associate at WIFO and wiiw and as Managing Director of the Austrian Society for Bank Research. She also acts as President of CARE Austria, advancing humanitarian and development efforts worldwide. https://www.linkedin.com/in/birgit-niessner-07a6b784/

• Jennifer Burs

  Community · Trust · Authenticity · Belonging

  Jennifer Burs is a community builder and entrepreneur from Linz, Austria. She is the founder of HOWWASYOURDAY, a social running community that brings people together. Alongside building this growing community, she also runs lagom frames GmbH, a content agency focused on authentic visual storytelling for brands. https://www.howwasyourdayclub.com/

• Kate Armstrong

  Strategist · Designer · Circular Economy · Sustainable Cities · Systems Thinking · Regenerative Futures

  Join Kate on this journey into the cities and systems that could sustain us. Kate is a context architect, CEO of the Fab City Foundation, and Executive Director of the Interspecies Internet. Exploring the conditions that allow radical ideas to take root and reshape the world. https://fab.city/

• Matthias Rettenbacher

  Carbon Sucker · Legacy · Fatherhood · Reinvention

  Matthias Rettenbacher is an entrepreneur, storyteller, and father who believes that the stories we inherit shape the lives we build. Through sharing personal experiences of loss, family, and resilience, he explores how individuals can transform inherited pain into purpose and create a better legacy for the next generation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-rettenbacher/

• Michael Kaufmann

  Digital Business and Digital Marketing · Media Literacy · Attention · Digital Overload · Misinformation

  Michael Kaufmann is a digital enthusiast who has spent over a decade examining the technical and economic sides of the media industry. He offers a unique and timely perspective on the information crisis that is relevant to a global audience. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaufmannmichael-marketing/

• Mikkeline Thomsen

  Digital Communities · Social Media · Strategic Communication · Data Research & Analysis

  Mikkeline Thomsen is founder and partner of Os & Data, a non-profit research cooperative in the Nordic ecosystem of ANTAL f.m.b.a. The ANTAL-team consists of sociologists, data scientists, rhetoricians, astrophysicists and political scientist, who have joined forces on the mission to understand our digital present and build a better digital future. www.osogdata.dk

• Rainer Stropek

  Coding · Technology · The joy of making abstract ideas real

  Rainer Stropek helps teams build software with AI and teaches developers how to work across new abstraction layers. https://linz.coderdojo.net

• Sidsel Dauv

  Play - Accessory Designer · Endings · Humor · Perspective · Letting Go

  Join creative inspirator Sidsel Dauv, who lives her life “like the raisin at the end of the sausage,” on a humorous journey through the twisted logic of endings as she uncovers the Common Ground that lies beyond the finish line. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidsel-dauv-1886b5131/

• Tommi Eronen

  Expert in field of thermal energy storage design · Sand Battery · Renewable Energy · Innovation · Community

  Tommi Eronen is the CEO and Co-Founder of @Polar Night Energy [https://www.youtube.com/@polarnightenergy], the company behind Finland’s groundbreaking Sand Battery. An expert in heat transfer and storage modeling, he earned his Master of Science in Power Plant Engineering from Tampere University of Technology in 2017. Driven by a passion for practical engineering solutions to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, Tommi focuses on turning innovative ideas into real-world energy systems. Outside work, he is a passionate cyclist dreaming of a round-the-world trip and enjoys ice swimming and free diving. https://polarnightenergy.com

• Ulrich Drechsler

  Jazz Musician, Silence, Music, Future of Possibilities & Organisms Acting Like Musicians

  Saxophonist, composer and futurist Ulrich Drechsler reflects on how he learned to truly listen attentively and what listening has taught him. In his highly personal and subtle talk, he shares his deep belief that listening can give us a whole new understanding of how everything is connected. https://overtone.space