2022 Speakers

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Meltingpot 2022 Headliners

All speakers (A-Z)

Yemi A.D. (CZE)

Producer, Choreographer and Artist

Anneli Ahonen (SWE)

Analyst and journalist

Sönke Ahrens (DEU)

researcher in education and author

Jamie Andrew (GBR)

mountaineer

Helen Bagnall (GBR)

Author and publisher

Zuzana Bajgarová (CZE)

Deputy Mayor of the City of Ostrava

Ralf Beil (DEU)

Art historian and critic

Vladimír Beneš (CZE)

Neurosurgeon

Shooka Bidarian (IRN/GBR)

TV presenter, producer and climate activist

Jaroslav Bielčík (CZE)

Particle physicist

Petr Birklen (CZE)

Head of POHO 2030 Project

Jan Malý Blažek (CZE)

Economist and social geographer

Nabil Canaan (LBN/CHE)

filmař a producent

Hayley Cutler (GBR)

kundalini yoga teacher

David Černín (CZE)

Philosopher

Vladimír Dobeš (CZE)

Co-founder of a Free Democratic School

Valerie Dobešová (CZE)

Student of a Free Democratic School

Jiří Dobrý (CZE)

science populariser, filmmaker and photographer

Petra Dolejšová (CZE)

Attorney

Martin Dorazín (CZE)

Journalist

Dana Drábová (CZE)

Nuclear physicist

Tomáš Drobík (CZE)

Political geographer

Ondřej Durczak (CZE)

photographer and educator

Libor Dvořák (CZE)

Journalist and Translator

Joachim Dvořák (CZE)

Editor, journalist, author of children's books

Magdaléna Dvořáková (CZE)

Founder and CEO of Healing festival

Michal Faltejsek (CZE)

startupist, scientist, urban planner

Jana Faltová (CZE)

Particle physicist

Mike Faulkner (GBR)

Interdisciplinary artist

Štěpán Feik (CZE)

Dita Formánková (CZE)

Analyst, Founder and Director of Czechitas

Pavel Gabzdyl (CZE)

Astronomer and photographer

Amber Galloway Gallego (USA)

sign language interpreter

Tereza Ghose (CZE)

Movement & voice teacher

Ivana Gibová (SVK)

writer

Kateřina Glumbíková (CZE)

Researcher in the social field

Steven Goldfarb (USA)

Particle physicist

Tomáš Gráf (CZE)

Astronomer, astronomy populariser and educator

Agustin Allpa Grefa (ECU)

natural healer, defender of the rainforest and indigenous culture

Michaela Grefa (CZE)

co-founder of the organisation Life the Old Way

Dominik Hádl (CZE)

Developer

Stanislav Havlíček (CZE)

Pharmacist, Doctors Without Borders

Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi (CZE)

Musicians, Composers

Christina Hazboun (PSE/GBR)

Sonic agent

Tomáš Heryán (CZE)

Academician and musician

Marie Heřmanová (CZE)

Anthropologist and sociologist

Wim Hof (NLD)

Sportsman and teacher known as 'The Iceman'

Anna Hogenová (CZE)

philosopher

Petr Horálek (CZE)

Photographer, illustrator, writer, traveller, astronomer

Eva Horelová (CZE)

Head of the Political Section of the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic

Monika Horsáková (CZE)

publicist, documentary filmmaker and educator

Helena Horská (CZE)

Chief Economist of Raiffeisenbank

Petr Houzar (CZE)

Manager at Google

Agáta Hrdličková (CZE)

Lecturer on cyber prevention

Lenka Hronová (CZE)

Physicist

Zbyněk Hubka (CZE)

physicist, laser specialist

Edwin van Huis (NLD)

Director of the Biodiversity Centre

Petr Hurtík (CZE)

Expert on AI

Jiří Charvát (CZE)

Performer and writer

Jakub Chrobák (CZE)

educator, literary historian and poet

Ondřej Chybík (CZE)

Architect

Frederik Imbo (BEL)

actor and communication expert

Milena Jabůrková (CZE)

Government Programs Executive at IBM

Petr Jahoda (CZE)

Traveler

David Jakš (CZE)

Journalist and teacher

Karel Janeček (CZE)

Mathematician

Veronika Janečková (CZE)

Director of the Department of Product Management and Regional Cooperation at Czech Tourism

Kateřina Sidiropulu Janků (CZE)

Sociologist

Matt Jardine (GBR)

author, personal development teacher

Jakub Jareš (CZE)

Historian and Museum Expert

Jan Jelínek (CZE)

Project coordinator of People in Need

Karolína Jelínková (CZE)

Program Director of SOS Children's Villages

Leszek Jodliński (POL)

Publisher and museum expert

Martin Jonáš (CZE)

Journalist and TV presenter

Věra Jourová (CZE)

Vice-President of the European Commission

Martina Jurigová (CZE)

Nurse at Doctors Without Borders

Veronika Kadeřábková (CZE)

presenter

Anna Kadeřávková (CZE)

Actress

Ivo Kahánek (CZE)

Pianist

Jakub Kalenský (CZE)

Analyst and journalist

Jaroslav Kania (CZE)

Deputy Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region

Petr Kapoun (CZE)

Director of TRL Space

Miroslav Karas (CZE)

journalist, reporter

Anna Kárníková (CZE)

environmentalist

Bob Kartous (CZ)

political activist

Václav Kaška (CZE)

Expert on the history of communism

Lilia Khousnoutdinova (CZE)

entrepreneur

Peter C. Kjærgaard (DNK)

Professor of Evolutionary History

Michal Kleslo (CZE)

Mountaineer and author of travel guides

Alexandr Kliment (CZE)

Sports PR manager

Barbora Klinovská (CZE)

volunteer and lecturer

Libor Klubal (CZE)

Expert in mobile technology in teaching

Jakub Kmošek (CZE)

3D printing expert

Marcel Kolaja (CZE)

software engineer, Member and Quaestor of the European Parliament

Šárka Kolaříková (CZE)

Artist

Klára Kolouchová (CZE)

climber

Hana Komárková (CZE)

historian

Petr Kopecký (CZE)

Expert on British and American literature

František Kotleta (CZE)

Fantasy writer and dodgeball player at district level

Petr Koudela (CZE)

Executive Director of Moravian-Silesian Tourism

Dhyani Maria Kovar (DEU)

psychotherapist

Karel Kovy Kovář (CZE)

Youtuber, Presenter and Author

Noemi Kurialová (CZE)

Markéta Kutilová (CZE)

Reporter

Veronika Kynclová (CZE)

lecturer on cyber prevention

Leoš Kyša (CZE)

writer, screenwriter and science populariser

Monika Ladmanová (CZE)

Head of the European Commission's Representation in Prague

Lukáš Laš (CZE)

Expert in East Asia

Bobo Lo (CHN/AUS)

writer and foreign policy expert

Regina Loukotová (CZE)

Architect

Markéta Lukášková (CZE)

Writer and podcaster

Igor Lukeš (CZE/USA)

Professor of History

Tomáš Macura (CZE)

The Mayor of the City of Ostrava

Paige Madison (USA)

Researcher

Stuart Maister (GBR)

Journalist and businessman

Michal Malinský (CZE)

Particle physicist

Nerijus Maliukevičius (LTU)

Researcher and lecturer

Marichka & Mark Marczyk (UKR/CAN)

Musicians

Liz Marks (GBR)

Psychologist

Jaromír Marušinec (CZE)

Chairman of the Czech Electric Vehicle Industry Association

Mark Maslin (GBR)

Professor of Earth System Science

Marek Matas (CZE)

Theoretical physicist

Petr Matoušek (CZE)

literary critic

Fabio Mauri (EU)

Director-General of DG MEME

MenT (CZE)

Influencer

David Michie (AUS)

Writer, meditation & mindfulness coach and animal lover

Liliana Mikhnevich (RU-DA/CZE)

Presenter, Real Talk

Galina Miklínová (CZE)

Artist and director

Ladislav Miko (SVK)

Ecologist and Politician

Tomáš Mikolov (CZE)

Scientist in the field of machine learning

Marka Míková (CZE)

writer and theatre artist

Vincent Moon (FRA)

photographer and filmmaker

Nicky Moran (GBR)

creative coach

John Moravec (USA)

Researcher, futurist, author, knowmad

Oldřich Motyka (CZE)

Biologist, science popularizer

René Müller (CZE)

entrepreneur

Tereza Nakládalová (CZE)

Teacher

Marek Navrátil (CZE)

HR Advisor, headhunter

Jiří Novák (CZE)

zoologist, director of the Zoological Garden and Botanical Park Ostrava

Anna Novotná (CZE)

scientific and pedagogical worker

Petr Onufer (CZE)

Editor and translator

Helen Oyeyemi (GBR)

writer

Marek Pagáč (CZE)

Researcher, educator and athlete

Václav Palička (CZE)

Chairman of the Board of Moravian-Silesian Investment and Development (MSID)

James Pamment (GBR)

Researcher and lecturer

Michal Panáček (CZE)

Therapist, consultant

Nikolas Pátek (CZE)

Marketing Director of OKTAGON MMA

Petr Pavlík (CZE)

Power engineer, science popularizer

Ondřej Pejcha (CZE)

Astronomer and Astrophysicist

Dita Pepe (CZE)

Teacher and photographer

Lucie Petráková (CZE)

Marketing director of the Iron Ball project

Eliška Pírková (CZE)

Analyst in Human Rights

Vladimír Piskala (CZE)

Editor

David Plášek (CZE)

Analyst

Ivana Plechatá (CZE)

Manager in social services

Vojtěch Pleskot (CZE)

Particle physicist

Jan Plucar (CZE)

Computer security expert

Jiří Podolský (CZE)

Theoretical physicist

Andrea Pokludová (CZE)

Historian and Cultural anthropologist

Jiří Pokorný (CZE)

Safety expert and former firefighter

Sara Polak (CZE)

Archaeologist in AI

Viliam Poltikovič (CZE)

Documentary fimmaker & author

Jiří Popiolek (CZE)

Editor & translator

Daniel Prokop (CZE)

Sociologist and analyst

Ondřej Přibyla (CZE)

Lecturer, Mediator and Consultant

Lukáš Raszyk (CZE)

Deputy Mayor of the Statutory City of Karviná

Josef Rauvolf (CZE)

translator

Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche (TIB/GBR)

Abbot of a Buddhist Monastery

Michael Rozsypal (CZE)

Journalist and radio host

Martin Rybář (CZE)

Particle Physicist

Zuzana Říhová (CZE)

writer

Alena Salašová (CZE)

landscape architect, Dean of the Faculty of Horticulture at MENDELU

Eva Samková (CZE)

snowboarder

PoPlaCh Comedy Show (CZE)

stand up comedy

Daniel Scheirich (CZE)

Particle Physicist

Martin Schmiedl (CZE)

Political Scientist

Milota Sidorova (SVK)

Urbanist and feminist

Jiří Siostrzonek (CZE)

University teacher

David Sís (CZE)

Documentary filmmaker

Lemn Sissay (GBR)

poet, playwright and author

Vladimír Skórka (CZE)

Director

Ondřej Slach (CZE)

Social geographer

Kristýna Sněgoňová (CZE)

science fiction writer, anthropologist, sociologist and softball player

Stefan Lorenz Sorgner (GER)

philosopher, transhumanist

Martin Soukup (CZE)

Anthropologist

Matt Steinglass (USA/NLD)

Journalist

Tereza Stöckelová (CZE)

Sociologist

Ondřej Strecker (CZE)

Manager of the Energy Markets Analysis Department, ČEZ

Zdeněk Stuchlík (CZE)

Theoretical physicist, astrophysicist

Anna Sulc (CZE)

Influencer

Jiří Surůvka (CZE)

Artist

Jan Světlík (CZE)

Chairman of the Board of Vítkovice Cylinders

Matthew Sweney (USA)

Translator and literary scholar

Kateřina Syslová (CZE)

Marketing and storytelling specialist

Jakub Szántó (CZE)

reporter

Marie Šabacká (CZE)

Ecologist

Kateřina Šafaříková (CZE)

Journalist

Tomáš Šebek (CZE)

Surgeon

Hana Ševčíková (CZE)

Co-founder and Director of a Free Democratic School

Dalibor Šimek (CZE)

entrepreneur, educator, team coach

Miky Škoda (CZE)

entrepreneur, education & personal development enthusiast

Josef Šlerka (CZE)

Semiotician and data analysis expert

Radomír Špinka (CZE)

Director of ADRA

Jindřich Štreit (CZE)

Documentary Photographer

Hana Štverková (CZE)

Head of the Department of Business Administration at the Faculty of Economics, VŠB-TUO

Ruda Švaříček (CZE)

Traveler, entrepreneur and visionary

Michaela Švejdová (CZE)

personal development consultant, ALLfest organizer

Marek Timko (CZE)

writer and poet

Tshering Tobgay (BTN)

politician and environmentalist

Barbara Trzeciak (POL)

Particle and nuclear physicist

Pavel Tuleja (CZE)

Economist, Chancellor of the Silesian University in Opava

Jakub Turowski (POL)

Public Policy Director CEE @Meta

ÚDiF (CZE)

Amazing Theatre of Physics

Libor Uher (CZE)

climber

Miloš Urban (CZE)

Writer

Aleš Urbanczik (CZE/CHE)

Teacher of Structural Integration

Rostislav Václavek (CZE)

Teacher of breathing and personal development

Vítězslav Válka (CZE)

web designer

Karin Veselá (CZE)

Head of the Black Cube project team

Jakub Vícha (CZE)

Particle Physicist

Petr Vizina (CZE)

Journalist

Jan Vlachynský (CZE)

businessman

Dimitrios Vlasakudis (CZE)

Marketing & Brand Manager

H:o)nza Vojtko (CZE)

psychotherapist

Alexandr Vondra (CZE)

Member of the European Parliament

Ivo Vondrák (CZE)

Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region

Michal "Radar" Vrátný (CZE)

Author of the Iron Ball Project

Vladimír Wagner (CZE)

Nuclear physicist

Patrick Kennedy Williams (GBR)

Psychologist

Tereza Willoughby (CZE)

Editor, presenter

Ian Willoughby (IRL)

Journalist

Tereza Winklerová (CZE)

Intelligent movement lecturer

Libor Witassek (CZE)

motivational speaker, senior industry expert

Marek Wolynski (GBR)

Curator & creative producer

Jamie Woodward (GBR)

Geomorphologist

Lubomír Zaorálek (CZE)

Economist, politician

Alena Zárybnická (CZE)

Meteorologist, presenter and dramaturgist

Milan Zubíček (CZE)

Manager of EU Public Policy & Government Relations

Jaromír Zůna (CZE)

Lieutenant General of the Army of the Czech Republic