SHAPE YOUR FUTURE 

IN 5 m^2

Do you want to shape your future from your own home? On the 1st of September, you can do just THAT!

An international digital futuristic event – streamed globally for 12 hours. Drop-in and out whenever you want, wherever you are!

 What will you get?
Educational and inspiring lectures by global speakers featured in TED from all around the world. 

About what?
Entrepreneurship and Future skills. How the media makes you the creator. How to sharpen your mind and skills needed for your future. Want to control your life? Listen to our talk about Self-leadership! Want to start a company? Listen to inspirational entrepreneurs. With CARRUS NETWORK we give you the knowledge, inspiration and network of curious youth!

Where?
ONLINE - You will get a link before the event to the streaming site.

So, join us to meet new friends, learn new things, get inspired and creative and become energized! ARE YOU READY TO SHAPE YOUR FUTURE IN 5 m^2!?

When?

09:00-21:00 (GMT+2)

Charge?

FREE for youths under 25 years!

500kr for people over 25 years!

Also - donation based. If you want to make a donation to support this cause, please contact us!

    Shape your future now - get your ticket here!

    Speakers

    Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile
    Performance artist, musician, writer and LGBT activist

    Are you interested in queerness or balancing different identities or do you think that human rights, art and activism are important?

    Then you can’t miss Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile speaking having the talk - "United Apart: Implications of Digital Access for Social Justice & Activism Today."" at our online event on September 1st “Shape your future in 5 m^2”.

    Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile is a transgender ARTivist, communications specialist and human rights practitioner from Botswana, who is the first Motswana to become a TED fellow.  Over a 10 year career, she has operated as a diversity and inclusion facilitator, performance artist, theatre producer, publicist, writer, educator, designer and ARTivist. Katlego is a published author, holds an MA Human Rights, Culture, and Social Justice (Goldsmiths, UK) and is a leading advocate for LGBTQI+ matters in Botswana

    She is the founder and artistic director of the Queer Shorts Showcase Festival, author of "…on about the same old things" and a globally performed playwright with a vested interest in the development of LGBT+ inclusive cultures in Africa.

    If you want to know more or think that this sounds interesting, do not hesitate to sign up for our event on September 1st. Link in our bio!

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    Viola Llewellyn
    TED Talk alum, Speaker, FinTech founder, advocate for diversity & equality, Champion of Women and all things African

    Do you have an interest in AI, tech and how technology can be a social development tool?

    Then you can’t miss Viola Llewellyn speak about just that!

    Llewellyn has spent over a decade in management, consulting, technology and the alternative finance sector.

    She is the cofounder and President of African FinTech innovator “Ovamba”, which grows African small and medium enterprises in the trade and commodities sectors.

    As president, Llewellyn spearheads strategy, business development and investor relations globally.

    Furthermore, she was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Global Technology Pioneer in June of 2018 and held a TED TALK.

    If you want to know more or think that this sounds interesting, do not hesitate to sign up for our event on September 1st. Link in our bio!

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    Terry Moore
    The director of the Radius Foundation

    Do you like thinking outside of the box? Looking for new perspectives and worldviews and like to be challenged?

    Then Terry Moore is THE speaker for you. On our online event on September 1st!

    Moore describes himself as a thinker and is the director of the Radius Foundation, a forum for exploring and gaining insight from different worldviews.

    He seeks new ways of exploring and understanding dissimilar conceptual systems or paradigms -- scientific, religious, philosophical, and aesthetic -- with the aim to find a world view of more complete insight and innovation.

    The Radius Foundation is a forum for different views and has various projects and gives grants too!

    If you want to know more or think that this sounds interesting, do not hesitate to sign up for our event on September 1st. Link in our bio!

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    Noeline Kirabo
    . A writer, motivational speaker, trainer & amazing facilitator

    Are you a young person or any person who wants to feel empowered and inspired by our next speaker?

    Then you NEED to tune in on September 1st at our online event “Shape your future in 5 m^2” and listen to Noeline Kirabo from Kampala, Uganda, who describes herself as a social entrepreneur, a life coach, an author and an international and TED TALK speaker. She is also the co-founder of Newen Consults, a personal business and development firm.

    Noeline Kirabo self-educated her way out of the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Now she helps vulnerable youth gain skills to turn their passions into profitable businesses.

    Despite being a school dropout, she forged an education via libraries and free online courses, pursuing a dream to cultivate potential in others.

    Through education, she seeks to inspire young entrepreneurs struggling against the violence and crime of the Kampala slums.

    If you want to know more or think that this sounds interesting, do not hesitate to sign up for our event on September 1st. Link in our bio!

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    Dyana Wing So
    Artist, photographer, historian, researcher of creativity at work

    Do you want to get inspired by a young creatively and academically impressive person?

    Then, this speaker is the speaker for you!

    Dyana Wing So is a multitalented person who is an artist, photographer, historian, researcher of creativity at work, and a mind-mapping enthusiast, currently based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    She is doing her master's degree in Global Markets, Local Creativities at Erasmus University Rotterdam, at University of Glasgow and Barcelona.

    She did her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania and did several courses at Yale and Cornell University.

    She has also been active in international relations and fine arts. She is an excellent photographer and a communication and marketing positions from semi-corporates to non-profits, from Philadelphia to Barcelona.

    If you want to know more or think that this sounds interesting, do not hesitate to sign up for our event on September 1st. Link in our bio!

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    Barry Schwartz
    Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore and published author

    Do you think the link between economics, science and society is interesting? Then I believe you have to listen to our following speaker Barry Schwartz.

    Barry Schwartz was born in 1946. He is a psychologist with a BA and a PhD in psychology from New York University and the University of Pennsylvania. Schwartz currently works as a professor of social theory and social action at Swarthmore College. He also studies the link between economics and psychology.

    Schwartz has published several books such as the TED Book “Why We Work” and has held several TedTalks such as “The paradox of choice”, “Our loss of wisdom” and so on. He publishes editorials in The New York Times and in his published books you can find a critique of modern western society and psychological plagues we go through today.

    For example, he has written about that “greater choice is for the greater good” isn’t maybe for the greater good and that the abundance of choice in the western world is making us miserable. The human psyche is getting paralyzed and exhausted from the abundance of choice. This makes societies where people have more freedom and are offered more choices to also witness more depression.

    Do you want to find out about more psychological plagues in the modern western world that you didn’t know existed? Then sign up for our event on the 1st of September in the link in our bio and you won't miss this speaker! See you there!

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    Uma Rudd Tan
    Founder The Female Idea, Best Selling Author, Awarded Creative Director, Global Keynote Speaker, Notorious Rule Breaker.

    Time to present our following speaker, Uma Rudd Tan, from Singapore.

    Uma Rudd Tan has got an M.A. in Digital Media Management from Hyper Island and started working as a political journalist and feature writer/editor at The Star –Malaysia's leading English daily. She is co-creator of Reading PANTSTM and was part of two best selling Christian acapella albums.

    Tan is experienced in a lot of things such as integrated advertising, digital innovation, and marketing. Besides that she has experience with leading teams to strategize, create and execute through-the-line and digital concepts for a variety of brands.

    Tan is a creative director, a creative problem solver and a natural researcher of creative content with passion for theology. Regarding experience in her career she has worked for both local and international agencies in Singapore. She loves new ideas and new challenges in the digital media. She blogs about many topics such as disruption, existentialism, God, physics, space and education. Besides blogging she has also, recently written 2 books called

    “Hey Pastor! Your Church is Going Out of Business” and “Who Killed Death?”

    Did you find her and her awesome experiences interesting? Well then we guess you don’t want to miss our event! Don’t forget to sign up in the link in our bio!

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    Joon Yun
    Korean-American physician, hedge-fund manager and investo

    We would like to welcome our next speaker Dr. Joon Yun the president and managing partner of Palo Alto Investors LP, a health hedge fund.

    Yun studied at Harvard College and the Duke University School of Medicine. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Harvard and from Duke he got his Doctor of Medicine degree. Yun also completed his fellowship and residency in radiology from Stanford Hospital and served on the clinical faculty at Stanford in 6 years.

    Currently he is a trustee of the Salk Institute and a member of the President’s Circle of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. In 2013 Yun launched the $1 million Palo Alto Longevity Prize with his wife but also donated $2 million to launch the National Academy of Medicine Aging and Longevity Grand Challenge.

    He has published many scientific articles, patents and has also held Ted-Talks talking about Functional Longevity. Want to learn more about this topic? Or maybe you don’t even know what that means? Then we believe you have to participate in our event “Shape your future in 5m^2” on September 1st. Sign up in the link in our bio

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    Saeid Esmaeilzadeh
    CANCELLED - Serial entrepreneur, board member and chemist

    Our next speaker is Saeid Esmaeilzadeh who was born in 1974. Saeid has a PhD in inorganic chemistry from Stockholm University. He is a serial entrepreneur being the CEO and the Co-Founder of the business Group Serendipity Innovations AB, founder of Hidden Dreams, founder of Spartacus Capital. He was a board member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) from 2012-2015.

    Esmaeilzadeh has received several awards such as the 2008 Chemistry Technology Prize (Kemiteknikpris), from Sveriges Kemiingenjörers Riksförening. He was also awarded, together with Ashkan Pouya, the H.M King Carl XVI Gustaf "Innovative Pioneer of the Year" award. Esmaeilzadeh has also won “Stockholmer of the Month”, “Entrepreneur of the Year, Region Stockholm". He is to say the least an inspiring, hardworking and smart entrepreneur who is disrupting multiple areas.

    Interested to know more about entrepreneurship, change and his story? Well then we believe you have to attend the event to find out! Don’t forget to sign up in the link in our bio, see you there!

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    Pamela von Sabljar
    Pamela von Sabljar is a global speaker, educator and author. A straightforward powerhouse of curiosity, love and authenticity. Her passion is to awaken the pass

    Want to get back the spark and the power of action then you can't miss this speaker on the 1st of September. Let me introduce you to Pamela von Sabljar that will show you how everything begins and ends with you.

    Von Sabljar has 20 years experience of behavioral science, leadership and personal development. She is a motivational speaker who inspires people to develop their self-leadership skills. Developing your self-leadership skills means training your mindset that leads to a sustainable approach of meeting life's unexpected events and everyday challenges.

    She will hold an interactive webinar through an explorative conversation with the audience. The participants will get a everyday exercises where you will be able to practice your self-leadership, your 5 super-abilities that are necessary to be successful in todays network society. She will challenge your thought patterns and help you grow into the person you are!

    Does it sound interesting? Then don’t hesitate and sign up to join our event right now! You will not regret it!

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    Adam Horne
    Creative Director Berghs

    Adam Horne is a creative director from Australia who works at Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm. He's driven by curiosity. And fear, and money, and a love of expensive cheese. He's fascinated by how modern platforms and technologies influence people, their culture, and their decisions. He's worked for Ford, Microsoft, Levi's, Nespresso, and even his local Moroccan restaurant. Adam believes that if everyone finds their approach to communication, it makes all areas of life better. Be sure to tune into his presentation "Winning with Words: 5 tips to make you communicate better everywhere."

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    Donnie SC Lygonis
    Entrepreneur

    1st of September on our digital event “Shape your future in 5m^2” you will get inspired to keep being creative and innovative.

    Donnie will tell you the secret recipe on how to be innovative in these turbulent times full of monsters.

    Donnie SC Lygonis is an expert on innovation from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He helps bright students of KTH to commercialize their ideas and makes startups succeed.

    Except for helping others with their ideas, he has himself developed his ideas into multiple companies. For example the protein icecream Lohilo, the blockchain company Validity, and Future fitness lab (AR/VR solutions for training)

    He has also founded the foundation: Entrepreneurs without Borders, with the passion to help local companies in developing countries to start and lead sustainable businesses.

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