Mark Fox
With an outstanding background in opera and vocal performance, Mark Fox discovered early in his career his enthusiasm for teaching. As he began offering singing lessons parallel to performing, it became apparent over time that his passion as a teacher lay in exploring how the voice can be utilised as a means for personal transformation and empowerment. He had an evolving realisation that a person’s sense of personal identity is expressed and revealed in their vocal sound.
Carrying such passion, he founded ”True Voice®” – an opening process for the voice – in 1996. Since then, he has been internationally under way, offering seminars, vocal retreats, training and individual sessions for people interested in experiencing a more authentic vocal expression and way of being.
Dr. Christina Guthier
Occupational health psychologist Dr. Christina Guthier creates ways to engage people in their work environments resulting in more productive and healthier conditions. She has been a guest researcher at the University of South Australia as well as a guest lecturer at the City University of New York, Université de Fribourg, and the University of Klagenfurt for her work on burnout and personnel selection. Dr. Guthier received the prestigious Schmidt-Hunter Meta-Analysis Award 2022 from the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Division of American Psychological Association) and a dissertation award by the Alfred Teves foundation for her research on job stressors and burnout. As a self-employed scientist she builds bridges between science and practice through speaking (e.g., Corporate Health Convention), interviews (e.g., Quarks.de), writing (e.g., PERSONALquarterly) as well as corporate training and consulting in the areas of executive development and stress management. Guthier received her B.Sc. from Ruhr-University Bochum, M.Sc. from Heidelberg University, and Ph.D. from the University of Mainz. She plays the ukulele, loves to travel by train, and lives in Düsseldorf with her husband and daughter.
Ulrich Laven
With an outstanding background in opera and vocal performance, Mark Fox discovered early in his career his enthusiasm for teaching. As he began offering singing lessons parallel to performing, it became apparent over time that his passion as a teacher lay in exploring how the voice can be utilised as a means for personal transformation and empowerment. He had an evolving realisation that a person’s sense of personal identity is expressed and revealed in their vocal sound.
Carrying such passion, he founded ”True Voice®” – an opening process for the voice – in 1996. Since then, he has been internationally under way, offering seminars, vocal retreats, training and individual sessions for people interested in experiencing a more authentic vocal expression and way of being.
Tim Leonhardt and Sergey Bespalov
As professionals in one of the most rapidly developing fields of science in today’s age, Tim Leonhardt and Sergey Bespalov will present an insightful outlook on the promising potentials of quantum computing in their talk ‘Hilbert Space Discovery & Colonization – our world’s quantization will be your legacy’.
Tim is leading the Accenture’s Technology Innovation Quantum Computing Initiative in German speaking regions. His focus are technology and technology strategy projects across the financial services and automotive industry. He gained 5 years of experience in quantum computing research and holds a double M.Sc. in physics and economics, business & management from RWTH Aachen.
Sergey is Industry X (Industry 4.0) consultant in Accenture’s Industry X Consulting Practice based in Zürich, Switzerland. His focus are technology strategy and technology implementation projects across the Life Science industry. He studied Chemistry and Business Studies with a minor in Applied Probability and Statistics at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
Shubhabrata Roy
With an outstanding background in opera and vocal performance, Mark Fox discovered early in his career his enthusiasm for teaching. As he began offering singing lessons parallel to performing, it became apparent over time that his passion as a teacher lay in exploring how the voice can be utilised as a means for personal transformation and empowerment. He had an evolving realisation that a person’s sense of personal identity is expressed and revealed in their vocal sound.
Carrying such passion, he founded ”True Voice®” – an opening process for the voice – in 1996. Since then, he has been internationally under way, offering seminars, vocal retreats, training and individual sessions for people interested in experiencing a more authentic vocal expression and way of being.
Bob Smeets
Digital literacy and ethics, detecting and handling digital threats, navigating in an ever-changing job market – skills that probably meant very little in the last century have become crucial in today’s times. At TEDxRWTHAachen 2022, speaker Bob Smeets will explore ‘21st century skills that should be taught in high schools’ and let us know his answers to the standing issues.
Bob had studied in various schools across Europe, each with their own education system. In his studies, he had the opportunity to teach at two high schools in the Netherlands and Sweden. Additionally to his career in IT, he works for the BES Project, which focuses on raising the awareness of children about the value of money. He also runs a website dedicated to student events in the Netherlands.
Eddie Smits
How to improve your leadership by acting as a clown? Eddy Smits will tell you about his time as a hospital clown and the leadership skills he gained through the voluntary work with children.
Eddy is a retired professional clown. He developed more than 25 theatre productions, directed a short movie, published a book, created five educational projects, trained dozens of hospital clowns, and had a unique world class balloon act just to name a few things. During this clown career he volunteered as a hospital clown, where he visited between 10.000 sick and palliative children in more than 10 hospitals. This work had a profound influence on his life. He started thinking about what he could do with the leadership skills he developed during his years as a hospital clown.
Emilie Uttrup
Emilie Uttrup is a competitive surfer, keynote speaker and holds a Master’s Degree in Marketing. Emilie will be sharing with us her inspiring story about fear and courage at TEDxRWTHAachen 2022.
Growing up in Denmark, Emilie competed in show-jumping with horses and at the age of 19 she moved to China to work professionally in the equestrian industry. A tragic accident in China in 2009 turned Emilie’s life upside down and forced her to confront everything she had ever known. Fast forward eleven years later, Emilie has since lived in three different countries, represented her country in both the European and the World Surfing Championships, and most importantly, she has opened up about her struggles throughout.
“Lean into your fears, and start living your dreams”—join Emilie on her journey in finding the courage to follow her new goals and dreams.