Theme: Tilting at Windmills

Tilting at windmills is an English idiom that means attacking imaginary enemies. The expression is derived from the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, and the word "tilt" in this context comes from jousting.
The phrase is sometimes used to describe either confrontations where adversaries are incorrectly perceived, or courses of action that are based on misinterpreted or misapplied heroic, romantic, or idealistic justifications. It may also connote an importune, unfounded, and vain effort against adversaries real or imagined for a vain goal.
In the second edition of TEDxPlazadelAltozano we want to explore different kinds of challenges and fights that we engage in, struggling sometimes against ourselves or against our own minds.

Teatro Circo de Albacete
Calle Isaac Peral, s/n
Albacete, Albacete, 02001
Spain

Antonio Domingo

Musician, actor and composer

Antonio is a musician, actor, composer and director who has performed in various prestigious orchestras such as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Tenerife and Madrid, the Orquesta de Radiotelevisión Española and the Orquesta Manuel de Falla. Professor of vibraphone and director of the Musikene Percussion Ensemble at the Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco. His passion for music is reflected through other project he has been engaged in such as “Crea la banda sonora de tu vida” (Create a soundtrack of your life), that won the award of Atresmedia in 2014. Antonio has also been a candidate for the Max Performing Arts Awards in different categories during 2006 and 2007.

Erna Pulaj

Self-taught artist, advocate of social circus

Ernas elf-taught artist who used circus as a tool to integrate herself in the local community she lives in, shortly after immigrating to Spain. She uses her specialty, trapeze, not only as an instrument to express herself nonverbally, which results as extremely convenient when language and cultural barriers persist, but also to challenge the close mindsets and prejudice she sometimes faces.

Evelin R. Molano

Social activist

The professional career of Evelin has always been linked to people and working teams. Upon her arrival in Spain, she fought with the Spanish Administration to validate her degree for several years, later she started working in FEDA as a sales representative. Evelin has made a carrier at the organization, and currently manages the Department of Associations and Technical Areas. The road has not been easy and during it, Evelin has not forgotten the people and those who are in need. She is currently coordinating the Local Group of Amnesty International in Albacete.

F. Javier Garcia Castaño

Anthropologist and profesor at the UGR

Senior Teacher of Anthropology at the University of Granada, devoted exclusively to the anthropology analysis of education processes as transmitting process and acquiring tools of cultural diversity and specially with migrant foreigner population in Andalusia (Spain). Coordinator of several researching projects about schooling of foreigner childhood, in Spain in general and Andalusia particularly and currently, principal researcher of excellence project, by Andalusía Government about integration of foreigner migrant population in Andalusian schools. From 1984 teaching for Social Anthropology Department, University of Granada, coordinator of several Posgraduate Pogrammes, included Multicultural and Intercultural Studies University of Granada codirected with Universidad Veracruzana (México). Nowadays, Coordinator of Phd programme in Migration Studies at the University of Granada.

German Scasso

Actor and singer

Germán Scasso Martínez is the current winner of the program of Antena 3 “Tu Cara No Me Suena”, actor and singer. Born in Albacete and trained at the Royal School of Dramatic Art. His versatility has given him the possibility of working in the most diverse stages throughout his career: theatre, television, classical theatre, zarzuelas, musicals, children's theatre, puppet manipulation, orchestras, etc. He defines himself as a multifaceted artist, husband, father and political atheist.

Jose Luis Crespo

Science commentator and Youtuber

Jose Luis is a physicist and founder of Quantum Fracture, an animated channel dedicated to demonstrate how incredible crazy the Universe is. Currently, his Youtube channel counts on more than 665.000 subscribers and millions of visits, which makes it one of the most important Spanish language scientific dissemination channels. In addition, Crespo has also been engaged at the The Institute for Theoretical Physics of Madrid and has collaborated in the television programme “Orbita Laika”.

Juan Carlos Fernandez

Expert in ICT security

Juan Carlos is a restless mind and dreamer, but also a realistic man. His dream “Tecnogados” is currently a blog and a brand in the future, who knows, …”maybe it will end up as a law firm, specializing in technology law”, says Juan Carlos. In his forties, he decided to give a boost to his life and get out of the comfort zone. He began his law studies, in order to this legal training to his technical profile and professional experience. With this combination and his passion, he wishes to provide a differential value in the practice of law.

Margarita Gascó

Psychologist and expert in eating disorders

Margarita is a member of research group called GAPS (Grupo de Actitudes y Persuasión España), works on transferring the results of research on changing attitudes to the treatment and prevention of eating disorders. She has developed several prevention programs addressed to children with these and other psychological disorders and is currently working to improve the treatment of eating disorders.

Marta Retamosa

Expert in neuro marketing

Marta is an associate professor at the UCLM in the Marketing Department at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Ciudad Real, holds a Master's degree in Business Strategy and Marketing and a Master's degree in Neuromarketing. She is currently completing her doctoral thesis on these topics and is also co-founder of the company “Hedonicbrain”, dedicated to design and application aspects of neuromarketing and winner of the 4th Entrepreneurial Competition in Manzanares.

Miguel Angel Borja Gomez

Researcher of new technologies and consumer decision making processes

Miguel-Ángel holds a PhD in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Castilla La Mancha, is a lecturer in the Business Department at the Faculty of Albacete, and teaches in different areas of graduate and postgraduate studies of marketing, including aspects related to e-commerce, communication and advertising, strategic marketing and digitalization of business processes. For the past 15 years he has been responsible for the MARKETIC research group, where he has been developing research lines related to the impact of new technologies on consumer behaviour and decision-making processes, as well as on marketing strategies and actions of companies.