TEDxWarsaw is an independently organized TED event, run annually since March 2010. It was the first and it currently is the largest TEDx event in Poland.
History
TEDxWarsaw was founded in August 2009 by Ralph Talmont together with Adam Liwiński and Maciej Michalski. Łukasz Alwast, Julian Kozankiewicz, Małgorzata Minta and Mateusz Nowak joined the Team soon after. As at March 2017, close to 40 individuals, and numerous partners are involved on a voluntary basis in organization of public TEDx events in Warsaw.
Apart from the annual, invitation only, day-long conference, a number of smaller events are also created by Team members, notably TEDxYouth@Warsaw, TEDxWarsawSalon and TEDxWarsawPresidentialPalace - the first TEDx event in the World to be held inside such an institution. All of these are free to attend, while guests are usually required to go through an application process.
As at March 2017 well over 200 speakers and artists have appeared at the various TEDxWarsaw events, including well-known scientists, actors and performers as well as less well-known thought leaders and achievers in fields ranging from business to photography and personal development to microbiology.
Events
Date
Venue
Theme
No. of guests
23 March 2017
Multikino, Złote Tarasy
Crunchtime
850
31 March 2016
Polin, Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich
In a Heartbeat
550
18 March 2015
Teatr Polski, Warsaw
The Little Things
850
13 March 2014
Multkino, Złote Tarasy
Embrace the other
1400
21 March 2013
Multikino, Złote Tarasy
Poke the Comfort Zone
850
22 March 2012
Multikino, Złote Tarasy
Inspire to be Inspired
800
24 March 2011
Copernicus Science Center
Looking In Looking Out
550
5 March 2010
The Old Library, University of Warsaw
Collaboration
350
The conference has grown continuously and expanded its audience size to meet demand. The fourth edition of TEDxWarsaw was watched via a live stream by a total of 42,000 people worldwide with peak viewership of 14,000 at the opening.
The 2013 event received "live" [1] in Gazeta Wyborcza one of the main Polish newspapers and was a trending topic on Polish Twitter. As noted in one of the blog posts about the event, TEDxWarsaw's hand-picked audience is very diverse, ranging from high school students to the elderly, and includes many different professions, from public servants to entrepreneurs and artists to scientists.
