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09/26/2022 | Pressemitteilung

Changemaker: Prof. Dr. Rita Borromeo Ferri speaks at TEDxKassel 2022

Presented by the student initiative "Infinity Kassel e.V., a TEDx conference will take place in Kassel for the fourth time on October 8. Like the model of the big TED Talks, which were launched in the USA in 1984, the TEDxKassel offers regional and national actors a platform to present their visionary ideas to the audience in short talks. With Prof. Dr. Rita Borromeo Ferri, a professor from the University of Kassel is also represented at TEDx for the first time this year. The international innovation and future conference is organized by students of the University of Kassel and young professionals.

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Rita Borromeo Ferri, Professor of Didactics of Mathematics at the University of Kassel

Under the motto "Changemaker," this year's conference will discuss the question of how to confront the great upheavals of our time: Climate change, social inequalities, an education system in need of reform, new forms of work, a more diverse society - all of these call for big changes and big visions. How can we all become a bit more of "changemakers" to meet these challenges? Invited speakers include David Oudsandji, founder of the startup Voltfang, Matthias Einhoff, artist and co-director of the Center for Art and Urbanism (ZK/U), and Miss Ivanka T, drag queen from Berlin. As with the American model of TED Talks, they all have a maximum of 18 minutes to share their ideas and visions with the audience.

Among the six speakers is Rita Borromeo Ferri, professor of mathematics didactics at the University of Kassel. "My topic is about exactly what I'm burning for: the importance of mathematics in real life! My students, as well as teachers and students, have been able to experience this practically and up close on many real-life problems!" she says enthusiastically. "This has a lot to do with change, because the shift in thinking from mathematics as a 'gray subject' to mathematics as an applied discipline is enormously significant. It needs to be perceived as a central discipline needed to answer the urgent questions at Friday for Future about climate change, electric mobility, etc. Mathematics is more than calculating!"

TEDxKassel will take place on Saturday, October 8, starting at 2 p.m. in the conference center Südflügel of the Kassel Kulturbahnhof (Rainer-Dierichs-Platz 1).
More information and the program for the conference can be found at https://tedxkassel.com/
Tickets for 20 to 30 euros (plus service fee) are available now: Buy Ticket