2016 TEDxAmsterdamED

The 2016 TEDxAmsterdamED event, held on 20 April 2016 at the Theater Amsterdam, had the fabulous theme “Born to Learn”.

The speakers were:

• Dolores Leeuwin
• Karolina Stawinska
• Jelmer Evers
• Christ Sigaloff
• Kinderpersbureau
• Jurrien Mentink
• Christine Wank
• Roshan Paul
• Birte ten Hoopen
• Laine Liberti and Miro Siegel
• Andre Platteel
• Michel Visser
• Daniel Haven
• Nathalie Lecina
• Jacqueline de Savornin Lohman

You can view their talks here: http://tedxamsterdamed.nl/talks

Particularly as a new teacher, Jelmer’s talk about changing education and giving teachers more power resonated!

Listening to intergenerational learning experiences from Jurrien about bringing together students and retirees was really interesting:

I also enjoyed hearing what children wanted in schools of the future (in Dutch):

Great food, interesting conversations and a lovely location made it a fabulous day.

My Google Photos album is here: https://goo.gl/photos/wp3XtfLry92gF1e29