Focused on the greatest lesson Gabe Minson has ever learned, Let Yourself Live is a testimony on granting yourself permission to live and be able to embrace who you are - even at your weakest or most vulnerable. Through dynamic stories of internally and externally imposed structures of existence, what it means to seek accomplishment, and how some structures will inevitably fail you, Gabe illustrates how they lit their own ignition to become free inside first, in order to offer their spark to others. Gabe Minson (they/them) is an artist, thinker, fighter, occasional writer and, elementally, an Akronite. Those most significant pieces are the cornerstone to 21 year old Gabe’s life, where they daylight as an administrative assistant (and artist behind the desk). Outside of work, their time is spent having a lot of conversations, serving food at distros, working on community projects, playing overwatch, doing yoga, and creating.They live aspiring towards only one, non-professional, title: being a lifelong learner. Everything else comes from there. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In her talk, ‘From a prison cell to the UN - what I heard in the silence’, Satara Uthayakumaran shares how true advocacy isn’t about speaking the loudest, but about listening the hardest - and how deep listening can create more authentic, compassionate, and meaningful change. Satara Uthayakumaran is an advocate – dedicated to legal and social reform. She was most recently appointed Australia’s Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2025 by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Satara serves on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Youth Advisory Council, is a National Youth Advisor for Amnesty International, and has worked with the ACT Human Rights Commission. She also served as the youngest board member of the Domestic Violence Crisis Service (ACT). Satara frequently appears on the ABC and writes for prominent outlets including SBS and the Canberra Times. While pursuing a Bachelor of Arts/Law at ANU, she also worked as a Policy Advisor at PM&C. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In this talk, midwife and author Eva Placzek reveals the hidden reality of obstetric violence and why simply “surviving birth” is not enough. She calls for a global shift toward respectful, safe, and humane care for mothers and newborns — because every family deserves more than survival. Eva Placzek is a midwife, author, and mother of twins – and a voice for honest, uncompromising maternity care. She accompanies women and their newborns through some of the most vulnerable and powerful hours of their lives. Her daily work shows: the beginning of life shapes families profoundly – and it requires protection, knowledge, and humanity. In her book „Ich, Hebamme, mittäterin.“ she speaks openly about structural violence in maternity care and about how essential respectful, safe, and informed support is for birthing women and their babies. As a content creator, she reaches hundreds of thousands of people every day, offering them education and reassurance – honest, approachable, and without taboos. Her own journey through infertility, a cesarean birth, and life as a new mother makes her not only professionally competent but deeply relatable. Eva’s work follows a clear mission: to make women and newborns visible, to take their experiences seriously, and to push the system forward with courage. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Across the UK, Black and brown infants continue to die at more than twice the rate of white infants - a disparity that has persisted for decades. In this talk, Geeta Sidhu-Robb highlights how medicine built around the “standard” male body continues to fail women and mothers. With a call for structural responsibility, Geeta uses data to invite us to rethink how organisations and societies safeguard women’s health. Geeta Sidhu-Robb is a 5-time winner of the Entrepreneur and Businesswoman of the Year award. She founded the hugely successful Nosh Detox in 2008 after her son was born with severe illnesses she built a formidable reputation for success in the heath and nutrition industry counting Gwyneth Paltrow as one of her first clients. She started coaching successful women CEO’s in 2014. Her clients include Sarah Ferguson, Nadia Swarovski, Gurinder Chadha (Bend it like Beckham) Sam Smith of finnCap (working with her from £15M to an IPO and a £55m exit) and Charity Heads, Nasdaq Chairs, Fortune 500 CEO’s, Country Heads and Celebrities. She counts several women CEO’s with companies over £100M as clients. In 2023 she launched The Womanist Movement. • WCorp which certifies workplaces so women can bring their biology to work; • Green Flag to certify capital that invest in women which was launched at Google and • WCorp Allies to create a certification for Allyship. This global movement has won awards from the UN and numerous other organisations and has a reach across six continents already with a strong community at its back from the USA, UK to Australia. She works with Microloan Foundation helping the poorest women in the world escape poverty by giving business loans and training on how to build a business. A highly experienced Media Expert she regularly a This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Jjak prawdziwie być sobą w świecie, który na każdym kroku mówi nam jak żyć? Przedsiębiorca, trener, konsultant, a przede wszystkim praktyk sprzedaży i rozwoju biznesu. Założyciel firmy szkoleniowej Flow Consulting. Wicemistrz Polski w wystąpieniach publicznych organizacji Toastmasters International (2021 r.) Autor podcastu o komunikacji i wystąpieniach publicznych „Mówić Każdy Może”.Łukasz to również mentor mówców TEDx oraz mentor młodych przedsiębiorców w fundacji Kraków Miastem Startupów. Członek Stowarzyszenia Profesjonalnych Mówczyń i Mówców. Publikuje artykuły eksperckie w magazynie branżowym Sprzedaż-24.Jako przedsiębiorca realizuje się prowadząc firmę szkoleniową Flow Consulting, a jako trener wspierając innych poprzez prowadzenie warsztatów, treningów i mentoringów.Prywatnie muzyk rockowy, miłośnik rowerowych wypraw oraz humoru Latającego Cyrku Monty Pythona. Entuzjasta praktyk Mindfulness i filozofii stoickiej. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx