2022 Speakers

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Meltingpot 2022 Headliners

All speakers (A-Z)

Sönke Ahrens (DEU)

researcher in education and author

Hayley Cutler (GBR)

kundalini yoga teacher

Igor Lukeš (CZE/USA)

Professor of History

Anna Hogenová (CZE)

philosopher

Vincent Moon (FRA)

photographer and filmmaker

Jamie Andrew (GBR)

mountaineer

Frederik Imbo (BEL)

actor and communication expert

Stefan Lorenz Sorgner (GER)

philosopher, transhumanist

Matt Jardine (GBR)

author, personal development teacher

Dhyani Maria Kovar (DEU)

psychotherapist

Anna Kárníková (CZE)

environmentalist

Jan Vlachynský (CZE)

businessman

Jakub Szántó (CZE)

reporter

Amber Galloway Gallego (USA)

sign language interpreter

H:o)nza Vojtko (CZE)

psychotherapist

Josef Rauvolf (CZE)

translator

Tomáš Šebek (CZE)

Surgeon

Vladimír Beneš (CZE)

Neurosurgeon

Agustin Allpa Grefa (ECU)

natural healer, defender of the rainforest and indigenous culture

Miroslav Karas (CZE)

journalist, reporter

Nicky Moran (GBR)

creative coach

Michal Faltejsek (CZE)

startupist, scientist, urban planner

Petr Pavlík (CZE)

Power engineer, science popularizer

Oldřich Motyka (CZE)

Biologist, science popularizer

Hana Štverková (CZE)

Head of the Department of Business Administration at the Faculty of Economics, VŠB-TUO

Marek Navrátil (CZE)

HR Advisor, headhunter

Jiří Pokorný (CZE)

Safety expert and former firefighter

Jan Plucar (CZE)

Computer security expert

John Moravec (USA)

Researcher, futurist, author, knowmad

Zbyněk Hubka (CZE)

physicist, laser specialist

Mark Maslin (GBR)

Professor of Earth System Science

Libor Witassek (CZE)

motivational speaker, senior industry expert

Jakub Kalenský (CZE)

Analyst and journalist

Stuart Maister (GBR)

Journalist and businessman

Bobo Lo (CHN/AUS)

writer and foreign policy expert

Galina Miklínová (CZE)

Artist and director

David Jakš (CZE)

Journalist and teacher

Jiří Surůvka (CZE)

Artist

Michael Rozsypal (CZE)

Journalist and radio host

Helen Oyeyemi (GBR)

writer

Anneli Ahonen (SWE)

Analyst and journalist

Dominik Hádl (CZE)

Developer

Marka Míková (CZE)

writer and theatre artist

Petr Houzar (CZE)

Manager at Google

Matthew Sweney (USA)

Translator and literary scholar

Martin Jonáš (CZE)

Journalist and TV presenter

Tereza Winklerová (CZE)

Intelligent movement lecturer

Zuzana Říhová (CZE)

writer

Martina Jurigová (CZE)

Nurse at Doctors Without Borders

Bob Kartous (CZ)

political activist

Rostislav Václavek (CZE)

Teacher of breathing and personal development

David Michie (AUS)

Writer, meditation & mindfulness coach and animal lover

Vladimír Piskala (CZE)

Editor

Veronika Kadeřábková (CZE)

presenter

Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche (TIB/GBR)

Abbot of a Buddhist Monastery

Wim Hof (NLD)

Sportsman and teacher known as 'The Iceman'

Lilia Khousnoutdinova (CZE)

entrepreneur

Tshering Tobgay (BTN)

politician and environmentalist

Michaela Švejdová (CZE)

personal development consultant, ALLfest organizer

Martin Schmiedl (CZE)

Political Scientist

René Müller (CZE)

entrepreneur

Libor Uher (CZE)

climber

Michal Kleslo (CZE)

Mountaineer and author of travel guides

Marie Šabacká (CZE)

Ecologist

Patrick Kennedy Williams (GBR)

Psychologist

Lubomír Zaorálek (CZE)

Economist, politician

Tereza Willoughby (CZE)

Editor, presenter

Jamie Woodward (GBR)

Geomorphologist

Michaela Grefa (CZE)

co-founder of the organisation Life the Old Way

Klára Kolouchová (CZE)

climber

Markéta Kutilová (CZE)

Reporter

Ruda Švaříček (CZE)

Traveler, entrepreneur and visionary

Petr Kopecký (CZE)

Expert on British and American literature

Ivana Plechatá (CZE)

Manager in social services

Dana Drábová (CZE)

Nuclear physicist

Vladimír Wagner (CZE)

Nuclear physicist

Michal Malinský (CZE)

Particle physicist

Ondřej Pejcha (CZE)

Astronomer and Astrophysicist

Steven Goldfarb (USA)

Particle physicist

Jakub Vícha (CZE)

Particle Physicist

Tomáš Mikolov (CZE)

Scientist in the field of machine learning

Sara Polak (CZE)

Archaeologist in AI

Tereza Nakládalová (CZE)

Teacher

Šárka Kolaříková (CZE)

Artist

Barbara Trzeciak (POL)

Particle and nuclear physicist

Lenka Hronová (CZE)

Physicist

Jiří Podolský (CZE)

Theoretical physicist

Daniel Scheirich (CZE)

Particle Physicist

Pavel Gabzdyl (CZE)

Astronomer and photographer

Martin Rybář (CZE)

Particle Physicist

Jana Faltová (CZE)

Particle physicist

Marek Matas (CZE)

Theoretical physicist

Kateřina Syslová (CZE)

Marketing and storytelling specialist

Vojtěch Pleskot (CZE)

Particle physicist

Jaroslav Bielčík (CZE)

Particle physicist

Paige Madison (USA)

Researcher

Ivana Gibová (SVK)

writer

Nerijus Maliukevičius (LTU)

Researcher and lecturer

Marek Timko (CZE)

writer and poet

Věra Jourová (CZE)

Vice-President of the European Commission

Jindřich Štreit (CZE)

Documentary Photographer

Tomáš Gráf (CZE)

Astronomer, astronomy populariser and educator

Zdeněk Stuchlík (CZE)

Theoretical physicist, astrophysicist

Petr Horálek (CZE)

Photographer, illustrator, writer, traveller, astronomer

Dita Pepe (CZE)

Teacher and photographer

Tomáš Heryán (CZE)

Academician and musician

Daniel Prokop (CZE)

Sociologist and analyst

Josef Šlerka (CZE)

Semiotician and data analysis expert

Marie Heřmanová (CZE)

Anthropologist and sociologist

Matt Steinglass (USA/NLD)

Journalist

Liz Marks (GBR)

Psychologist

PoPlaCh Comedy Show (CZE)

stand up comedy

Jiří Siostrzonek (CZE)

University teacher

Ondřej Durczak (CZE)

photographer and educator

Jakub Chrobák (CZE)

educator, literary historian and poet

Jiří Novák (CZE)

zoologist, director of the Zoological Garden and Botanical Park Ostrava

Dalibor Šimek (CZE)

entrepreneur, educator, team coach

Jiří Dobrý (CZE)

science populariser, filmmaker and photographer

Monika Horsáková (CZE)

publicist, documentary filmmaker and educator

Hana Komárková (CZE)

historian

Leoš Kyša (CZE)

writer, screenwriter and science populariser

Alena Salašová (CZE)

landscape architect, Dean of the Faculty of Horticulture at MENDELU

Anna Novotná (CZE)

scientific and pedagogical worker

Pavel Tuleja (CZE)

Economist, Chancellor of the Silesian University in Opava

Kristýna Sněgoňová (CZE)

science fiction writer, anthropologist, sociologist and softball player

František Kotleta (CZE)

Fantasy writer and dodgeball player at district level

Kateřina Glumbíková (CZE)

Researcher in the social field

Barbora Klinovská (CZE)

volunteer and lecturer

Kateřina Sidiropulu Janků (CZE)

Sociologist

Petr Hurtík (CZE)

Expert on AI

Miky Škoda (CZE)

entrepreneur, education & personal development enthusiast

ÚDiF (CZE)

Amazing Theatre of Physics

Libor Klubal (CZE)

Expert in mobile technology in teaching

Václav Kaška (CZE)

Expert on the history of communism

Ondřej Slach (CZE)

Social geographer

David Černín (CZE)

Philosopher

Andrea Pokludová (CZE)

Historian and Cultural anthropologist

Lukáš Laš (CZE)

Expert in East Asia

Tomáš Drobík (CZE)

Political geographer

Agáta Hrdličková (CZE)

Lecturer on cyber prevention

Hana Ševčíková (CZE)

Co-founder and Director of a Free Democratic School

Valerie Dobešová (CZE)

Student of a Free Democratic School

Vladimír Dobeš (CZE)

Co-founder of a Free Democratic School

Dita Formánková (CZE)

Analyst, Founder and Director of Czechitas

James Pamment (GBR)

Researcher and lecturer

Aleš Urbanczik (CZE/CHE)

Teacher of Structural Integration

Christina Hazboun (PSE/GBR)

Sonic agent

Vítězslav Válka (CZE)

web designer

Lemn Sissay (GBR)

poet, playwright and author

Petr Kapoun (CZE)

Director of TRL Space

Yemi A.D. (CZE)

Producer, Choreographer and Artist

Shooka Bidarian (IRN/GBR)

TV presenter, producer and climate activist

Stanislav Havlíček (CZE)

Pharmacist, Doctors Without Borders

Karolína Jelínková (CZE)

Program Director of SOS Children's Villages

Jiří Charvát (CZE)

Performer and writer

Jakub Kmošek (CZE)

3D printing expert

Petr Matoušek (CZE)

literary critic

Veronika Kynclová (CZE)

lecturer on cyber prevention

Jakub Jareš (CZE)

Historian and Museum Expert

Marek Pagáč (CZE)

Researcher, educator and athlete

Petra Dolejšová (CZE)

Attorney

Michal Panáček (CZE)

Therapist, consultant

Peter C. Kjærgaard (DNK)

Professor of Evolutionary History

Mike Faulkner (GBR)

Interdisciplinary artist

Milan Zubíček (CZE)

Manager of EU Public Policy & Government Relations

Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi (CZE)

Musicians, Composers

Magdaléna Dvořáková (CZE)

Founder and CEO of Healing festival

Miloš Urban (CZE)

Writer

Ralf Beil (DEU)

Art historian and critic

Alexandr Kliment (CZE)

Sports PR manager

Ondřej Přibyla (CZE)

Lecturer, Mediator and Consultant

Helen Bagnall (GBR)

Author and publisher

David Sís (CZE)

Documentary filmmaker

Libor Dvořák (CZE)

Journalist and Translator

Helena Horská (CZE)

Chief Economist of Raiffeisenbank

Karel Janeček (CZE)

Mathematician

Radomír Špinka (CZE)

Director of ADRA

Leszek Jodliński (POL)

Publisher and museum expert

Fabio Mauri (EU)

Director-General of DG MEME

Edwin van Huis (NLD)

Director of the Biodiversity Centre

Milota Sidorova (SVK)

Urbanist and feminist

Viliam Poltikovič (CZE)

Documentary fimmaker & author

Jan Malý Blažek (CZE)

Economist and social geographer

Eva Samková (CZE)

snowboarder

Lukáš Raszyk (CZE)

Deputy Mayor of the Statutory City of Karviná

Alexandr Vondra (CZE)

Member of the European Parliament

Jaromír Marušinec (CZE)

Chairman of the Czech Electric Vehicle Industry Association

Anna Kadeřávková (CZE)

Actress

Jaromír Zůna (CZE)

Lieutenant General of the Army of the Czech Republic

Regina Loukotová (CZE)

Architect

Jan Jelínek (CZE)

Project coordinator of People in Need

Marcel Kolaja (CZE)

software engineer, Member and Quaestor of the European Parliament

Marichka & Mark Marczyk (UKR/CAN)

Musicians

Markéta Lukášková (CZE)

Writer and podcaster

Anna Sulc (CZE)

Influencer

MenT (CZE)

Influencer

Tereza Stöckelová (CZE)

Sociologist

Milena Jabůrková (CZE)

Government Programs Executive at IBM

Eliška Pírková (CZE)

Analyst in Human Rights

Jakub Turowski (POL)

Public Policy Director CEE @Meta

Kateřina Šafaříková (CZE)

Journalist

Martin Dorazín (CZE)

Journalist

Eva Horelová (CZE)

Head of the Political Section of the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic

Noemi Kurialová (CZE)

Ondřej Strecker (CZE)

Manager of the Energy Markets Analysis Department, ČEZ

Ian Willoughby (IRL)

Journalist

Marek Wolynski (GBR)

Curator & creative producer

Michal "Radar" Vrátný (CZE)

Author of the Iron Ball Project

Lucie Petráková (CZE)

Marketing director of the Iron Ball project

Nikolas Pátek (CZE)

Marketing Director of OKTAGON MMA

Vladimír Skórka (CZE)

Director

Dimitrios Vlasakudis (CZE)

Marketing & Brand Manager

Liliana Mikhnevich (RU-DA/CZE)

Presenter, Real Talk

Tereza Ghose (CZE)

Movement & voice teacher

Petr Vizina (CZE)

Journalist

Petr Onufer (CZE)

Editor and translator

David Plášek (CZE)

Analyst

Jiří Popiolek (CZE)

Editor & translator

Nabil Canaan (LBN/CHE)

filmař a producent

Karel Kovy Kovář (CZE)

Youtuber, Presenter and Author

Monika Ladmanová (CZE)

Head of the European Commission's Representation in Prague

Ladislav Miko (SVK)

Ecologist and Politician

Tomáš Macura (CZE)

The Mayor of the City of Ostrava

Ivo Vondrák (CZE)

Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region

Zuzana Bajgarová (CZE)

Deputy Mayor of the City of Ostrava

Ondřej Chybík (CZE)

Architect

Ivo Kahánek (CZE)

Pianist

Karin Veselá (CZE)

Head of the Black Cube project team

Veronika Janečková (CZE)

Director of the Department of Product Management and Regional Cooperation at Czech Tourism

Jaroslav Kania (CZE)

Deputy Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region

Petr Koudela (CZE)

Executive Director of Moravian-Silesian Tourism

Václav Palička (CZE)

Chairman of the Board of Moravian-Silesian Investment and Development (MSID)

Petr Birklen (CZE)

Head of POHO 2030 Project

Jan Světlík (CZE)

Chairman of the Board of Vítkovice Cylinders

Joachim Dvořák (CZE)

Editor, journalist, author of children's books

Alena Zárybnická (CZE)

Meteorologist, presenter and dramaturgist

Štěpán Feik (CZE)

Martin Soukup (CZE)

Anthropologist

Petr Jahoda (CZE)

Traveler