Past TEDx event
TEDxRotterdam
Raising the bar
Took placeMarch 29, 2019
LocationRotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
FormatStandard
When we host TedxRotterdam on the 29th of March 2019, it will be the fifth time there will be a TEDx in Rotterdam, for us a time to celebrate this landmark.
The first two were organized by other teams of volunteers, but no less important in where we are now. And we would like to acknowledge the wonderful job they did before us. The last three has been more or less been organized by the same group of volunteers.
The theme for this year is "Raising the Bar”
It is in peoples nature to do better and to be better than before. If you look at a city as vibrant and colorful as Rotterdam, Raising the bar is something we try to incorporate in our day to day actions.
Raising the Bar
Being better, trying to improve, not to impress someone else, but an internal challenge to make you look within…. Within yourself, your company, community and city and always try to elevate your thought and ideas.
This year will feature speakers that have risen to the occasion and have shown above and beyond, that raising their bar, is a foundation for the most wonderful ideas worth spreading.
They have done so by evolving, growing, searching, being open being critical because that is was raising the bar means to us. It’s a journey but it can also be an epiphany or a collective thought.
Organizing team

Allison van Dams
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Organizer

Natascha Abdoel
Netherlands
Marketing/Communications

Frank Schurink
Curation

Mariana Selwaness
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Curation

Man Nhi Pham
Team member

Peter Robbemond
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Production

Sjoerd Blijleve
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Production

Tamara Callender
Operations

Leontien Berg
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Curation

Oscar de Grave
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Co-organizer