Theme: TEDXHSG 2017: DESTINATION TOMORROW

We are taking you on a journey to the mysterious and fascinating. On this expedition to the unexplored, we will share ideas and hear about experiences both big and small, successful and unsuccessful, from speakers who share one thing in common: an unbridled passion for the power of imagination. Whatever the motive, our actions as a collective and as individuals, even those that are seemingly inconsequential, have a profound and permanent impact on the shaping of our future. Whether it be technological innovation, social progress or simply personal advancement, the future is conceived in our imaginations and can be however spectacular we want it to be. So buckle up and join the ride, the journey is never-ending, the destination unknown, and we may experience some turbulence along the way, but we meet these challenges head on in pursuit of a brighter tomorrow.

University of St. Gallen
Dufourstrasse 50
St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen (de), 9000
Switzerland

Bejay Mulenga

Achieving your dreams whilst being a student!

Bejay Mulenga is an award-winning entrepreneur aged 22, who just recently won an award from Her Majesty the Queen for Enterprise Promotion and became the youngest person to do so in the process. He founded Supa Tuck at 14 years old, a franchise of student-run tuck shops in schools, which taught students how to run and operate their own tuck shops in school while studying for their GCSE Business studies as a form of work-based training. Over four years, Supa Tuck had grown to over 100 schools and 5,000 students. Bejay has gone on to consult and work for brands such as the United Nations, Uber, Barclays, Facebook, River Island and Pepsi Max via his creative network - Supa Network which bridges the gap between talented youth and corporates and delivers creative services. His recent business Filli Studios is a fast-growing Influencer Advertising Agency working with Kia Motors, Sony, Coca-Cola and Virgin on social marketing campaigns.

Christopher Mbanefo

Shifting the Paradigm: Its America us first!

Dr. Luka Mueller-Studer

Tokenized Decentralized Ecosystems: Functional Framework

Jacques Pitteloud

Of airport bookstores, fitness clubs, and management trends, and why future managers should study history

Jessica Graf

Empathy, not MBAs

Jessica is passionate about social innovation, and how it could change the world for the better. A ferrywoman between those who care about doing good and those who care about doing well, she goes and unearths new ways to solve old social and environmental problems, and gathers more people and resources to spread them wider and faster. What she came to realize over the years is that – while the innovations exist, and they do change people’s lives, they spread nowhere as fast as they could or should. And the root cause for this does not lie in the lack of money or interest…it lies in human psychology and how we relate to each other. During her talk, she will show how the biggest bottleneck lies perhaps within us, making it both simple and challenging to solve.

Loulou van Ravensteijn

Why we should run the planet as a tech company

Mark Adams

Enter the cult of extreme productivity

Mel Wells

Hungry for More

Pete Blackshaw

The Concierge Economy

Rosanne and Madeline Stuart

My daughter: Not your average supermodel

Valentine Thomas

Tomorrow, I could die

Victor Morgan

Adventure is now

Xenia Tchoumi

The hidden power of pain