2019 Speakers

Meltingpot Topics

Meltingpot 2019 Headliners

All speakers (A-Z)

Alexander Ač (CZE)

ecologist

Jana Andert (CZE)

photographer and filmmaker

Robert Antonín (CZE)

historian, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ostrava

Mnislav Zelený Atapana (CZE)

ethnologist, anthropologist and traveler, Amazonian Indians‘ brother, writer and journalist

Lyonel Badette (HTI)

student of medicine

Polina Bachlakova (RUS/DAN)

Editor and Copywriter

Josefina Bakošová (CZE)

fashion designer

Pavol Barabáš (SVK)

documentary filmmaker

Nahko Bear (USA)

musician

Tomáš Bednář (CZE)

entrepreneur, startupist

Veronika Bednářová (CZE)

journalist

Monika Benešová (CZE)

traveler

Moonlight Benjamin (HTI/FRA)

captivating singer and voodoo priestess

Alain de Benoist (FRA)

philosopher and writer

Abhejali Bernardová (CZE)

swimmer, runner, co-organizer of the Peace Run

Jaroslav Bielčík (SVK/CZE)

physicist

Tomáš Brngál (SVK)

startupist, co-founder of Virtual Medicine

Simon Broughton (GBR)

journalist and filmmaker, editor in chief of Songlines magazine

Jiří Bříza (CZE)

coach of Czech para ice hockey team

Martin Buchtík (CZE)

sociologist, director of STEM agency

Miroslav Caban (CZE)

alpinist

Ondřej Calábek (CZE)

coach, expert on NLP technique

Milan Calábek (CZE)

healer

Pavel Cejnar (CZE)

physicist

Jim Clancy (USA)

Journalist and former international correspondent for CNN

Tim Cole (AUS)

filmmaker, producer and co-founder of Small Island Big Song project

Hayley Cutler (GBR)

Kunadalini yoga teacher

Zbigniew Jan Czendlik (POL/CZE)

Catholic priest and writer

Radka Čapková (CZE)

Doctor Without Borders

Yemi A. D. (CZE)

Choreographer, director, and artist

Pavel Danihelka (CZE)

expert in the field of safety and environmental protection

Joe Davis (USA)

Leader in Bioart practice, member of MIT research, controversial scientist and charismatic artist

Václav Dejčmar (CZE)

economist, investor and philanthropist

Radka Denemarková (CZE)

writer, screenwriter and translator

Devakant (USA)

Musician, composer, painter and sculptor, friend and personal flautist of Osho

Jiří Dolejší (CZE)

physicist

Pavel Doležal (CZE)

para ice hockey player, member of the Czech national team

Ondřej Doule (CZE)

space architect, expert in human spaceflights

Petr Drulák (CZE)

political scientist and diplomat

Hana Dvorská (CZE)

stuntwoman, sportswoman in terms of body and soul

Petr Dvořák (CZE)

financial analyst

Petr Dvořák (CZE)

CEO of the Czech national TV

Michal Fárník (CZE)

physicist

Přemek Forejt (CZE)

chef, influencer, juror in MasterChef Czech Republic

Pavel Forman (CZE)

painter and poet, lecturer of the University of Ostrava

Ingrid Formanek (USA)

CNN International Executive Producer

Yvonna Fričová (CZE)

writer and publisher, member of Checomacoco association

Jakub Gajda (CZE)

restorer

Katarína Křížková Gajdošová (SVK/CZE)

physicist

Lydia Gall (HUN)

Western Balkans and Eastern Europe researcher at Human Rights Watch

Adam Gebrian (CZE)

architect and promoter, critic and fan of architecture

Michal Geier (CZE)

captain of the Czech national para ice hockey team

Ester Geislerová (CZE)

actress and visual artist

Jiří Giesl (CZE)

café owner

Ben Cristovao & The Glowsticks (CZE/CAN)

music band

Kateřina Glumbíková (CZE)

expert in social work, Assistant Professor at the University of Ostrava

Filip Goszler (CZE)

Community Navigator, GUG.cz; Executive Director, Impact Hub Ostrava

Pavel Gruber (CZE)

director of Médecins sans frontières Czech Republic

Mark Gungor (USA)

The pastor who can make you laugh your way into happier relationships

Anna Beata Háblová (CZE)

poet, architect, city planner

Martin Hála (CZE)

sinologist, director of the Sinopsis project

Eva Hanáková (CZE)

Executive Director, SingularityU Czech Summit

David Harrington (USA)

violinist, founder of Kronos Quartet

Jan Haščák (CZE)

co-owner of FÆNCY FRIES

Stanislav Havlíček (CZE)

Pharmacist, member of Médecins sans frontières

Milan Hes (CZE)

historian, writer, and history teacher

Martin Hilský (CZE)

Translator, Shakespearologist and Anglicist

Anna Hogenová (CZE)

philosopher and phenomenologist

Zlata Holušová (CZE)

Director of Colours of Ostrava festival

Pavla Horáková (CZE)

writer and translator

Petr Houzar (CZE)

Agency and YouTube Lead, Google

Michal Hrabí (CZE)

expert in speech analysis technologies

Jan Hradecký (CZE)

geoecologist, geomorphologist, Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava

Petr Hruška (CZE)

poet, writer

Andrea Hurychová (CZE)

influencer marketing expert, founder of WeDigital

Osama Verse-Atile Hussain (CAN)

music producer

BaoBao Chen (TWN)

music producer, travel blogger and co-founder of Small Island Big Song project

Jakub Chrobák (CZE)

poet, lyricist

Dorit Chrysler (AUT/USA)

musician, theremin player

Kene Igweonu (GBR)

Theatre Academic and Feldenkrais Practitioner

Igor Ivan (CZE)

geoinformatist

Wojciech Jagielski (POL)

journalist, correspondent and writer

Petr Jančárek (CZE)

screenwriter and filmmaker

Václava Jandečková (CZE)

Writer, publicist and researcher

Radek Jaroš (CZE)

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

Soňa Jonášová (CZE)

founder and director of the Circular Economy Institute

Roger Jones (GBR)

physicist

Josef Juráň (CZE)

physicist

Radovan Jursa (CZE)

cardiac surgeon and poet

Michal Kalman (CZE)

Head of Research Team

Bob Kartous (CZE)

head of Communications of the EDUin think tank

Andrew Keen (GBR/USA)

Enterpreneur, reporter and critic in the field of digital revolution, bestselling author

Kamila Kielar (POL)

traveler, adventurer, wildlife photographer

Phelim Kine (CAN)

human rights researcher and advocate

Michal Kleslo (CZE)

traveler and climber

Zdeněk Klíma (CZE)

member of the Confederation of Political Prisoners

Tomáš Knoflíček (CZE)

curator and art historian, lecturer at the University of Ostrava

Jiří Kolbaba (CZE)

photographer and traveler

Jaromír Konečný (CZE/DEU)

writer, father of Czech slam poetry

Pavel Kořínek (CZE)

alpinist

Pavel Kosatík (CZE)

writer and screenwriter

Matúš Kostolný (SVK)

journalist

Tomáš Koudela (CZE)

writer and arts curator, lecturer at the University of Ostrava

Martin Koukal (CZE)

František Koukolík (CZE)

neuropathologist, essayist and science popularizer

Karel Kovy Kovář (CZE)

YouTuber and influencer

Paweł Kowal (POL)

historian

Richard Krajčo (CZE)

singer and actor

Martin Krejsa (CZE)

photographer, publicist, alpinist

Diana Mária Krupová (SVK/CZE)

student of Physics

Clemens Kuby (DEU)

Writer and documentary filmmaker, respected expert in mental healing

Anna Hanuš Kuchařová (CZE)

slackliner

Ondřej Lánský (CZE)

sociologist and translator

Jan Lata (CZE)

Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Ostrava

Silvester Lavrík (SVK)

novelist, playwright and screenwriter

Cedric Leighton (USA)

CNN military analyst, expert in cybersecurity

Jindřich Lenz (CZE)

startupist

Mark Lewney (GBR)

guitar physicist

Jan Libich (CZE/AUS)

International university teacher, popularizer of the economic research

Donna De Lory (USA)

Renowned dancer, composer and mantra singer, former vocalist of Madonna

Stuart Maister (GBR)

business leader, former BBC and ITN reporter

Olivier Malinaud (FRA)

manager of ZAZ

Luboš Malý (CZE)

Director Knowledge Manager at LEGO

Anna Marešová (CZE)

designer

Erin McLaughlin (USA)

CNN correspondent

Yan Mei (CHN)

Senior Partner, Chair of China at Brunswick, global communication and media expert

Marek Mikulec (CZE)

expert on social exclusion, lecturer at University of Ostrava

Stanislav Mišák (CZE)

Expert in the area of energy engineering, Head of the ENET Research Centre

Taťána le Moigne (CZE)

Regional Director Google Czechia, Hungary, Romania & Slovakia

Horia Mosadiq (AFG/GBR)

Journalist and human rights activist in Afghanistan

Ivan Motýl (CZE)

poet, publicist

Jana Moudrá (CZE)

Co-founder and director of Juicymo, founder of Thriftigo

René Müller (CZE)

co-owner of FÆNCY FRIES

Martin Mykiska (CZE)

traveler and writer

Miroslav Myška (CZE)

physicist

Tomki Němec (CZE)

photographer

Petr Nikl (CZE)

painter, writer, musician and theater artist

Miroslav Novotný (CZE)

para ice hockey player, member of the Czech national team

Petr Pavel (CZE)

General of the Army of the Czech Republic

David Pavlík (CZE)

Chief Information Officer in Kiwi.com

Josef Pazderka (CZE)

journalist and publicist

Jiří Pelcl (CZE)

architect, designer, professor at Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague

John Perkins (USA)

Economist, author, intellectual leader

Augusto Pessoa (BRA)

journalist a photographer

Petr Piechowicz (CZE)

photographer

Petr Placák (CZE)

publicist and historian

Vojtěch Pleskot (CZE)

physicist

Roman Polách (CZE)

poet

Georgy Ponimatkin (CZE)

student of Physics

Daniel Prokop (CZE)

sociologist and analyst

Piotr Pustelnik (POL)

alpinist

Diana Rádl Rogerová (CZE)

managing Partner of Deloitte Czech Republic

Daniel Sonic Rojas (COL)

Dancer, original movement artist, choreographer and yoga instructor

Dariusz Rosiak (POL)

journalist and writer

Jan Rosický (CZE)

designer and startupist

Doris Roth (AUT)

co-founder of initiative for science, technology, art and open education

Whakaari Rotorua (NZL)

Maori cultural group

Maciej Ruczaj (POL)

politologist, publicist

Xavier Rudd (AUS)

singer-songwriter

Juliet Russell (GBR)

singer, composer and vocal coach

Eva Samková (CZE)

snowboarder

Sarah Saudková (CZE)

photographer, writer

Tomáš Sedláček (CZE)

Economist, philosopher, and author

Marvan Shamma (CZE)

tech leader, co-founder of OneProve startup

Miroslav Singer (CZE)

economist, former Governor of the Czech National Bank

David Sís (CZE)

film director, traveler and diver

Peter Sládeček (CZE)

CEO of the Tubrr network, advisor to Youtubers

Lubo Smid (CZE)

businessman and startupist

Júlia Sokolovičová (CZE)

environmentalist

Božena Správcová (CZE)

poet, writer, publicist and editor

Martin Jan Stránský (CZE)

physician

Anatol Svahilec (CZE)

slam poet

Jan Světlík (CZE)

businessman and patron

Vojtěch Svoboda (CZE)

physicist

Pavel Svoboda (CZE)

traveler

Jakub Szántó (CZE)

Journalist, TV correspondent from the Middle East

Karel Šafařík (CZE)

physicist

Tomáš Šebek (CZE)

Surgeon Without Borders and writer

Pavel Ševčík (CZE)

Head of the Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine of the University Hospital Ostrava and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ostrava

Jiří Šigut (CZE)

photographer

Petr Šimíček (CZE)

History Teacher, co-founder of Modernidejiny.cz

Radek Špicar (CZE)

Vice President of the Czech Union of Industry and Transport

Dina Štěrbová (CZE)

alpinist

Ruda Švaříček (CZE)

Traveler and visionary

Tuvia Tenenbom (ISR/USA)

Writer, columnist and playwright

Jonathan Terra (USA)

Political scientist, security analyst, strategic communication specialist, documentary film producer, media commentator, former diplomat

Barbora Tlustá (CZE)

owner of a package-free store and author

Jan Trávníček (CZE)

traveler and climber

Tomáš Třeštík (CZE)

photographer

Radka Třeštíková (CZE)

writer

Zdeněk Tůma (CZE)

economist, former Governor of the Czech National Bank

Saša Uhlová (CZE)

journalist and reporter

Miloš Urban (CZE)

writer

Andrew Alois Urbis (CZE)

psychologist, therapist, pioneer of dark therapy

Manari Ushigua (ECU)

traditional healer and leader of the Sápara Nation of the Amazon, defender of the Rights of the nature

Alice Valkárová (CZE)

scientist, physicist

Michal Vápenka (CZE)

para ice hockey player, goalkeeper of the Czech national team

Ashwin Vasavada (USA)

Project Scientist

Vladimír Vašinek (CZE)

university professor, expert on optoelectronics and optical communication

Maxim Velčovský (CZE)

designer

Martin Vohánka (CZE)

businessman and patron

Honza Vojtko (CZE)

couple therapist

David Whetham (GBR)

Professor of Ethics and the Military Profession at King's College London, expert in autonomous and cyber weapons

Jeffrey A. Winters (USA)

political scientist, specialist in oligarchy and elite behaviour

Leszek Wisniewski (POL)

architect

Marek Wollner (CZE)

reporter and dramaturgist

Jaroslav Zajíček (CZE)

Deputy Head of the Czech Permanent Representation to the EU

Zaz (FRA)

singer

Jakub Železný (CZE)

journalist