TEDxAarhus

Speakers

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• Anders Cederholm

  Entrepreneur | Silence Advocate

  Anders is a high-energy entrepreneur fueled by curiosity, creativity, and a relentless drive for growth both personal and professional. He's passionate about turning bold ideas into real-world ventures where strategy, creativity, and execution intersect. Currently, he's building Arturel, a design-driven company where form meets function to combat noise pollution and elevate everyday well-being. By combining aesthetics with acoustic performance, Arturel reimagines how spaces look, sound, and feel.

• Emilie Kamradt

  Brand Strategy Director | Soccer mom

  Emilie specialises in transforming insights into narratives that inspire action and decision-making. I help global organizations translate complex challenges into clear, compelling strategies - driving change, shaping brands, and creating impact at scale. With a deep understanding of human behavior and an empathetic approach, she bring a unique perspective to high-stakes strategic transformations. She believes that successful strategy isn’t just about analysis and recommendations; it’s about human connection, engagement, and the ability to turn insights into momentum. Her approach is rooted in honesty, clarity, and an unwavering commitment to creating strategies that work in the real world. Her background has allowed her a unique perspective on how data drives the world, in particular youth football.

• Ida Cecilie Jensen

  Biologist | Ant Nerd

  Ida is a researcher investigating the potential of ants and their microbes in solving some of humanity's biggest problems. Her work has showcased their potential in combating agricultural diseases leading to her role as Founder and CEO of AgroAnt. She returned to research to further investigate the potential of ant microbes as antibodies. She's won national and international awards for her work and her science communication skills.

• Katie McCrory

  Author | Storyteller | Strategist

  Over two decades, Katie led brand, strategy and communications work across private, public and non-profit sectors — from building IKEA's ‘Life at Home’ research platform into a decade-long global report reaching 300,000+ participants in 40+ countries, to steering purpose-led campaigns for Virgin, government bodies and charities including Save the Children and the V&A. She's partnered with the likes of Annie Leibovitz on original creative work, managed multi-million euro budgets and C-suite stakeholders, delivered keynotes to thousands of people, and written a book on the emotional landscape of home.

• Lasse Underbjerg

  Innovation Facilitator

  Explorer. Leader. Speaker. I help organisations imagine what's next and build products people love, transforming household brands at global scale. 20+ years leading innovation, experience strategy and digital transformation at Novo Nordisk, Designit and frog. I work where design, business and technology meet. Passionately curious, I ask ‘why’, imagine ‘what if’, and experiment on ‘how’, from creative concept to commercial impact.

• Mariam Khaled

  AI Researcher

  Mariam is the person who makes you question everything you thought you knew about AI. She is a PhD fellow at Aarhus University, exploring AI not just as code, but as a cultural force that shapes how we live, imagine, and argue about the future. Part speculative designer and part professional metaphor-buster, she digs into the stories we tell about AI: what happens when machines are said to “dream”, “hallucinate”, or “think”? How do these ideas shape the technologies we build - and the society we live in? Rooted in STS and Critical Data Studies, her work is about rethinking AI through critical thinking, design, and culture - so we can imagine, critique, and shape technologies that are more ethical, responsible, and human-aware. I’m affiliated the Center for Critical Data Practices and the Digital Aesthetics Research Center (DARC), where I get to team up with brilliant minds asking the unruly questions society has yet to ask 🕵️‍♀️🌐

• Mette Østergaard

  Journalist

  Mette built her career in journalism, particularly as a political analyst culminating in the role of Editor-in-Chief for one of Denmark's largest news organizations, TV2 and later at Berlingske. She has gone on to lead Dansk Industri and is recognized as a leader in change management and digital media transformation.

• Negash Ali

  Rapper/Activist/Entrepreneur

  Negash Ali is a Danish/Eritrean music manager, entrepeneur and artist. He signed his first artist development deal at 13. He later joined the rap collective Majors and performed across Europe, the States and northern Africa. Negash's critically acclaimed debut solo album “Asmarino” was released in 2009. He has since released titles such as "GettoPOP" "London Calling" "The Collage", "The African Dream", "The Ascension" and most recently the concept album "error.is.human", which culminated in a installation and concert at Scandinavia's biggest art museum, ARoS. He continues to create, perform, and teach, while supporting the arts community in Aarhus and the rest of Denmark.

• René Tronsgaard

  Astrophysicist

  René is an astrophysicist searching for exoplanets. He's currently a Carlsberg Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Cambridge University developing a system that will collect data from the stars for the next decade in search of an Earth-like planet and a Sun-like star.

• Zoran Gojkovic

  Director of Brewing Science, Yeast & Fermentation, Carlsberg Group

  Zoran has spent 15 years at Carlsberg Group driving innovation and strategy in progressing brewery science. He's led initiatives across flavour, genetics, sustainability and more. He truly believes in the science of beer as a catalyst of progress, innovation and resilience.