Past TEDx event

TEDxAICS Youth

Beneath the Surface

Took placeJune 25, 2026
LocationAmsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
FormatYouth
The most powerful things in the world are invisible at first glance; the roots that anchor a forest, the current beneath calm water, the quiet conviction that sparks a movement. TEDxYouth: Beneath the Surface is about asking what's really there when you look closer, and why it matters that we do.

Speakers

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  • Anita Chen

    Teacher

    Anita is a Taiwanese-Australian educator and coach. She teaches Business and Economics at AICS; beyond the classroom, she runs a coaching practice helping migrant professionals thrive in English-speaking and Western workplaces. Her work focuses on helping people contribute meaningfully, build confident connections, grow in unfamiliar cultural environments, and integrate without losing themselves in the process.

  • Anna Polak

    Student

    Love and grief are two sides of the same coin. Love is arguably the most pleasantly experienced human emotion universally, and grief is the disrupting reality of its absence. Following the unexpected loss of a young family member, this talk confronts the mortality of human existence and the disruption of identity that follows.

  • Annika Wende

    Student

    Drawing on science and lived experience, Annika will walk you through why we enter a state of freeze, and how to break through it and move into action - how to unfreeze.

  • Anuththara Hewamadduma

    --

    From a young age, we are often told to find our potential. But what does that really mean? Through personal stories and reflections, this talk explores the journey of discovering who we are capable of becoming.

  • Katherine Saville

    --

    When Katherine Saville was diagnosed with breast cancer, the hardest part wasn't losing her hair — it was losing the strong, capable person everyone thought she was.

  • Luca Ingrasin

    Student

    The issue of negative self image is one that becomes more prevalent to our society by the day.

  • Sagar Lad

    Data & AI Architect

    The message of Sagar's talk encourages moving away from chasing AI and toward using it with awareness and purpose to shape a more thoughtful future.

  • Sarah Al-Luqman

    Teacher

    We often praise strength without asking what it costs. In this talk, Sarah reflects on her journey of survival, loss, and motherhood at a young age, and how she learned that strength is not the same as empowerment.

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