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2025 ![speaker\_brage](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_brage.png?width=2160&height=2160&name=speaker_brage.png) Brage Johansen ### A Natural Concept of Time [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKttXvoBZk&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=5) ![speaker\_ellen](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_ellen.png?width=2161&height=2160&name=speaker_ellen.png) Ellen Cathinka Apenes ### The Honest Motivation [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKHxJkICl5o&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=6) ![speaker\_christian](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_christian.png?width=2161&height=2160&name=speaker_christian.png) Christian Kamhaug ### The Local Newspaper as a Marketing Channel and Social Glue [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEuV08tg-ds&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=9) ![speaker\_leifmagne](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_leifmagne.png?width=2161&height=2161&name=speaker_leifmagne.png) Leif Magne Lervik ### The Empowering Learning Environment [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfBt5tgo5a8&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=4) ![speaker\_adriana](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_adriana.png?width=2160&height=2161&name=speaker_adriana.png) Adriana Magni ### Prototyping Global Companies and Personal Life Choices [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRba1ZTmj0&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=8) ![speaker\_jahnotto](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_jahnotto.png?width=2161&height=2161&name=speaker_jahnotto.png) Jahn Otto Andersen ### The Future of Medicine: How AI, VR, and Robotics Are Revolutionizing Healthcare [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xXbSOrWuIU&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=7) ![speaker\_johnblanchard](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_johnblanchard.png?width=2160&height=2161&name=speaker_johnblanchard.png) John Blanchard ### Museums: Why You Should Bother [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sepRJJ0qTmY) ![speaker\_marit](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_marit.png?width=2161&height=2161&name=speaker_marit.png) Marit Imeland Gjesme ### Pains and Pleasures of Cross-Cultural Cooperation [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9osOUvcktWw&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=3) ![speaker\_andreasviestad](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_andreasviestad.png?width=2161&height=2161&name=speaker_andreasviestad.png) Andreas Viestad ### Culinary Literacy [Watch the TEDx talk here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waFoCxFUaSA&list=PLdRORLuJQnDGJACqeKmbG9N8oO3BPkPKg&index=10) ![speaker\_mathias](https://tedxfredrikstad.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speaker_mathias.png?width=2160&height=2161&name=speaker_mathias.png) Mathias Sørevik ### The New KPI: CCO - 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