TEDxBasel2020: Virtual

TEDxBasel2020: Virtual took place on 1st May, it was carefully curated for our current situation and saw a 2 hour programme of exciting content delivered. Talks included insights into how COVID-19 is being tracked through genetic sequencing, how young singles have upped their dating game during social distancing, how leaders can keep a team united, our 3 Minute Pop-up Talk winner and much more. In addition, our partners ran some exciting break out sessions for the audience to participate in. 

A big thank you for those that joined to spend an motivating evening together!

We hope you enjoyed the evening as much as much we did. This event has proved how strong our TEDxBasel community is, whether we find ourselves in a physical or a virtual space. 

A huge thank you goes to all our amazing speakers who inspired, intrigued and left us with their ideas worth spreading. Thank you also to all of our partners for their generous support in this special event.

If you missed the event, check out the list of speakers below and watch the videos of the talks from the evening. 

Partners

This event would not have been possible without our amazing partners. Due to their support we are able to share these amazing ideas. Find out more about our partners here.

Meet Our Speakers

Talks

Below you will find the talks from the 2020 - virtual event.

How have Switzerland and other countries handled the COVID-19 epidemic, and what should a good 'exit plan' look like? Should schools be opening? What about a...
What does slowing down feel like? Due to the coronavirus lockdown, we all had to change our life pace. We had to stop and think up new ways to keep our socia...
With almost half of humanity locked down, and many of us working from home, the COVID crisis has been the largest ever experiment in the history of work. Wha...
How the NGO "Project Armonia" on Samos became a free restaurant, preparing 1000 fresh and healthy meals a day for refugees and implementing vocational traini...
How we can take advantage of the pandemic crisis and the economic recovery plans to address climate change. Daniel Magallon is a sustainable energy technolog...
In daily life and especially in the COVID19 time, a lot of people are sitting too long and forget to move their body from time to time. Therefore many people...
An international teacher tells why kids miss going to school, what teachers can do to improve online learning and how parents can help along the way. Mark is...
Markus J. Buehler is the McAfee Professor of Engineering at MIT, a material scientist, and a composer of experimental, classical and electronic music, with a...
An executive talks about how her exploration into improv comedy gave her unexpected benefits in creativity, team cohesion and leadership. Now in a time of a ...
A quick and easy way to make a simple 'SOUR' Cocktail. This is a simple ratio which can be applied to almost all spirits. Make a whisky sour, a margarita Twi...
An expat living in Switzerland gives a humorous but poignant poem about the struggles of life during quarantine. Liam was born and bred in Berwick-upon-Tweed...