TEDxKI

Speakers

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• Christopher Sparshott

  Christopher Sparshott has spent more than 25 years in classrooms around the world, not just teaching history, but studying what truly reaches people. As a historian, he has seen that information alone is never enough. What moves us is not knowledge in isolation, but meaning. In this talk, Christopher explores “the velocity of caring”: the moment when students stop treating history as a list of dates and start feeling a genuine stake in the past. Drawing on immersive roleplay, from stepping inside the Cuban Missile Crisis to inhabiting lives they will never live, he shows how empathy can transform a silent, inert room into a space with its own momentum. When students care, learning accelerates. Through stories from diverse classrooms and decades of practice, Christopher reveals why caring may be the first, quiet step in every powerful learning journey. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

• Johanna Nissén Karlsson

  Co-Founder & CEO at Vividye

  Johanna Nissen is the co-founder and CEO of Vividye, a company rethinking how sustainable innovation reaches the market. A graduate of Chalmers University of Technology, she leads sales, partnerships, and business development while building collaborations with global industry leaders. Her work has been featured by BBC, Elle, and Forbes, and she has been recognized through initiatives including the Prins Daniel Fellowship and Women TechEU. In this talk, Johanna shares what seven years of building Vividye have taught her about turning ideas into impact. She shows that innovation is not a single breakthrough, but a long race of failure, learning, and persistence. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

• Moa Ilar

  Moa Ilar knows what it means to keep moving forward, even when no one is watching. As one of Sweden’s leading cross-country skiers and a member of the national team, she has claimed a World Championship title in the 20-kilometre freestyle mass start and multiple World Cup victories, and has already competed at two Winter Olympics. In this talk, Moa shares the unseen side of elite sport: the moments when results don’t come, pressure rises, and joy quietly slips away. Drawing on her journey, she shows why discipline alone is never enough. Moa invites us to shift our focus from rankings to courage, curiosity and genuine enjoyment. This is because when we protect joy in what we do, sustainable development follows and performance will always, eventually, catch up. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

• Sam Hultin

  Sam Hultin is a Stockholm-based artist whose work brings overlooked queer histories into public view, inviting communities to remember together and reconsider who gets written into history. Through city walks, collective sing-alongs, and commemorative actions, Sam explores how personal stories intersect with political structures, and how memory can be rebuilt through care, courage, and solidarity. In this talk, Sam shares the story behind “Eva‑Lisa’s Monument,” an artistic memory project honouring trans pioneer and lesbian feminist activist Eva‑Lisa Bengtson, whose decades of organising helped shape Sweden’s queer and feminist movements. Drawing on the unique archive Eva‑Lisa left behind, Sam reflects on what her life reveals about gender, power, and the ongoing backlash against trans rights. This is both a tribute and a call to action: to keep opening doors, building community, and practicing solidarity in our own life.This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

• Sara Hägg

  Sara Hägg is a leading researcher in the molecular epidemiology of aging, using large-scale data to understand how we age and why some people stay healthier for longer. Her work on epigenetic “clocks” reveals how chemical marks on our DNA can predict biological age and link lifestyle, purpose, and wellbeing to the pace of aging. In this talk, Sara turns the spotlight away from the results and onto the person behind them, a scientist who loves long quiet breakfasts and still follows gut feelings as much as statistics. Drawing on studies of purpose in life, personality, and aging, she explores what momentum feels like from the inside, when nothing works, when pressure mounts, and when something finally clicks. This is a story about persistence, curiosity, and finding a sense of purpose that might even help us age a little less. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

• Sebastian Blomé

  Sebastian Blome is a PhD candidate in Medical Sciences at Karolinska Institutet, where he focuses on neuroscience. Raised in the Swedish countryside, Sebastian’s path into research was shaped by a life-changing stroke at the age of twelve, an experience that altered not only his body, but also his understanding of resilience, identity, and possibility. What began as a sudden disruption became the starting point for a lifelong journey of recovery, curiosity, and discovery. Through music, rehabilitation, and years of persistence, he learned that progress does not always mean returning to who we were. Sometimes, it means becoming someone new. In his talk, Sebastian shares how one moment can change everything, and how momentum can begin in the most unexpected second.This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx