TEDxYouth@LIStGermain

Speakers

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• Albane Crochet-Blaisse

  Albane Crochet-Blaisse is a Seconde student in the German Section of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. While being born and raised exclusively in France, she has received a multilingual education since Kindergarten, which has led her to the enrollment in the Lycée International this year. A lot of her free time is directed towards creative endeavors, especially music, while she keeps a keen interest in sciences such as chemistry, mathematics and neurology. This diversity of interests is what leads Albane on the TEDx stage with her talk entitled “We Need to Stop Keeping Science and Art Apart.” This speech will dive into the problem of hyper-specialization present in this modern era, its consequences and a potential solution aimed especially at art and science, while keeping an eye back on how ancient societies functioned and their perspective on the matter.

• Alice Lebeau

  Alice Lebeau is Première a student in the American Section of the Lycée International de St. Germain en Laye. She speaks English adn French and studies German and Spanish. Alice has lived in New York, but for the most part stayed in France. She is passionate about a variety of topics, especially questions of social equality. After the Lycee, she hopes to pursue a career in an international organization in domains such as international relations or political science. She wishes to become an actor of positive change within our society and for our upcoming generations.

• Amélie Prudent

  Amélie Prudent is a Terminale student in the Chinese Section at the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She is French and Chinese, and lived equal parts of her childhood in France and China, an experience that shaped her love for cultural exchange and languages. Passionate about creativity, she has participated in theater, appeared in films projects, and is deeply involved in the Chinese Section’s community activities. Navigating two cultures often made her question where she belonged, but a skill passed down by her late grandfather – learning to “read the room” – has helped guide her toward empathy and self-understanding. In her TEDx talk, Amélie hopes to share this lesson with others, showing how paying attention to the unspoken can help us connect, communicate and find our place in the world.

• Amogh Tanuku

  Amogh Tanuku is a Première student in the American Section at Lycée International de Saint-Germai-en-Laye. He has been in at the Lycé since his 4th grade and has received a multilingual education all through his school years. He loves cycling, swimming, and chess. He also loves playing the drums. He is passionate about science and technology and hopes to pursue a career in aerospace or sustainability, be in tech, AI or environment. Amogh believes the youth today can and should make the future they wish. His TEDx talk explores how AI forces us to rethink creativity and intellectual property rights and going beyond, we can do to harness AI in a way so that originality and creativity thrive and are not lost to GenAI.

• Aris Rault

  Aris Rault is a Terminale student in the American Section. He speaks English, Chinese, and French, and he is passionate about aviation and the culinary arts. Aris hopes to pursue a career as a professional food critic in the future.

• Arthur Collin

  Arthur Collin is an American Section student in Quatrième at the Collège Marcel Roby. He was born in Silicon Valley California in 2011 and moved to France in 2021. He is passionate in mathematics, programming, physics, and economics. He hopes to pursue a career in either quantitative trading, quantum engineering, or programming.

• Aya Edziri

  Aya Edziri is a Terminale student in the British Section of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She is French and Moroccan, and joined the British section at the beginning of Upper School. Aya is involved in several extracurricular activities such as piano, rugby, or debate. Specializing in Math and Physics/Chemistry, she hopes to pursue her studies in medicine. In her TEDx talk, Aya explores how fear of failure is often conditioned by our environment — how it is learned, internalized, and how we can unlearn it to reclaim our true potential.

• Broecke Mia

  Mia Broecke is a Terminale student in the Dutch Section of the Lycée International, where she has been enrolled in for fourteen years. She dedicates a large amount of her free time to art and music, mostly by painting, drawing, and playing the piano. Having chosen mathematics and physics/chemistry as her specialty subjects at school, she hopes to further her studies in scientific fields, and more specifically in engineering. In her TEDx talk, Mia aims to highlight the importance of diversity in engineering so that the devices in our world can be engineered to meet the needs of all people.

• Elisa Da Rold

  Elisa da Rold is an American Section student in Première at the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye. She is French and Argentinian and before moving to France, lived in the US, Panama, UAE and Italy. Elisa is passionate about fostering creativity, leadership, and connection through service, cultural exchange, and community engagement and hopes to pursue a career in medicine, and more specifically psychiatry.

• Hannah Snyder

  Hannah Snyder is an American Section student in Terminale at the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye. She grew up in Oklahoma, USA, before moving to France at age 11, and she later joined the Lycée International at age 13. She loves painting, poetry, and playing with her dogs. She hopes to pursue studies in the medical field.

• Héloïse Le Saout

  Héloïse Le Saout is an American Section student in Terminale at the Lycee International de Saint Germain en Laye. She speaks French and English, and studies German and Chinese. She is passionate about Mathematics, Physics and Innovation, and she hopes to study Engineering and Business in order to implement innovations in real life.

• Huckleberry Saunier

  Huckleberry Saunier is a Seconde student in the American Section of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She is both American and French and has been in the Section for more than 11 years. She is currently involved in Student Council and theater. She is passionate about the pursuit of true justice, and hopes to study criminal law, political science, or a field that allows her to fight injustice and understand how the prison system can be fixed. Huckleberry's TEDx talk will address the deep problems within our justice systems, specifically the rise in false convictions caused by modern forms of corruption and a focus on rapid procedure rather than truth. She will not only show that our flaws can be avoided but also that the solutions can be implemented today.

• Ines Chahid

  Ines Chahid is a Première student in the American Section of the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye who is passionate about mathematics and computer science. She is deeply concerned about climate change, and aspires to make a difference in the field of engineering.

• Iris Antonides

  Iris Antonides is a Dutch section student of the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye in Terminale. She speaks English, French and Dutch. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, debating about social issues and traveling. Next year she hopes to study economics in Holland.

• Julie Collin

  Julie Collin is a Première student in the American Section of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She is American and French, and lived 12 years in California before joining the section three years ago. She is involved in the Economics club and has been a Student Council member for two years. She has chosen the specialités Math, Social Economics, and Physics/Chemistry. Julie is very passionate about the world of economics and hopes to further her studies in finance in the future. Her TEDx talk explores the potential AI has to make finance education accessible to everyone and how it could reshape the way future generations understand and manage money.

• Juliette Windridge

  Juliette Windridge is a Première American Section student at the Lycée International de Saint Germain-en-Laye. She is of French and British nationalities and has grown up in a multicultural environment. She also speaks Spanish and German and plays guitar. She is part of her section’s band and theater group and studies Art, HGGSP and HLP as her Spécialités. Later, Juliette wants to study English literature as well as music performance, production and recording, planning on establishing herself as an artist. Juliette's TEDx talk will analyze why mainstream pop artists are delving into different genres and what this means for the way we consume music today.

• Kassandra Mallet Perales

  Kassandra Mallet-Perales is a British Section student in Terminale of the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye. She speaks French, English and Spanish. She is passionate about rugby and hopes in the future to study law in the UK. Kassandra will talk about the necessity of activism in enacting change, especially with regard to the current climate crisis.

• Martin Delamotte

  Martin Delamotte, an American Section Première student at the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye, is fluent in English, French, and German. Driven by a passion for entrepreneurship and finance he aspires to pursue business studies.

• Melanie Boalch

  Melanie Boalch is an American Section student in Terminale at the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She is American, British, and French and has been in the section since Pre-K. She is involved in numerous clubs, such as theater, yearbook, community service, poetry and dance. Specializing in maths and SES, she hopes to pursue studies in law or economics. She is passionate about social issues that affect young people. In her TEDx talk, Melanie will discuss how online shopping is now everywhere and exploits our neurological pathways, addicting us to instant gratification at the expense of social interaction.

• Mia Broeke

  Mia Broecke is a Terminale student in the Dutch Section of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where she has been enrolled in for fourteen years. She dedicates a large amount of her free time to art and music, mostly by painting, drawing, and playing the piano. Having chosen mathematics and physics/chemistry as her specialty subjects at school, she hopes to further her studies in scientific fields, and more specifically in engineering. In her TEDx talk, Mia aims to highlight the importance of diversity in engineering so that the devices in our world can be engineered to meet the needs of all people.

• Mia Neri

  Mia Neri is an Italian Section student in Seconde at the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. France has been her home for over 10 years; she was born in Scotland, where she attended a Gaelic medium school, and is also Italian, American, and Irish. She is passionate about math and physics, as well as fostering solidarity between generations and genders. In her free time, she enjoys sharing stories from around the world, and is actively involved in Model UN, athletics and soccer. Mia's TEDx talk is entitled Going beyond Boomers and Zoomers: Bridging the Generational Divide.

• Sidonie Saunier

  Sidonie Saunier is a Première student in the American Section of the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye. She speaks both English and French and loves hiking and the outdoors, bouldering, and cooking. In the future, she would like to study intellectual property or criminal law.

• Sophie Van Landuyt

  Sophie Van Landuyt is a Terminale student in the British Section of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where she has studied for over fourteen years. Growing up in a cross-cultural setting, she has developed an interest in how global systems and organizations operate, more particularly in relation to sustainability and strategic decision-making. Alongside her specialités in Economics and Mathematics, she has observed how companies - both large firms and start-ups - develop new materials and manage the balance between the innovation, its cost, and the operational constraints it may present. Sophie’s long-term research project on biomimicry inspired her TEDx talk exploring the fashion industry’s environmental impact and the potential of nature-based approaches, raising new managerial challenges for companies seeking to integrate more sustainable practices into their production models.

• Zoe Faust

  Zoé Faust is a German Section student in Seconde at teh Lycée International de Saint -Germain-en-Laye. Before moving to France, she lived in both China and Germany. She is actively involved in the theater club and in music, having attended the music school of Saint-Germain-en-Laye for eight years, where she plays the piano. She plans to take the Math, Social Economics, and HGGSP spécialités in Première, and hopes to continue her studies in political science and economics. In her TEDx talk, Zoé explores the theme of fear: what it is, why we experience it, and how we can move beyond it.