Speakers 2023

Meltingpot Topics

Meltingpot 2023 Headliners

Matthew Walker (GBR)

leading expert on sleep and author

Jamie Catto (GBR)

Musician, Filmmaker, Author

Patrick McKeown (IRL)

Breathing Expert and Author

John Perkins (USA)

Economist, Author, International Speaker and Activist

Eva Le Peutrec (CZE)

Architect, Urbanist, Visionary

Carmen A. Medina (USA)

Expert on critical thinking, innovation and intrapreneurship

Jiří Dvořák (CZE/CHE)

Professor of Neurology, campaigner of Brain Health and healthy lifestyle

Barbara Paldus (CZE/CAN)

Businesswoman & Investor

Bill McKibben (USA)

environmentalist

Helena Norberg-Hodge (SWE)

author and filmmaker

Julia Mossbridge (USA)

Neuroscientist, co-founder of The Institute for Love and Time

BREATHING ZONE

Oxygen Advantage workshops

All speakers (A-Z)

Yemi A.D. (CZE)

Multidisciplinary Creative, Founder & CEO of Moonshot Platform Inc.

Branislav Gabo Adamec (CZE)

Ski Alpinist, mountain Guide

Jana Tylš Adámková (CZE)

Clinical Psychologist

Cat Agostinho (GBR)

Promoter of Gen Z talents, Co-founder of Imagen Insights

Ridina Ahmedová (CZE)

Singer, Musician

Alex Alvarova (CZE/CAN)

Expert on political marketing, Author of books on propaganda and disinformation

Milan Anděl (CZE)

Marketing manager, idea maker, and sustainable development strategist

Louise Anderson (GBR)

Research Director at Notpla

Alex Angel-Benscher (GBR)

Jewellery designer

Brain We Are (CZE)

Neuroscience Podcast

Auversum (CZE)

Innovative fashion project

Alena Bakalová (CZE)

Physicist

Miroslav Bárta (CZE)

Egyptologist and archaeologist

Daniela Bartková (CZE)

Doctor

Martin Baxa (CZE)

Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic

Jan Benda (CZE)

Psychologist and therapist

Shooka Bidarian (IRN/GBR)

TV presenter, producer and climate activist

Tereza Boučková (CZE)

Writer, screenwriter, and publicist

Bruna (BRA)

Spiritual coach, movement teacher

Aleš Brunclík (CZE)

Director

Martin Buchtík (CZE)

Sociologist

Mirabai Ceiba (MEX/DEU)

Musical duo

Pavel Cejnar (CZE)

Physicist

Libor Cinegr (CZE)

Guitarist

Maisha Cobra (CZE/BRA)

Dancer & Therapist

Ben Cristovao (CZE)

Singer, songwriter, athlete, and actor

Lukáš Curylo (CZE)

Deputy Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region

Dana Čechmanová (CZE)

Trainer, founder of Punk Yoga

Marinella Danosová (CZE)

Teacher and paramedic

Martin Dorazín (CZE)

journalist

Dana Drábová (CZE)

Nuclear physicist

Ondřej Durczak (CZE)

Photographer and teacher

Martin Dvořák (CZE)

Diplomat and politician

Petr Dvořák (CZE)

Manager, CEO of Czech Television

Kateřina Falk (CZE)

Physicist

Petr Fiala (CZE)

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Matt Field (GBR)

UK Ambassador to the Czech Republic

Ondřej Filipec (CZE)

Teacher, political scientist

Za hranicí fitness (CZE)

Healthy lifestyle podcast

Flaškinet (CZE)

Musical duo

Ivan Foletti (CZE/CHE)

Art historian

Karel Fousek (CZE)

Holistic gynaecologist and obstetrician

Mila Fürstova (CZE/GBR)

Graphic Artist

Rodrigo Gallardo (CHL)

Musician and composer

Tereza Ghose (CZE)

Movement & voice teacher, author, Special projects manager at Meltingpot

Nessi Gomes (GBR)

Singer, Songwriter

Tomáš Gráf (CZE)

Czech astronomer, popularizer of astronomy and university professor

Michaela Grefa (CZE)

co-founder of the organisation Life the Old Way

Agustin Allpa Grefa (ECU)

Healer, defender of the rainforest and indigenous culture

Miloš Gregor (CZE)

Political scientist

Markéta Gregorová (CZE)

Member of the European Parliament

Martin Groman (CZE)

Columnist

Tomáš Hajzler (CZE)

Advocate for sustainable life & work, author

Sue Halpern (USA)

author and journalist

Denisa Hejlová (CZE)

Researcher and university teacher

Noam Helfer (ISR)

musician and producer

Tomáš Herink (CZE)

Member of the Board of Directors of ORLEN Unipetrol

Tomáš Heryán (CZE)

Academician and musician

Yvette Tulip Hlaváčová (CZE)

World record holder in swimming, and Author

Petr Horálek (CZE)

Photographer, illustrator, writer, traveller, astronomer

Filip Horký (CZE)

Journalist, reporter

Petr Horký (CZE)

Filmmaker, Polar explorer, YouTuber

Monika Horsáková (CZE)

Publicist, documentary filmmaker, university teacher and activist

Helena Horská (CZE)

Chief Economist of Raiffeisenbank

Jasmína Houdek a Pavel Houdek (CZE)

Authors and instructors of the Modern Self-Defense project

Lenka Hrabalová (CZE)

Travel guide

Anna Hrubá (CZE)

Student

Veronika Hudačová (CZE)

HR specialist & Game master

Barbora Chattová (CZE)

Scientist and lecturer

Âpe Chimba (ESP)

Musician and Singer

Lenka Chuchutová (CZE)

Holistic women´s therapist

Vojtěch Ilčík (CZE)

Analyst

Milan Jakubek (CZE)

Chemist

Petr Jančárek (CZE)

Film director, cameraman and professor of Silesian University

Karel Janeček (CZE)

Mathematician and social innovator

Lucie Jarkovská (CZE)

Sociologist

Tomáš Jedlička (CZE)

Headmaster of a Waldorf school

Marian Jelínek (CZE)

Hockey trainer, coach, educator

Anežka Kabátová (CZE)

Physicist

Vít Kanyza (CZE)

Photographer, videographer, passionate traveler

Martin Kapek (CZE)

Singer

Pavel Kapler (CZE)

Ecologist

Miroslav Karas (CZE)

Reporter, director of Czech TV Ostrava

Bob Kartous (CZE)

political activist

Miroslav Kemel (CZE)

Cartoonist and musician

Megan Kennedy-Woodard (GBR)

Psychologist

Lilia Khousnoutdinova (CZE)

entrepreneur

Katrina Kiss (GBR)

researcher in child rights

Michal Kleslo (CZE)

Traveller, entrepreneur, and writer

Lenka Klicperová (CZE)

Journalist and photographer

Štěpán Kment (CZE)

Researcher

Adéla Knapová (CZE)

Writer and journalist, founder of the ONE HEART Foundation

Vladimír Kočí (CZE)

Professor of Environmental Technology

Marcel Kolaja (CZE)

SW engineer, Member and Quaestor of the European Parliament

Pavel Kolář (CZE)

World-renowned physiotherapist, author of popular science books

Helena Kolešová (CZE)

Physicist

Klára Kolouchová (CZE)

Climber

Hana Komárková (CZE)

Historian

Michal Konštacký (CZE/CHE)

Doctor, Manager and Author

Martina Viktorie Kopecká (CZE)

Priest of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

Václav Kořínek (CZE)

Musician, artist, therapist, author

Ondřej Kořistka (CZE)

Nuclear physicist

Karel Kostka (CZE)

Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies at Humanitas University

Mr. Kriss (CZE)

b-boy and illustrator

Michal Kubal (CZE)

TV editor and presenter

David Kubánek (CZE)

Student

Jan Kümmel (CZE)

Doctor

Adéla Kundrátová (CZE)

Student

Michal Kuneš (CZE)

Manager in the Space industry

Murray Kyle (AUS)

Musician and composer

Hana Lafková (CZE)

Archaeologist

Jakub Lála (CZE)

AI Researcher

Misha Lebeda (CZE)

Head of ENDO Talks CZ

William Lobkowicz (USA/CZE)

Businessman

Carolina Lopez-Montealegre (ESP)

Physician

Vojtěch Loskot (CZE)

IT Student

Regina Loukotová (CZE)

Architect

Kiman Lucas (USA)

Lawyer

Igor Lukeš (CZE/USA)

Professor of History

Rastislav Maďar (CZE)

Epidemiologist

Maok (SVK)

Musician

Mark Maslin (GBR)

Professor of Earth System Science

Oksana Maslova (UKR)

Author and Playwright

Vladimír Matlach (CZE)

Teacher, computer scientist and linguist

Kamil Matula (CZE)

Information scientist and computer scientist

Matthew Mayer (GBR)

Teacher

Romana Mazalová (CZE)

Psychologist, lecturer

Daniel Minařík (CZE)

Manager, Electrical engineer

Marcus Minton (USA)

Teacher

David Miřejovský (CZE)

Journalist and reporter

Stanislav Mišák (CZE)

Expert in the field of energy

Ondřej Moravec (CZE)

Skier

Mose (USA)

DJ and Musician

Luděk Niedermayer (CZE)

Member of the European Parliament

Vladimír Nosek (CZE)

Mountaineer

Ondřej Novák (CZE)

Physicist

Karel Och (CZE)

Artistic director of KVIFF

Jana Orlová (CZE)

Poet, performer, art critic, theorist and curator

Dagmar Ostřanská (CZE)

Former aid worker and diplomat, civil servant

Janax Pacha (ARG)

Multi-instrumentalist, DJ and music producer

Greg Palast (USA)

Journalist

Andreas Papadopulos (CZE)

Journalist, Czech Television correspondent in Poland

Priti Parikh (GBR)

Professor of Infrastructure Engineering and International Development

Iva Pekárková (CZE)

Writer, publicist and translator

Dita Pepe (CZE)

Teacher and photographer

Martin Petrásek (CZE)

Physicist, professor of Multimedia Techniques

Jana Piškulová (CZE)

Member of the Cultural History of Beer project team

Jiří Podolský (CZE)

Theoretical physicist

Pavel Pochobradský (CZE)

Student of Robotics

Sara Polak (CZE)

Archaeologist in AI

Ladislav Průša (CZE)

Economist

František Příbrský (CZE)

Nature and wild animals conservationist

Kareem Raïhani (ESP)

Dancer, musician and DJ

Jan Rajnoha (CZE)

Filmmaker, producer

Stephan Rechtschaffen (DEU/USA)

Holistic physician & Longevity pioneer

Jay Richards (GBR)

Innovative entrepreneur and visionary

Daniel *Sonic* Rojas (COL)

Professional Dancer & Movement Master

Martin Roman (CZE)

Expert on education and philanthropist

Martin Rota (CZE)

Youtuber

Anna Rotreklová (CZE)

Psychologist, documentary filmmaker

Vilém Rudolf (CZE)

the first Czech at the North and South Pole

Martin Rybář (CZE)

Particle Physicist

Karel Rýdl (CZE)

Expert on Education

Stefaan De Rynck (BEL)

Head of the European Commission’s Representation in Belgium

Pavel Řežábek (CZE)

CEZ, Chief Economist

Tomáš Salomon (CZE)

CEO, Česká spořitelna

Jannis Samaras (CZE)

Owner of Kofola

Tomáš Sedláček (CZE)

Economist, Philosopher, and Author

Ksenya Shymanska (UKR)

Head of the Human Rights Department of NGO Docudays

Daniel Scheirich (CZE)

Physicist

Jiří Siostrzonek (CZE)

University teacher with a focus on visual sociology and the history of modern art

Petr Skočdopole (CZE)

Journalist and presenter

Petr Smejkal (CZE)

Doctor

Ondřej Smékal (CZE)

Film Director

Irena Smetáčková (CZE)

Head of the Department of Psychology at the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University

Martin Soukup (CZE)

Anthropologist

Caitlin Southwick (USA/NLD)

Founder of Ki Culture, expert on conservation

David Starzyczný (CZE)

Executive Director of PORTAVITA

Michal Stehlík (CZE)

Historian

Zdeněk Stuchlík (CZE)

Theoretical physicist, astrophysicist

Petr Sucháček (CZE)

Teacher and communication coach

Leopold Sulovský (CZE)

Alpinist

Jan Světlík (CZE)

CEO of CYLINDERS HOLDING

Pavel Svoboda (CZE)

Photographer and Traveler

Joshua Swahé (GTM)

DJ and Dancer

Jakub Szántó (CZE)

reporter

Ondřej Szkandera (CZE)

Student

Honza Šádek (CZE)

Fine artist

Josef Šálek (CZE)

Coach, Motivator and Extreme Athlete

Tomáš Šebek (CZE)

Doctor

Klára Šeďová (CZE)

Professor of educational communication

Ondřej Šimetka (CZE)

Gynecologist and obstetrician

Petr Šimůnek (CZE)

Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Česko

Martin Šonka (CZE)

Pilot

Vladimír Špidla (CZE)

Politician, former Czech Prime Minister

Petr Šrámek (CZE)

Visionary, entrepreneur and investor in longevity and AI

Silvie Gans Šustrová (CZE)

Presenter, dramaturg, translator

Ruda Švaříček (CZE)

Traveler, entrepreneur and visionary

David Švejnoha (CZE)

Traveler

Erik Tabery (CZE)

Journalist

Lucy Tammam (GBR)

Sustainable fashion designer

Juraj Tekel (SVK)

Physicist

Tuvia Tenenbom (ISR/USA)

Writer and journalist

Michal Thoma (CZE)

Photographer, guide, traveler

Boris Tomášik (SVK)

Theoretical Physicist

Jan JaRon Tomáštík (CZE)

Physicist, popularizer of science

Patrik Tovaryš (CZE)

Public Policy Manager at META

Pavel Tuleja (CZE)

Economist, Vice-Rector of Silesian University in Opava

Filip Tylš (CZE)

Psychiatrist specializing in Psychedelics

ÚDiF (CZE)

Physics theatre

Jakub Unucka (CZE)

Deputy Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region

Aleš Urbanczik (CZE/CHE)

Teacher of Structural Integration

Rostislav Václavek (CZE)

Teacher of Functional Breathing

Jakub Vágner (CZE)

Fisherman

Pavel Váňa (CZE)

Particle physicist

David Vencl (CZE)

Freediver

Otakar Veselý (CZE)

Promoter, manager of social programmes

Michal Viewegh (CZE)

Bestselling author

Jitka Vodňanská (CZE)

Psychotherapist, meditation teacher

H:o)nza Vojtko (CZE)

psychotherapist

David Vrba (CZE)

Chief People & Culture Officer, Česká spořitelna

Peter Wasowski (USA)

Founder and CEO of Vasper Systems

Martin Wichterle (CZE)

Entrepreneur

Tereza Willoughby (CZE)

Editor, presenter

Libor Zajíc (CZE)

Researcher of the Cultural History of Beer project

Tomáš Zástěra (CZE)

Radio presenter, reporter and author

Jiří Zounek (CZE)

Teacher, e-learning specialist

Milan Zubíček (CZE)

Manager of EU Public Policy & Government Relations

Veronika Živa (CZE)

Lecturer, founder of the Kus Kakaa brand

Vladimir 518 (CZE)

producer, rapper, illustrator, set designer