TEDxEHLLausanne

Speakers

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• Angelo Rachou

  Angelo Rachou, a French student studying industrial engineering and a passionate content creator. Coming from a scientific and engineering background, he has been trained to see the world as systems, processes, and repeatable patterns. During his year abroad, he combined this mindset with his experience as a top student and creator to reverse-engineer a practical framework for discipline.

• Daphne Kobia

  Daphné Kobia is a student at EHL Hospitality Business School with a strong interest in innovation, branding, and cross-cultural communication. Alongside her studies, she is involved in Marketing and Communications at the EHL Innovation Hub, where she contributes to storytelling, positioning, and creative initiatives at the intersection of hospitality, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She is also engaged in the broader EHL ecosystem through leadership, events, and ambassadorial roles, including work connected to luxury and brand environments. Daphné brings a globally informed perspective shaped by extensive international exposure, paired with a thoughtful, articulate approach to people, identity, and ideas. Curious, observant, and highly adaptable, she combines strategic thinking with emotional intelligence, making her equally comfortable in creative, analytical, and multicultural settings.

• Dr. Dino Vajzovic

  Dr. Dino Vajzovic is a scholar of law and rhetoric, and a pioneer in the art of public speaking. He holds a doctorate in the law of attention-capturing and has dedicated more than thirteen years to coaching leaders, diplomats, entrepreneurs, and students in the power of words. Founder of the Geneva Debate Club nearly fifteen years ago, he has trained close to a thousand people in the craft of rhetoric. As a lecturer in law and rhetoric at university, he has been master of ceremony at major oratory contests, laureate of several competitions, and has taken part in the world of debate and eloquence as participant, organizer, judge, and moderator. He has also designed programs that combine classical rhetorical pillars with modern communication techniques, making eloquence both accessible and transformative.

• Eva De Groot

  Eva de Groot is a student at EHL Hospitality Business School, navigating the high expectations, constant opportunities, and pressure to excel that define life at a top-tier institution. Like many ambitious students, she has experienced the overwhelming belief that success requires doing everything at once—achieving perfect grades, building an impressive résumé, and never saying no. In her talk, The Relief of Missing Out: Why Doing Everything Won’t Make You Successful, Eva reflects on the moment many students reach but rarely speak about: the feeling of losing control under the weight of endless expectations. She challenges the idea that more is always better, and explores how clarity, focus, and intentional choices can be more powerful than constant participation.

• Jenna Rydh

  Founder & Coach, Jenna Rydh Coaching | PCC, ICF Jenna is a certified High-Performance Coach who helps executives from leading global companies excel in their careers without losing themselves in the process. Once a rising star at a Fortune 500 company, she discovered firsthand that traditional success can come at too high a cost.

• Jessica Huie MBE

  Jessica Huie MBE is an entrepreneur, author of Purpose, and publicist whose career spans two decades raising the profiles of change-makers and cultural icons. Drawing on her own remarkable journey from teen mother to award-winning businesswoman honoured at Buckingham Palace, Jessica now helps individuals and organisations uncover deeper purpose and authentic expression.

• Melchior Rüfenacht

  Melchior Rüfenacht, is a 18 years old second year EPFL student in Communication Systems, splitting his time between music, tech projects and studies

• Melchoir Rüfenacht

  Melchior Rüfenacht, is a 18 years old second year EPFL student in Communication Systems, splitting his time between music, tech projects and studies

• Michael Liechti

  Michael Liechti, is a 49-year-old high school teacher from the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and for nearly 25 years he has been teaching German and philosophy at various schools in the canton of Vaud. His academic interests lie in modern literature, foreign language teaching, and philosophy as an interdisciplinary school subject.