TALKS

– Give us freedom! Ruben is a student from Technasium, who shows how education can support students in making the world...

Barbara Linders

Hidden Treasures Barbara Linders, teacher, author and inspirator on the happiness of learning. There is only one rule in Barbara’s...

Susanne van Els

– Trusting students while teaching excellence Susanne van Els is originally a violist. She studied at the Royal Conservatoire in The...

Rutger Verhoeff

– There is no *I* in Bildung Rutger Verhoeff, designer at Bildung Academy, highlights the importance of confusion and to trust...

Peter Merry

– Forged from the Future: the Ubiquity Experiment Peter Merry is co-founder Ubiquity University, a social learning and innovation platform forged...

David Giron

Codam Amsterdam: ‘Codam, a new way of learning’ David Giron, director at Codam College, talks about the unique way of...

Act: Ivan Words

Ivan is a spokenword artist, musician, songwriter and host

Act: National Ballet Academy

Pax de deux A pax de deux by the Dutch National Ballet Academy.

Anthony Heidweiller

The power of (classical) singing Anthony Heidweiller, a baritone, operamaker, creator, inspirer and promoter of innovative opera concepts, is a...

Award pitch: Beerend Hierck

2017 Award

Mixed reality in higher education A team of experts from the University of Leiden and the Leiden UMC has added...

Award pitch: Minka Bos

2017 Award

Meeting is the new form of learning ‘War in my neighbourhood’ organises meetings between primary school pupils and local older...

Cees van Lotringen

Back to the future: the Dutch DNA Cees van Lotringen is a writer, journalist and entrepreneur. For writing his latest...

Cha-Hsuan Liu

The secret of tiger moms Dr. Cha-Hsuan Liu is a university lecturer at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht...

Damiaan Denys

Anxious to learn Damiaan Denys, philosopher, professor and psychiatrist at the Brainwash Academy, treats people with anxiety disorders. He will...

Emma Stoks

Why being smart doesn’t help you find God Emma Stoks graduated as a perfect student from high school in 2017...

Frank de Wit

Empower your kids with Scrum @ home Frank de Wit is father of four young kids and a designer that...

Iliass El Hadioui

Equality in a super diverse class Iliass El Hadioui, professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, studies the relationship between street and...

Susanne Baars

– Do schools kill our Dutch DNA? Susanne Baars is a true entrepreneur, exponential tech innovator and genetic expert with a...

Sjef Drummen

– The 10 commandments of 21st century learning Sjef Drummen is an educational artist and thought leader of the national and...

Marcia Goddard

Teach like a toddler: how to bring education in the 21st century Marcia Goddard is a neuroscientist with a growth...

Jan Rotmans

Next Society, Next Economy, Next Education Jan Rotmans is professor in transition studies, but also goes by the title of...

Kleine Mo

How a Little Man Can Change the World “I thought all Moroccans grew up to be criminals,” little Mohammed said...

Jelle Jolles

The Teenage Brain: guide or inspire? Jelle Jolles, a neuropsychologist with the Centre for Brain and Learning and author of...

Thijs Homan

– The inner side of Organizational Change Professor in Implementation and Change Management Thijs Homan has been focused on this question...

Niels Huismans

– A life lived learning Niels Huismans is an young strategic thinker fascinated by the way people act and learn....

Liam Tjoa

Lessons learned from the Snapchat-age(d) One of the Netherlands’ youngest entrepreneurs, Liam Tjoa, has co-founded a successful business ‘GoSpooky. His...

Rolf Winters

– Preparing our children for the 21st century Rolf Winters, maker of the successful documentary, Down to Earth, spent eight years...

Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes

– How to innovate education through interactions Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes is the founder of AKKA Architects, which specializes in designing buildings...

Act: Iris Penning

Verder dan vandaag Iris Penning is a young Dutch singer and songwriter. She was a finalist of the music contest...

Jacquelien de Savornin Lohman

‘Faalkracht’ (The Power of Failure) Jacquelien is 82 years old. She has been a lawyer, a professor and a senator,...

Act: CUT_ & Co

Act: CUT_ & Co Improvisation on Bam Bam For the closing act of the TEDxAmsterdamED 2016 event, the audience are...

Award Pitch: Michel Visser

2016 Award

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Award Pitch: Daniel Haven

2016 Award

Flexible Exams What drives Daniel Haven is making online education fully flexible and available to everyone around the world. The...

Award Pitch Winner: Nathalie Lecina

2016 Award

From dropouts to innovators The goal of Studio Moio, founded by Nathalie Lecina, is to re-motivate young people from vocational...

TEDxAmsterdamED 2016 Award Ceremony

2016 Award

The call for applications for the first annual TEDxAmsterdamED Award was answered by over 90 applicants! From these, 15 were...

André Platteel

Radical Not-Knowing: Learning with an unknown future According to André, in this rapidly changing world our knowledge has a sell-by-date....

Lainie Liberti & Miro Siegel

Unschooling: making the world our classroom This mother and son duo show what learning and education can be outside of...

Isabella Biney

Give teachers the chance to help me discover my talents Isabella is a high school student with a powerful message...

Act: Ramana Magic

Soles on Earth Ramana, especially for the TEDxAmsterdamED audience, combines a multitude of magic acts with his personal story of...

Roshan Paul

How Do You Learn How to Change the World Roshan has spent his life and career supporting change makers. He...

Birte ten Hoopen

How to Bring Learning to Life Beginning her talk with an engaging personal story, of emergency response training at the...

Act: Bitter Sweet Dance & Dansmakers Amsterdam

Please me Please In an abbreviated version of their two-part performance, Please me Please, choreographer Liat Waysbort, along with dancers...

Christine Wank

The 3 C’s for true innovation Christine comes to TEDxAmsterdamED from Berlin. She works as a leadership coach and change...

Jurriën Mentink

Intergenerational learning The pace of life today can be overwhelming, focused on achieving a long list of things, but rarely...

Intermezzo: Children’s Press Bureau

Three children of the Children’s Press Bureau told the audience what they discovered their peers in Amsterdam want out of...

Chris Sigaloff

Crowdsourcing education creating room for the unusual suspects Chris is director at Kennisland. She talks about her journey in guiding...

Act: Noa Wildschut

Passion for music education A violinist since the age of four, 15-year old Noa Wildschut is now a student at...

Jelmer Evers

Changing education from the ground up Education is all about trust – trust in the teacher. According to Jemer Evers...

Karolina Stawinska

What if everyone was an astronaut? ‘What is your dream from the future?’ Often, the first and last time that...

Act: Mark Dodsworth

Tubular Symphony What better way to start the TEDxAmsterdamED 2016 event than to make the audience part of the opening...

Melanie Burnett

Make Your Dreams Come True One poignant question posed by a stranger changed Melanie’s troubled life: ‘Where will you be...

Lodewijk Asscher

Dutch Policy and the Future of Education in the Netherlands Lodewijk is a prominent member of the Dutch Labor Party,...

Lital Marom

Morse Code and the Future of Leadership As we shift from a stable, linear economy to an innovative and dynamic...

Dylan Hyman

What happens when Classrooms meet Higher Order Thinking Dylan Hyman wants to inspire teachers and students to create their own...

Joost Uitdewilligen

I Am You. How Immersive Learning Can Help Us All. What would the world look like if we could truly...

Sarah Woods

Identity: Where Fear and Change Intersect in Education What is personal identity, and can it change over time? And what...

Yoram Mosenzon

Vulnerable Honesty In this funny, personal, and honest look at the way we as humans approach communication, Yoram Mosenzon teaches...

Lisanne Vriens

Putting the System Upside Down What do students want and need to take control of their own education? In a...

Claire Boonstra

Ask the “Why” Question Did you ever ask yourself what is the purpose of education? We all make decisions at...

JESS

2013 TEDxPerformance

Jess, Emma, Simone & Simone = JESS. Four school friends with unmistakable chemistry off- and on-stage. JESS entered the Kunstbende...

Deborah Carter

Watch out, Silicon Valley. We’re coming for you. Deborah wants to transform children in her community from passive technology users...

Hanna Jochmann-Mannak

Finding the answer! A Better Internet for Kids Today’s search engines don’t provide the tools our children need to get...

Floor & Liz

2015 TEDxPerformance

Grow The number they will perform is called ‘Grow’, inspired by the story of Liz’s little sister, who struggled with...

Ingrid van Rossum

Changing the Face of Education How can practical education in the future look? And how can vocational students take their...

Jan de Lange

Curious Minds, Serious Play Research has shown that it is necessary to facilitate the development of children’s minds toward logical...

Sandra van Aalderen

Teachers, Know Your Brain! Knowledge about the brain and learning is essential if we want to convince teachers to use...

Jaap Versfelt

Why Some Schools Become Great and Others Don’t According to Jaap, the education system needs a major remake: teachers must...

Yong Zhao

Every Child is a Rudolph Yong Zhao believes that we all have a little bit of Rudolph in us –...

Classick

TEDxAmsterdamED 2015 Opening The founders and members of Classick aim to get an important message across – that we should...

Recap report

TEDxAmsterdamED 2013

Andrew Niemeijer

Striving for excellence in education

Jonathan Even-Zohar

Shape a global future – teach history beyond identity

Josephine Zwaan

Guitar

Meester Bart

Be the educator an adolescent needs

Charlotte Visch

All for one and one for all

Jaffar Al-Ani

2013 TEDxPerformance

The Flying Carpet

Rob

Beatboxing

Jelte de Jongh

Big data and the excellence revolution

Amy Burke

Mindfulness in Education, Learning from the Inside Out

Jasper Merle

Guitar

Claire de Pont

We don’t need no… revolution

Willem Jan Renger

Games as design language for teaching and learning

Dance for Life

2013 TEDxPerformance

Warming up

Pedro de Bruyckere

For excellence we need a motion of trust

Anton Philips

Being conscious of your own motivational behavior

Marcel van Herpen

Connectedness is the answer

Nephtalie Demei

Nephtalie Demei

Drew Wackerling – Introduction

TEDxAmsterdamED 2013 – The Pursuit of Excellence

Recap Report

TEDxAmsterdamED 2012

André Wierdsma

Saskia Maas

Peter Mulder

Homam Karimi

Claire Boonstra

The Shift to Value-Centered Education

Karim Amrani

How to Change Education? After 3 years of thorough research, Karim discovered the answer to his question: “How do you...

Maja Mischke

As a teacher in one of Amsterdam’s inner city schools, Maja brings a fresh perspective to dealing with young people...

Jesse Boere

Your Brain On Music Should our educators pay more attention to music? Yes, they should, says Jesse Boere. He will...

Neil D’Souza

Old technology for a new education Neil brings his talk all the way from San Francisco, where he is based....

Matthijs Leendertse

Learning Connects Us All An academic with a desire to change the status quo, Matthijs first thoroughly researches and understands...

Stan Putman