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2019 Speakers
Meltingpot Topics
HUMANS VS NATURE
LITERATURE & ART
SCIENCE & EDUCATION
TRAVEL & EXPERIENCE
BODY & MIND IN PRACTICE
WORLD IN CHANGE
Meltingpot 2019 Headliners
All speakers (A-Z)
Mark Gungor (USA)
The pastor who can make you laugh your way into happier relationships
Ruda Švaříček (CZE)
Traveler and visionary
Andrew Keen (GBR/USA)
Enterpreneur, reporter and critic in the field of digital revolution, bestselling author
Donna De Lory (USA)
Renowned dancer, composer and mantra singer, former vocalist of Madonna
Martin Hilský (CZE)
Translator, Shakespearologist and Anglicist
Joe Davis (USA)
Leader in Bioart practice, member of MIT research, controversial scientist and charismatic artist
Tomáš Sedláček (CZE)
Economist, philosopher, and author
Taťána le Moigne (CZE)
Regional Director Google Czechia, Hungary, Romania & Slovakia
Mnislav Zelený Atapana (CZE)
ethnologist, anthropologist and traveler, Amazonian Indians‘ brother, writer and journalist
Ingrid Formanek (USA)
CNN International Executive Producer
Devakant (USA)
Musician, composer, painter and sculptor, friend and personal flautist of Osho
Zbigniew Jan Czendlik (POL/CZE)
Catholic priest and writer
Yan Mei (CHN)
Senior Partner, Chair of China at Brunswick, global communication and media expert
Clemens Kuby (DEU)
Writer and documentary filmmaker, respected expert in mental healing
Václava Jandečková (CZE)
Writer, publicist and researcher
Hayley Cutler (GBR)
Kunadalini yoga teacher
Horia Mosadiq (AFG/GBR)
Journalist and human rights activist in Afghanistan
John Perkins (USA)
Economist, author, intellectual leader
Daniel Sonic Rojas (COL)
Dancer, original movement artist, choreographer and yoga instructor
Jim Clancy (USA)
Journalist and former international correspondent for CNN
Jakub Szántó (CZE)
Journalist, TV correspondent from the Middle East
Tuvia Tenenbom (ISR/USA)
Writer, columnist and playwright
Manari Ushigua (ECU)
traditional healer and leader of the Sápara Nation of the Amazon, defender of the Rights of the nature
Wojciech Jagielski (POL)
journalist, correspondent and writer
František Koukolík (CZE)
neuropathologist, essayist and science popularizer
David Whetham (GBR)
Professor of Ethics and the Military Profession at King's College London, expert in autonomous and cyber weapons
Tomáš Šebek (CZE)
Surgeon Without Borders and writer
Silvester Lavrík (SVK)
novelist, playwright and screenwriter
Petr Nikl (CZE)
painter, writer, musician and theater artist
Jeffrey A. Winters (USA)
political scientist, specialist in oligarchy and elite behaviour
Hana Dvorská (CZE)
stuntwoman, sportswoman in terms of body and soul
Saša Uhlová (CZE)
journalist and reporter
Dorit Chrysler (AUT/USA)
musician, theremin player
Daniel Prokop (CZE)
sociologist and analyst
Alain de Benoist (FRA)
philosopher and writer
Sarah Saudková (CZE)
photographer, writer
Milan Hes (CZE)
historian, writer, and history teacher
Igor Ivan (CZE)
geoinformatist
Jakub Gajda (CZE)
restorer
Jan Libich (CZE/AUS)
International university teacher, popularizer of the economic research
Petr Šimíček (CZE)
History Teacher, co-founder of Modernidejiny.cz
Stanislav Mišák (CZE)
Expert in the area of energy engineering, Head of the ENET Research Centre
Pavel Danihelka (CZE)
expert in the field of safety and environmental protection
Vladimír Vašinek (CZE)
university professor, expert on optoelectronics and optical communication
Radek Jaroš (CZE)
mountain climber and the first Czech with the title Crown of the Himalayas
Michal Kleslo (CZE)
traveler and climber
Jan Trávníček (CZE)
traveler and climber
Kamila Kielar (POL)
traveler, adventurer, wildlife photographer
Jiří Pelcl (CZE)
architect, designer, professor at Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague
Martin Hála (CZE)
sinologist, director of the Sinopsis project
Juliet Russell (GBR)
singer, composer and vocal coach
Andrew Alois Urbis (CZE)
psychologist, therapist, pioneer of dark therapy
Cedric Leighton (USA)
CNN military analyst, expert in cybersecurity
Anna Beata Háblová (CZE)
poet, architect, city planner
Martin Jan Stránský (CZE)
physician
Tomki Němec (CZE)
photographer
Yvonna Fričová (CZE)
writer and publisher, member of Checomacoco association
Miroslav Singer (CZE)
economist, former Governor of the Czech National Bank
Peter Sládeček (CZE)
CEO of the Tubrr network, advisor to Youtubers
Přemek Forejt (CZE)
chef, influencer, juror in MasterChef Czech Republic
Ondřej Doule (CZE)
space architect, expert in human spaceflights
Ondřej Lánský (CZE)
sociologist and translator
Radka Denemarková (CZE)
writer, screenwriter and translator
Lydia Gall (HUN)
Western Balkans and Eastern Europe researcher at Human Rights Watch
Anna Marešová (CZE)
designer
Tim Cole (AUS)
filmmaker, producer and co-founder of Small Island Big Song project
BaoBao Chen (TWN)
music producer, travel blogger and co-founder of Small Island Big Song project
Phelim Kine (CAN)
human rights researcher and advocate
Karel Kovy Kovář (CZE)
YouTuber and influencer
Bob Kartous (CZE)
head of Communications of the EDUin think tank
Pavel Gruber (CZE)
director of Médecins sans frontières Czech Republic
Dariusz Rosiak (POL)
journalist and writer
Diana Rádl Rogerová (CZE)
managing Partner of Deloitte Czech Republic
Lubo Smid (CZE)
businessman and startupist
Erin McLaughlin (USA)
CNN correspondent
Radek Špicar (CZE)
Vice President of the Czech Union of Industry and Transport
Eva Samková (CZE)
snowboarder
Mark Lewney (GBR)
guitar physicist
Ashwin Vasavada (USA)
Project Scientist
Barbora Tlustá (CZE)
owner of a package-free store and author
Michal Hrabí (CZE)
expert in speech analysis technologies
Stuart Maister (GBR)
business leader, former BBC and ITN reporter
Radka Čapková (CZE)
Doctor Without Borders
Roman Polách (CZE)
poet
Stanislav Havlíček (CZE)
Pharmacist, member of Médecins sans frontières
Jiří Dolejší (CZE)
physicist
Pavel Cejnar (CZE)
physicist
Josef Juráň (CZE)
physicist
Katarína Křížková Gajdošová (SVK/CZE)
physicist
Vojtěch Pleskot (CZE)
physicist
Karel Šafařík (CZE)
physicist
Georgy Ponimatkin (CZE)
student of Physics
Miroslav Myška (CZE)
physicist
Diana Mária Krupová (SVK/CZE)
student of Physics
Vojtěch Svoboda (CZE)
physicist
Roger Jones (GBR)
physicist
Jiří Bříza (CZE)
coach of Czech para ice hockey team
Michal Geier (CZE)
captain of the Czech national para ice hockey team
Michal Vápenka (CZE)
para ice hockey player, goalkeeper of the Czech national team
Pavel Doležal (CZE)
para ice hockey player, member of the Czech national team
Miroslav Novotný (CZE)
para ice hockey player, member of the Czech national team
Lyonel Badette (HTI)
student of medicine
Polina Bachlakova (RUS/DAN)
Editor and Copywriter
Simon Broughton (GBR)
journalist and filmmaker, editor in chief of Songlines magazine
Ben Cristovao & The Glowsticks (CZE/CAN)
music band
David Harrington (USA)
violinist, founder of Kronos Quartet
Jiří Kolbaba (CZE)
photographer and traveler
Pavel Kosatík (CZE)
writer and screenwriter
Olivier Malinaud (FRA)
manager of ZAZ
Moonlight Benjamin (HTI/FRA)
captivating singer and voodoo priestess
Pavla Horáková (CZE)
writer and translator
Nahko Bear (USA)
musician
Petr Placák (CZE)
publicist and historian
Doris Roth (AUT)
co-founder of initiative for science, technology, art and open education
Xavier Rudd (AUS)
singer-songwriter
Zaz (FRA)
singer
Jana Andert (CZE)
photographer and filmmaker
Martin Buchtík (CZE)
sociologist, director of STEM agency
Petr Jančárek (CZE)
screenwriter and filmmaker
Richard Krajčo (CZE)
singer and actor
Luboš Malý (CZE)
Director Knowledge Manager at LEGO
Tomáš Bednář (CZE)
entrepreneur, startupist
Tomáš Brngál (SVK)
startupist, co-founder of Virtual Medicine
Honza Vojtko (CZE)
couple therapist
Pavel Forman (CZE)
painter and poet, lecturer of the University of Ostrava
Tomáš Koudela (CZE)
writer and arts curator, lecturer at the University of Ostrava
Robert Antonín (CZE)
historian, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ostrava
Jan Hradecký (CZE)
geoecologist, geomorphologist, Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava
Marek Mikulec (CZE)
expert on social exclusion, lecturer at University of Ostrava
Kateřina Glumbíková (CZE)
expert in social work, Assistant Professor at the University of Ostrava
Tomáš Knoflíček (CZE)
curator and art historian, lecturer at the University of Ostrava
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
Petr Dvořák (CZE)
financial analyst
Andrea Hurychová (CZE)
influencer marketing expert, founder of WeDigital
Soňa Jonášová (CZE)
founder and director of the Circular Economy Institute
Jan Rosický (CZE)
designer and startupist
Marvan Shamma (CZE)
tech leader, co-founder of OneProve startup
Petr Dvořák (CZE)
CEO of the Czech national TV
Matúš Kostolný (SVK)
journalist
Petr Pavel (CZE)
General of the Army of the Czech Republic
Josef Pazderka (CZE)
journalist and publicist
Zdeněk Tůma (CZE)
economist, former Governor of the Czech National Bank
Alexander Ač (CZE)
ecologist
Júlia Sokolovičová (CZE)
environmentalist
Marek Wollner (CZE)
reporter and dramaturgist
Filip Goszler (CZE)
Community Navigator, GUG.cz; Executive Director, Impact Hub Ostrava
Petr Houzar (CZE)
Agency and YouTube Lead, Google
Jana Moudrá (CZE)
Co-founder and director of Juicymo, founder of Thriftigo
Josefina Bakošová (CZE)
fashion designer
Ester Geislerová (CZE)
actress and visual artist
Augusto Pessoa (BRA)
journalist a photographer
Jaroslav Zajíček (CZE)
Deputy Head of the Czech Permanent Representation to the EU
Michal Fárník (CZE)
physicist
Jaroslav Bielčík (SVK/CZE)
physicist
Paweł Kowal (POL)
historian
Petr Hruška (CZE)
poet, writer
Jakub Chrobák (CZE)
poet, lyricist
Radovan Jursa (CZE)
cardiac surgeon and poet
Jaromír Konečný (CZE/DEU)
writer, father of Czech slam poetry
Ivan Motýl (CZE)
poet, publicist
Božena Správcová (CZE)
poet, writer, publicist and editor
Jiří Šigut (CZE)
photographer
Tomáš Třeštík (CZE)
photographer
Radka Třeštíková (CZE)
writer
Miloš Urban (CZE)
writer
Pavol Barabáš (SVK)
documentary filmmaker
Monika Benešová (CZE)
traveler
Veronika Bednářová (CZE)
journalist
Abhejali Bernardová (CZE)
swimmer, runner, co-organizer of the Peace Run
Miroslav Caban (CZE)
alpinist
Milan Calábek (CZE)
healer
Ondřej Calábek (CZE)
coach, expert on NLP technique
Pavel Kořínek (CZE)
alpinist
Martin Krejsa (CZE)
photographer, publicist, alpinist
Anna Hanuš Kuchařová (CZE)
slackliner
Martin Mykiska (CZE)
traveler and writer
Petr Piechowicz (CZE)
photographer
Pavel Svoboda (CZE)
traveler
Dina Štěrbová (CZE)
alpinist
Jakub Železný (CZE)
journalist
Piotr Pustelnik (POL)
alpinist
Maciej Ruczaj (POL)
politologist, publicist
Leszek Wisniewski (POL)
architect
Whakaari Rotorua (NZL)
Maori cultural group
Kene Igweonu (GBR)
Theatre Academic and Feldenkrais Practitioner
Yemi A. D. (CZE)
Choreographer, director, and artist
Jonathan Terra (USA)
Political scientist, security analyst, strategic communication specialist, documentary film producer, media commentator, former diplomat
Anatol Svahilec (CZE)
slam poet
Alice Valkárová (CZE)
scientist, physicist
Anna Hogenová (CZE)
philosopher and phenomenologist
Petr Drulák (CZE)
political scientist and diplomat
Michal Kalman (CZE)
Head of Research Team
Zlata Holušová (CZE)
Director of Colours of Ostrava festival
Zdeněk Klíma (CZE)
member of the Confederation of Political Prisoners
Maxim Velčovský (CZE)
designer
Jan Světlík (CZE)
businessman and patron
Václav Dejčmar (CZE)
economist, investor and philanthropist
Martin Vohánka (CZE)
businessman and patron
René Müller (CZE)
co-owner of FÆNCY FRIES
Jan Haščák (CZE)
co-owner of FÆNCY FRIES
Jiří Giesl (CZE)
café owner
David Pavlík (CZE)
Chief Information Officer in Kiwi.com
Eva Hanáková (CZE)
Executive Director, SingularityU Czech Summit
Adam Gebrian (CZE)
architect and promoter, critic and fan of architecture
David Sís (CZE)
film director, traveler and diver
Osama Verse-Atile Hussain (CAN)
music producer
Jindřich Lenz (CZE)
startupist
Martin Koukal (CZE)
Jan Lata (CZE)
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Ostrava