Dutch TV - Erasmus Program -
For several years we co-operated with Dutch TV to provide support and a program segment. Initially we had a series about Dutch Design. Thereafter we showed selections of the 2014 TEDxBinnenhof (Global Challenges | Dutch Solutions), the 2015 TEDxAmsterdam and the 2016 TEDxBinnenhof (Ideas from Europe). Programs used to be broadcasted weekly on Sundays on free -to-air channel C31 (Ch 44).
As an example, the TEDxAmsterdam 2015 selections included the following segments (in alphabetical order, source: TEDxAmsterdam):
- HRH Princess Margriet - "How can we prevent natural disasters from becoming humanitarian catastrophes?"
“By investing 1 euro in prevention we can save 7 euros in emergency relief,” Princess Margriet of the Netherlands.
- Jacqueline Hamelink - "BachTherapy!"
Jacqueline Hamelink is a cellist who performed a piece for the audience of TEDxAmsterdam that is generally performed for just 4 people.
- Leo Kouwenhoven - "Can We Make Quantum Technology Work?"
Leo Kouwenhoven is a professor of physics at TU Delft. His team at the QU Tech Lab designs experiments to place electrons in superpositions.
- Maite Hontelé - "How Does a Dutch Trumpet Player Become Famous in Colombia?"
Grammy award nominated Maite Hontelé tells us how she became interested in salsa and ended up in Columbia.
- Mark Dingemanse - "The Power of 'Huh?'"
Mark Dingemanse is a linguist. He studies languages for a living. But if you had asked him five years ago to say something about the power of “Huh?”, he would’ve said: “Huh?”.
- Maurice Mikkers - "Imaginarium of Tears"
Tears are unique, they are beautiful and they are ART.
- Ntjam Rosie - "What Can I Do to Make this World a Better Place?"
Cameroon-Dutch performer, Ntjam Rosie performs a song asking questions of God.
- PIPS:lab ( - "Selfie Symphony"
PIPS:lab creates the first ever selfie symphony with the help of the TEDxAmsterdam audience.
- Victoria Roosenrot- "Hiraeth"
Victoria Roosenrot’s gravity defying rope dance (corde lisse) caused many in the audience to gasp. Beautiful and haunting.
- Zelda La Grange - "Is It Natural to Hate?"
Zelda La Grange became Nelson Mandela’s personal assistant in 1994. Born and raised by a Boer family in an isolated community in South Africa, La Grange was taught to believe that she and others like her were superior merely by virtue of their skin colour.