This Thursday, the TEDxWarsaw conference, a festival of ideas, people, and ideas worth talking about, will be held in Warsaw for the fifth time.

TEDx meetings are organized all over the world, including in Dubai, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Warsaw, which will host TEDxWarsaw on March 13 this year. at Multikino Złote Tarasy.

- TEDxWarsaw is modeled on the idea of ​​the legendary TED conference. Its main goal is to promote interesting, inspiring and thought-provoking views and activities. Over the past years, we have hosted scientists, politicians, artists and social activists from Poland and abroad on the TEDxWarsaw stage. We talked about everyday and timeless matters, about what is important locally and globally. During this year's conference organized under the slogan "Embrace the Other", a collective of unique speakers will once again perform. Together, we want to show that openness to new ideas is one of the key attitudes that determine the development of the modern world - says Małgorzata Minta, spokeswoman and one of the organizers of TEDxWarsaw 2014.

As in previous years, the report from TEDxWarsaw will be available to watch live on the Internet, among others: on the TEDxWarsaw website and on redakcja.pl.

This year, people representing various spheres of human activity, including artists, scientists, and social activists, will appear on the TEDxWarsaw stage again. This year's speakers included:

* Tomasz Tomaszewski - photographer, long-time collaborator of National Geographic magazine;

* Andrzej Kaczorowski - PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Cambridge;

* Paweł Janas - the first accordionist in history who performed as a soloist with the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw;

* Yuri Drabent - traveler, entrepreneur, social media expert;

* Green Finger Crew - Danish art collective;

* Jan Blake - narrator and writer telling traditional myths and stories from around the world;

* Joanna Białobrzeska - educator who hosts an educational television program for children;

* Justyna Jędrzejewska and Andrzej Bernaś - dance duo;

* Kamila Staryga - expert in the field of marketing, CSR and innovation;

* Łukasz Kozak - researcher of medieval art, propagator of digitization of archives;

* Maria Mach - Director of the Office of the National Children's Fund;

* Natalia Strokowska - veterinarian and traveler; 

* Jacek Szycht - photographer and designer;

 * Olek - an artist combining classic crocheting technique with modern art;

* Paulina Braun - social activist, animator of intergenerational activities, who will perform with DJ Vika;

* Tara Ross is a promoter of good practices in urban space design.