Kristina Kallas
Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia
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AI in Education
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TEDxUniversityOfTartu
Ideas worth spreading from Estonia’s academic capital
June 2 2026
University of Tartu Delta Centre, Estonia
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The Hidden Layers of Our Lives
At TEDxUniversity of Tartu, live speakers and TED Talks come together to spark curiosity, inspire action, and create a space for deep discussion. The theme of the event "The Hidden Layers of Our Lives" means ... [more descritpion]
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Maryna Starodubska
Author of books · Adjunct-Professor and Visiting Lecturer
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The Trap, Art and Science of Small Talk
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Francisco José Maldonado Torralba
Research Fellow in Computational Neuroscience · Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu
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From Gravity to Brains Through Geometry
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Dmytro Fishman
Co-Founder/CSO of Better Medicine · Associate Professor of AI at the University of Tartu
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Aikaterini Niovi Triantafyllaki
Junior Research Fellow in Stellar Physics · Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu
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Julija Sovane
Business Coach · Go To Market Strategist
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Global Expansion is a Personal Transformation
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The Hidden Layers of Our Lives
Learning beyond frames
10:20
Katariina Triin Treffner
Confidence is a human rights outcome
10:27
Francisco José Maldonado Torralba
From gravity to brains through geometry
10:45
Helena Valvur
Bad books are good, actually
10:51
Aikaterini Niovi Triantafyllaki
Beyond labels: creating galaxies of inclusion
11:00
Kristina Kallas
Language transition policy
11:15
Break
The art of being human
11:45
Maryna Starodubska
The trap, art and science of small talk
12:00
Kristjan Pulk
Your knowledge alone won't fix your finances
12:12
Teele Siim
AI will not take over my job
12:19
Piret Paal
We not just die biologically, we die culturally
12:35
Dmytro Fishman
Helping doctors with smarter medical AI
12:45
Julija Sovane
Global expansion is a personal transformation
13:00
End of session
Lunch break
Mindful existence
14:00
Mark Braschinsky
Migraine: Hacking Your Brain’s Hidden Painkillers
14:20
Ruby Gupta
Practicing yoga to crack the leadership code
14:27
Aljona Galazan
Slow living and slow urbanism
14:37
Kene Vernik
How work schedules keep us in sleep deprivation
14:43
Sander Šašlov
Peculiarity of the loud brain
15:00
End of session
Short intermission
Inside the global systems
15:30
Bogdan Janakov
The UN feels different up close
15:40
Hüseyin Rüzgar Akcan
The Constitutional Right to Die Digitally
15:50
Kyrylo Martyniuk
Human adaptability outlasts technological superiority in military
16:05
Dmytro Khutkyy
We should engage in digital democracy
16:15
Hanna Maria Kariis
Real-world data in personalized medicine
16:30
End of session
Closing remarks
Wrap-up
16:30
Final reflections
17:00
Networking dinner
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