Food & Sustainability

Emilia is the TEDxRoma curator and an IT engineer specialized in complex system modeling – System Dynamics – applied to Management and business modeling theories. She worked for the Finmeccanica Group (Selex Sistemi Integrati) as project manager in the field of RADAR, and Command and Control Combat Systems for the Italian Air Force. She then worked as sales manager for NATO countries.

She is the founder and CEO of Quantum Leap, one of the first Italian Patent Brokers and leading company in the field of Technology Transfer and has sought to make Open Innovation her cultural and professional guideline. Her business supports research centers, industries, and innovative start-up companies. Her passion for Engineering and Invention, matched with the fervor for humanities such as Philosophy and Sociology, has led her to specialize in innovation and technologies supported by ethical principles to preserve the respect for human beings. She has been consistently and enthusiastically working four years to create a large integrated TEDxRome community.

A life dedicated to spaceflight- fascinated by the Moon landing in 1969, the then four-year-old Claudia decides that one day she too will fly into space! Claudia is an entrepreneur and visionary. She founded Astronautin GmbH in April 2017 to ensure the female future of (traditionally “manned”) astronautical space travel. Claudia Kessler has a clear goal: to get the first German woman into space by 2021. The new female astronaut will become an inspiration to encourage young women into technology professions. Being one of the few female executives in space, Claudia is constantly working to ensure more participation, because women attract women! She also promotes the international careers of female specialists and managers in the Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) network, which she founded across Europe in 2009. The network today has more than 500 members across 12 European countries. In addition, she is one of the few women to be a member of the Senate of the German Aerospace Society (DGLR) and the International Aeronautical Academy (IAA). As CEO of HE Space from 2004 to 2018 Claudia Kessler is a qualified aerospace engineer, is the holder of an MBA, and has more than 30 years of experience in the international space industry.

CEO and Creative Director of PlayMagic Ltd. In the 25+ years of my career I have worked on several Console, PC, Virtual Reality, Mobile and Web Games based on original IPs or International Licenses such XIII, Rambo, Chuck Norris, Gumball, Matt Hatter, Tarzan as well as Consumer Brands from Companies like Kinder Ferrero, Renault, Vodafone, Orbit, Mediaset. With my Teams we pioneered software and content creation for advanced technology platforms in the field of Computer Vision, Motion Sensing, Eye Tracking, Virtual Reality and Augmented reality. My professional background comes from Computer Programming and Design with a wide range of complementary skills on Computer Graphic and Production. I have lectured in various Universities and Academic Institutes such University of Cosenza and University of Malta and consulted on special gamification projects with a team leaded by Bocconi University Professor (Vaccani).

My name is Hashem Al-Ghaili. I was born in Yemen in 1990. I obtained my master’s degree in Molecular Biotechnology from Jacobs University Bremen in Germany and currently work as a full time science communicator (not for a company or anything, I just do it myself). I run my own Facebook page “Hashem Al-Ghaili” which has over 32 million followers and reaches around 400 million users per week. My videos on Facebook have garnered nearly 12 billion views. They cover a wide range of subjects: astronomy, physics, biology, medicine, nature, technology and innovation. My science communication activity extends to YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. With my Teams we pioneered software and content creation for advanced technology platforms in the field of Computer Vision, Motion Sensing, Eye Tracking, Virtual Reality and Augmented reality. My professional background comes from Computer Programming and Design with a wide range of complementary skills on Computer Graphic and Production. I have lectured in various Universities and Academic Institutes such University of Cosenza and University of Malta and consulted on special gamification projects with a team leaded by Bocconi University Professor (Vaccani).

Hady is a space engineer that took part in numerous space related projects collaborating also with German Space Agency (DLR), NASA, ESA – European Space Agency and Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. He has been selected as a suborbital scientist astronaut for a joint research program on the upper mesosphere. Hady has been honoured with several awards including being recognized as the best young researcher by the European Space Agency (ESA). Since 2015 he has been following the growth of the New Space Economy in Europe being directly involved with it. Currently he is in the Space Exploration Project group at SGAC in support of the United Nations, and Deputy Manager of the New Space Economy European ExpoForum, SpaceGen track. He works as a consultant for different companies, other than giving lectures and talks on important events and at schools.