Theme: New Horizons and Pioneers

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H1 Building
Burgplatz 2
Vallendar, Rheinland-Pfalz, 56179
Germany

Annette Bauer

Managing Partner of ITS

Annette Bauer is the founder and managing partner of Professional Training Solutions GmbH, a company that offers consulting services, concept creation, optimization and implementation support of individual technical training solutions for its customers. Miss Bauer founded the company after leading ITS International Training & Support GmbH as the Managing Director for 3 years. After graduating from Technical University of Munich with a degree in Technology and Management, Miss Bauer worked as a consultant for SAP Deutschland GmbH and TCW Management Consulting. From 2010 she founded her own consulting firm and was appointed Managing Director of ITS International Training & Support GmbH in 2012. Since then, she has been supporting a variety of clients in establishing training solutions based on the German Dual-System Training approach, combining theoretical and practical training in various professions.

David Pearce

Philosopher

David Pearce is a British philosopher and the co-founder of Humanity+, an organization advocating the extension of human capabilities with the help of biotechnology. In 1995 David Pearce published his book “The Hedonistic Imperative”, in which he deals with the idea of preventing the state of suffering and influencing human well-being through genetic engineering or in other words “paradise engineering”. The Humanity+ organization came to life in 1998, a medical and cultural movement towards the idea of “transhumanism”, the project of re-coding a human being with medicines and technologies enabling a significant increase in human capabilities on a psychological, physical and intellectual level. Mr. Pearce will share his thoughts on Transhumanism, the way to influence human beings into a more developed and capable version of themselves, with us. To read the full bio please visit www.tedxwhu.com/speakers

Mark Turrell

Strategist, author, and entrepreneur

Mark Turrell is the founder and CEO of Orcasci, a strategy consulting firm specializing in designing programs that ‘spread’ products, ideas and behaviors as well as developing communities and networks for companies and non-profits. His unique approach draws on complex systems, network science, collective intelligence, behavioral science and neuroscience. Mark is passionate about helping people change the world for better and is keen on finding ways to spread and scale good things faster. With Orcasci he has worked on projects as diverse as the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize to election transparency. Mark was nominated as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2008, and a Young Global Leader in 2010.

Max Finzel

Athlete, author & motivational coach

In 1993, when he was 5 years old, Max Finzel started his competitive career in gymnastics. Within the following years he turned into a passionate athlete, winning the gold medal of the German championships of juniors on high bar and joined the national team of juniors. In 2006 he reached two gold medals at the European championships of juniors in Greece with the team and on high bar as well as another bronze medal in all-around competition as the best German athlete. In 2007 he finished his competitive career and kept his concentration on his business as a personal trainer and speaker. After having spent half a year in Montreal, Canada, he joined the agency „5 Sterne Redner“ as a keynote speaker and is also working as a youth trainer in a gymnastics club in Grünstadt, Germany. Besides his athletic ambitions he is author and inventor of the „Anker Ring“ and is following his passion as a producer and DJ. More on http://tedxwhu.com

Ori Hadomi

CEO of Mazor Robotics

Ori Hadomi is the CEO of Mazor Robotics Ltd., a company that develops and markets robotic-based surgical guidance systems. Surgical robots are at the forefront of medical development, and Mazor Robotics is the pioneer of bringing such systems to spine and brain surgeries, a field where accuracy is of paramount importance and measured in sub-millimetric units. After over 10,000 surgeries, it is safe to say that Mr. Hadomi and his team at Mazor Robotics play a major role in writing the future of robotics in spine and brain surgeries. With over 2 decades of experience in the medical device industry, with the last 13 years at the helm of Mazor Robotics, Mr. Hadomi will talk about the lessons he learned developing and commercializing medical and surgical devices. To read the full bio please visit http://tedxwhu.com

Sara Nuru

Model & charity ambassador

Sara Nuru is a young influential woman with Ethiopian roots who works as a fashion model & TV moderator and is also the ambassador for the charity organization “Menschen für Menschen”. After winning the 2009 edition of the casting show “Germany’s Next Topmodel”, Sara Nuru not only started a successful career in the entertainment business, she also got on opportunity to engage with “Menschen fuer Menschen”, an aid group which supports people in Ethiopia through various projects. In her TED talk, she will speak about challenges and pressure young individuals often face once it comes to making determinant future decisions such as study or next job. But what if you wanted to reinvent yourself after you have already started down your chosen path? Is it acceptable to throw everything away and start again? To read the full bio please visit www.tedxwhu.com/speakers