2018 Speakers

We have invited charismatic personalities from around the world and from many different fields: scientists, artists, writers, teachers, travelers, athletes, psychologists, journalists, and inspiring souls. They all will meet at one place and at one time. Let yourself be inspired by various areas of the human mind. Together we will create a mosaic of ideas, visions, and bold ideas.

Meltingpot Topics

Meltingpot 2018 Headliners

All speakers (A-Z)

Algiers (USA/GBR)

Music defiance of today world’s turbulences

Marek Audy (CZE)

Speleologist, discoverer and photographer

Ondřej Bahník (CZE)

Therapeutist

Petr Bambousek (CZE)

Photographer of exotic animals

Thomas Archer Bata (CZE)

Marketer and great-grandson of Tomáš Bata

Bruno Baumann (AUT)

Traveler, adventurer and "desert hunter"

Peter S. Beagle (USA)

Author of fantasy fiction literature and screenwriter

Mikuláš Bek (CZE)

Rector of Masaryk University, teacher and musicologist

Stanislav Bernard (CZE)

CEO and co-owner of the Bernard brewery

Debashish Bhattacharya (IND)

Guitar legend

Justyna Klara Bienia (POL)

Street artist

Petr Blažek (CZE)

Historian

Matěj Boháč (CZE)

Stereophotographer and traveler

Petr Borkovec (CZE)

Poet, translator, and journalist

Taťána Gregor Brzobohatá (CZE)

Miss World 2006 and a founder of the foundation Krása pomoci (The Beauty of Help)

Jana Budařová (CZE)

Physician and cannabis doctor

Carlo Capalbo (ITA)

President of the RunCzech Organization Committee

Caroline Carey (GBR)

Lecturer and guide of dance and Middle Earth Medicine ways

Václav Cílek (CZE)

Geologist and climatologist

Milan Cimfe (CZE)

Musician and producer

Jim Clancy (USA)

Journalist and former international correspondent for CNN

Ben Cole (GBR)

Cinematographer, filmmaker, actor

Liz Corbin (GBR)

Head of News, BBC World News

Hayley Cutler (GBR)

Kunadalini yoga teacher

Miřenka Čechová (CZE)

Performer, choreographer, and director

Senta Čermáková (CZE)

Deloitte Innovation Director and mentor

Eliška Černá (CZE)

Researcher and evaluator of the project Rapid Re-Housing

Yemi A. D. (CZE)

Choreographer, director, and artist

Rüdiger Dahlke (DEU)

Doctor and author

Hands Dance (CZE)

Group interpreting music in the sign language

Václav Dejčmar (CZE)

Economist, investor and philanthropist

Pavel Drozd (CZE)

Evolutionary ecologist, university teacher

Lucy Durán (GBR)

Music publisher, ethnomusicologist, and producer

Vojtěch Dyk (CZE)

Actor and musician

Ladislav Eberl (CZE)

Marketer and co-founder of Gravelli

Chris Eckman (USA/SVN)

Musician, producer, soundtrack composer and co-founder of Glitterbeat Records

Marek Eliáš (CZE)

Biologist and university teacher

Scilla Elworthy (GBR)

Peacemaker and author of bestseller The Business Plan for Peace

Michel Faber (NDL/GBR)

Novelist and poet

Gillian Ferrabee (CAN)

Renowned performance artist and former Cirque Du Soleil creative director

Fedor Gál (SVK)

Publicist, publisher and media entrepreneur

Amber Galloway Gallego (USA)

Sign language interpreter specializing in the interpretation of concerts and music festivals

Adam Gebrian (CZE)

Architect and promoter of architecture

Kateřina Saint Germain (CZE)

Food blogger and the author of My Cooking Diary

Ewa Gołębiowska (POL)

Director of a design center and a president of EIDD - Design for All

Jaimy Gordon (USA)

Writer and translator

Amit Goswami (USA)

Theoretical quantum physicist, philosopher and visionary

Pavel Gruber (CZE)

Director of Doctors Without Borders for the Czech Republic

Tomáš Grzywaczewski (POL)

traveller and journalist

Peter Hámor (SVK)

Climber and lover of heights

Martin Hausenblas (CZE)

Politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist

Thomas Olde Heuvelt (NLD)

Author of horror and fantasy literature

Carolyn Hillyer (GBR)

Writer and lecturer for mystic workshops for women

Martin Hilský (CZE)

Translator, Shakespearologist and Anglicist

Nicole Horáková Hirschler (CZE)

Sociologist and university lecturer

Pavla Holcová (CZE)

Investigative journalist

Marek Holeček (CZE)

Climber and writer

Cyril Höschl (CZE)

Psychiatrist and university lecturer

Petr Hruška (CZE)

Poet, literary historian and screenwriter

Matouš Hurtík (CZE)

Marketer, traveler and digital nomad

Kryštof Hyvnar (CZE)

Scout leader and initiator of the restoration of the memorial Ivančena

Jessie Chaffee (USA)

Writer and editor

Nathaly Charria (USA)

Producer, creative director, and curator of experiential work

Mike Chinoy (USA)

Media consultant and CNN journalist

Jakub Chrobák (CZE)

Poet and a university teacher

Erik Iversen (CAN)

Teacher, lecturer and therapist

Bruce Jacobs (USA)

Journalist

Petr Jančárek (CZE)

Screenwriter, cameraman, and director

Karel Janeček (CZE)

Mathematician, investor, philanthropist, and social reformer

Radek Jaroš (CZE)

Mountain climber and the first Czech with the title Crown of the Himalayas

Mirosłav Jasiński (POL)

Diplomat, scriptwriter, and director

Soňa Jonášová (CZE)

Founder and Director of INCIEN

Martina Jurigová (CZE)

Doctor without borders

Jan Juza (CZE)

Marketing Director and co-founder of the brand TON

James Kakalios (USA)

Physics professor and comics-ologist

Karolína Karlíková Kalandrová (CZE)

Manager and producer of Sono Records

Trio da Kali (MLI)

Acoustic trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali

Pavel Karlík (CZE)

Music producer, composer, sound engineer and musician

Bob Kartous (CZE)

Head of Communications of the EDUin think tank

Brendan Kiely (USA)

Author

James Kirchick (USA)

Sociologist, journalist, and foreign correspondent

Michal Kleslo (CZE)

Traveler and climber

Asia Koczur (POL)

Street artist

Miroslav Kopeček (CZE)

Stereophotographer and macrophotographer

Karel Kovy Kovář (CZE)

YouTuber and influencer

Pavel Krömer (CZE)

Programmer, IT specialist and university teacher

Darina Křivánková (CZE)

Chief-editor of the magazine F.O.O.D. and owner of a pop-up restaurant (a restaurant in her private home)

Tomáš Kubíček (CZE)

Literary theorist and historian

Jiří Kuča (CZE)

Food blogger and an author of the blog KitchenStory

Vladimír Kučera (CZE)

Journalist and screenwriter

Eva Kušíková (CZE)

Doctor without borders

Pavel Kysilka (CZE)

Economist and banker

Janek Ledecký (CZE)

Singer, guitarist and composer

Martin Legeza (CZE)

Food blogger

Tim Lister (GBR)

Journalist, producer and former reporter for BBC and CNN networks

Cheikh Lô (SEN)

Singer and musician

Jeremy Loops (ZAF)

Singer, songwriter, and record producer

Marcelo Luján (ARG)

Author and literary lecturer

Aleksander Lwow (POL)

Mountaineer and traveler

Rastislav Maďar (CZE)

Physician and microbiologist

Jaroslav Maixner (CZE)

Climber and ultramarathonist

Václav Marhoul (CZE)

Director, screenwriter and actor

Bruno Marion (FRA)

Visionary and futurologist

Mateusz Matyszkowicz (POL)

Philosopher, publicist and current program director of Polish TVP

Martina Mazancová (CZE)

Philanthropist, founder of the Endowment Fund „Kousek po kousku“

Bryan McCormack (IRL)

Artist and author of works on social issues

Miloš Urban

Writer, translator and editor

Igal Mizrahi (ISR)

Singer, musician, and music researcher

Taťána le Moigne (CZE)

Director of Google for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, Top Manager of the Czech Republic – 2018

Horia Mosadiq (AFG/GBR)

Journalist and human rights activist in Afghanistan

Hana Moučková (CZE)

President of the Czech Sokol Community

Bboy Neguin (BRA)

Dancer, acrobat, capoeirist, and lecturer

Vladimír Nosek (CZE)

Physician and climber

Alex Mvuka Ntung (COD/GBR)

Security analyst and international relations expert

Gabriela & Petr Ogurčák (CZE)

Food bloggers and holders of Food Blog of the Year 2016

Vít Orava (CZE)

Climber and underwater rugby player

Josef Pánek (CZE)

Bioinformatics expert and writer

John Parish (GBR)

Musician, songwriter, composer and record producer

Marcela Pastrňáková (CZE)

Mama Pasta

John Perkins (USA)

Economist, author, and intellectual leader

Jiří Peters (CZE)

Co-founder of Gravelli

Petruška Šustrová

Journalist, translator, and ex-dissident

Radka Podaná (CZE)

Teacher, coach and traveler

Adam Podhola (CZE)

Co-founder of the initiative Zachraň jídlo (Save Food)

Vilém Prečan (CZE)

Historian and expert on modern Czech history

Miriam Prokešová (CZE)

Pedagogue and writer

Jan Prokop (CZE)

Designer, co-founder of Prokop & Brož

Dita Přikrylová (CZE)

Founder and Director of Czechitas

Hugo Race (AUS)

Musician, composer and producer

Pavla Rygelová (CZE)

Director of the Central Library of VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava

Filip Řezáč (CZE)

Computing expert and assistant professor

Michal Sabovčík (SVK)

Alpinist, climber and mountain enthusiast

Jannis Samaras (CZE)

CEO and majority owner of Kofola

Amy Secada (USA)

Dancer and multi-disciplinary artist

Tomáš Sedláček (CZE)

Economist, philosopher, and author

Alynda Lee Segarra (PRI/USA)

Singer, musician, and actress

Michal Shapiro (USA)

Videoblogger, singer, painter, raconteur, and analytical listener

James S. Shapiro (USA)

Author, researcher, and expert on Shakespeare

Vladimír Strejček (CZE)

llustrator, graphic designer, and Czech comic guru

Josef Suchár (CZE)

Roman-Catholic priest, a long-time president of the Diocese of Hradec Králové

Václav Sůra (CZE)

Polar explorer and extreme documentarist

Tomáš Šebek (CZE)

Surgeon Without Borders and writer

Petr Knotek alias Pjér la Šé'z (CZE)

Psychologist, actor, musician and writer

Petr Šimoník (CZE)

University teacher and automotive expert

Michael Škapa (CZE)

Street artist

Jan Školník (CZE)

Czech entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of the Agency for the Development of Broumov Region

Roman Šmucler (CZE)

Physician and Entrepreneur

Eva Špačková (CZE)

Architect and university pedagogue

Ruda Švaříček (CZE)

Traveler and visionary

Alena Švepešová (CZE)

Hockey historian

Erik Tabery (CZE)

Chief-editor of Respekt, journalist, and publicist

Rhona Tarrant (IRL)

Reporter and researcher

Jáchym Topol (CZE)

Dissident, writer and journalist

Jan Trávníček (CZE)

Traveler and climber

Kristýna Tronečková (CZE)

Traveler and researcher of national happiness

Tomáš Třeštík (CZE)

Photographer

Radka Třeštíková (CZE)

Writer and blogger

Martin Tvrdý (CZE)

Rapper and musician

Gosha Tykhyi (UKR)

Journalist and political scientist

Jan Urban (CZE)

Journalist and dissident of the communist

Jakub Vágner (CZE)

Professional fisherman, traveler and photographer

Marek Orko Vácha (CZE)

Biologist, theologist and teacher

Ivan Verny (SVK/CHE)

Psychiatrist and psychotherapist

Marianne Verny (CHE)

Psychotherapist and psychiatrist

Magdalena Vokáčová (CZE)

Psychological coach and art therapist

Ivo Vondrák (CZE)

Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region and member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Meik Wiking (DNK)

Author of the bestseller Hygge and a CEO of Happiness Research Institute

Barbara Winton (GBR)

Daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, homeotherapist and alternative therapist

Joseph Wippl (USA)

Expert on intelligence services, terrorism and security, university professor

Radek Wohlmuth (CZE)

Art historian, art critic and independent curator

Marek Wollner (CZE)

Chief-editor of reportage journalism of Czech TV

Filip Záruba (CZE)

Director, screenwriter and cinematographer

Jana Florentýna Zatloukalová (CZE)

Author and blogger

Katharina Zellweger (CHE/PRK)

Humanitarian activist and expert on North Korea