TEDxBarcelonaWomen 2017 – The Brave You

This TEDxBarcelonaWomen edition is a celebration of #TheBraveYou what makes you unique and powerful.
The passion, the courage, the talent. The caring, relentless and leader you. The one who dares to challenge ideas and make real change. That one that goes forward, no matter what.
Brave men and women will engage in gender equality ready to be inspired and shift it all!
Join us 3rd November @Mazda Space (Carrer del Comerç, 60) for a wonderful evening plenty of inspiration, learning and fun.

PROGRAMME

16:00 Gates opening
16:30 Welcome by Clara Montes
16:40 A session of the TED Women 2017 conference in New Orleans, US (6 videos in English and without subtitles)
18:10 Live music performance (TBC)
18:30 Coffee break
19:00 TEDxBarcelonaWomen talk: “If you want to change the world, trust”, by Kristina Paltén (English)
19:20 TEDxBarcelonaWomen talk: “May the 4th revolution be feminist”, by Katrine Marçal (English)
19:40 TEDxBarcelonaWomen talk: “Ser o no ser (madres) no debería ser la cuestión”, by María Fernández-Miranda (Spanish)
20:00 Improshow with Maialen Fernández and Ángel Galán, from Planeta Impro (Spanish)
20:30 Acknowledgments and presentation of “The Brave You” art exhibition
20:40 Networking with catering, photocall and opening of “The Brave You” art exhibition.
22:00 Closing

SPEAKERS

Kristina Paltén
“If you want to change the world, trust“
(Talk in English)

Kristina Paltén is a swedish ultramarathon runner who decided to ran alone throughout Iran in order to challenge gender and religion stereotypes in which she herself believed in a little bit, and what she found, overwhelmed her. Holding also the World Record in 48 hour treadmill running covering a distance of 322,93 kilometers, Kristina has discovered that it is only when we trust people and expect the good from them, that we can truly change the world.

Katrine Marçal
“May the 4th revolution be feminist“
(Talk in English)

Katrine Marçal is a renowned swedish journalist and economist based in London who works as correspondent for Aftonbladet, the main newspaper of Sweden, where she writes about the crossroads of politics, economics and feminism. Author of the provocative and award-winning book “Who cooked Adam Smith’s dinner?”, she stands for a human and feminist understanding of economics that finally sees the value brought by women. Will that be the gift of the so-called 4th Industrial Revolution?

María Fernández-Miranda
“Ser o no se madres no debería ser la cuestión” (Talk in Spanish)

María Fernández-Miranda Bances is a journalist who is currently doing as Deputy Director of the well-known women’s magazine Cosmopolitan. Previously, she worked at Elle, Yo Dona, Marie Claire and at La Nueva España newspaper. Living first-hand the pressure that society still puts on women, made her reflect on the type of questions that we ask them every day. After going through seven unsuccesful in vitro fecundations, she embarked on a journey in search of different women role models beyond maternit, interviewing 10 Spanish celebrities (such as Maribel Verdú, Rosa Montero and Alaska) whose voices and stories were collected on her exciting book: “No madres. Mujeres sin hijos contra los tópicos”.

IMPROSHOW @planetaimpro

Angel Galán Llopis

Comedian. Graduated in Meisner Technique on the JGC program and in Lecoq Technique at Col.legi del Teatre. After working for 5 years as a clown in an hospital in Pallapupas and since 2004, he improvises in shows such as “Impro Show”, “Impro Horror Show” and “Impro – Fighters” with Planeta Impro, a well-known theatre company with 15 years and +4000 national and international shows of track record making people laugh, where he also does as Art Director since 2012.

Maialen Fernandez Boncompte

Comedian. With a Bacherlor’s and a Master’s degree in Acting and Script from Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, she has been trained with “La Cubana” on character’s creation. Since 2014, she improvises in shows such as “Impro Show”, “Impro Horror Show” and “Impro – Fighters” with Planeta Impro, a well-known theatre company with 15 years and +4000 national and international shows of track record making people laugh.

“THE BRAVE YOU” Art Exhibiton

“The Brave You” is much more than a multiformat art exhibition organized and curated by TEDxBarcelonaWomen. Hosted for a month at the irreverent and innovative Mazda Space in Barcelona, it gathers the artwork of 12 national and international emerging artists who stand for gender equality, redefining bravery and celebrating what makes you YOU.
More than 35 carefully crafted and selected art pieces invite you to unfold the talent and power in yourself and in others. A wide variety of disciplines including photography, painting, sculpture, and digital and textile art, compose a journey that seeks to inspire and empower a world in which everyone is brave.

Artists: Melle Skarfstad (photography), Helena Pérez García (painting), Kirsty Fenton (photography), Mariona Berenguer (sculpture and illustration), Aina Carafi (photography and textile), Clara Cortés (photography), Lucas Dias (photography), Bruno Gabriel (photography), Julia de Quadras (digital), Laia Miret (photography), Hannah Berestizhevsky (photography & painting) y Marie Tooth (painting).

We all carry #TheBraveYou within. Come and join us to unfold it!