You have the power to choose how your story goes. How would you feel to be the one in charge of other people’s lives? Things definitely got interactive at TEDxBucharest11 with a moment inspired by the Black Mirror episode – Bandersnatch, with Cosmina Stratan, Tudor Istodor & Alex Călin. Well-known for her role as Voichita from Beyond the hills, actress Cosmina Stratan won the Best Actress title at the 2012’s Cannes Film Festival. Tudor Istodor is the face of Dinu Caragea from the Romanian police drama Băieți buni, mostly a theatre performer & winner of the 2017’s EFP Shooting Star Award. Alex Călin is a theater and film actor, collaborating with both state theaters (National Theater, Bulandra, Nottara, Excelsior) and independent ones (Reforma Educational Theater Center, Macaz). The performance during the event was written & directed by Tinu Bâzgă, known for his contribution as second unit director or assist in productions such as Alice T. (2018) and Tuns, ras și frezat (2012). Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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Head of ProtoSpace Toulouse | Airbus, Christophe Debard, is an innovator who decided to embrace disability and change the way people see it. Christophe Debard is the leader of Toulouse ProtoSpace, a lab dedicated to innovation in Airbus, this is a place where new ideas take shape. He is also the founder of the Humanity Lab, an initiative that gives the opportunity to every Airbus employee to contribute to meaningful innovation to make a difference in areas such as disability, education, humanitarian and environment. As an amputee since 13 years old, Christophe wanted his prosthetic leg to become more than a “tool” and viewed it as an opportunity to display his differences proudly. Now, humans can overcome and enhance their distinctions through art, design, mechanics and emerging technologies. And it is all his merit. Find out more. Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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Founder @Textile Museum | Ph.D. in Visual Arts, Florica Zaharia joined our Metamorphosis stage. After running The Department of Textile Conservation at MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) for almost 3 decades, she returned to Hunedoara to open the first textiles museum in Romania with a collection that she and her family formed during the last few decades. Currently, Dr. Zaharia is a Conservator Emerita of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Co-Owner of the Muzeul Textilelor, Baita, Hunedoara County, Romania. Dr. Zaharia has researched, published, lectured, curated exhibitions, and taught on the subjects of tapestry conservation, textile materials and technology, Eastern European textiles, and textile conservation and preservation. Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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Refael Bitton is all about making his clientele fully & truly enjoy their online experience. As Google enters their early 20’s, there was no better time to introduce you to a devoted professional. Refael has been with Google for over 11 years in various roles but has always held a great passion for innovation and mobile solutions. He’s worked with various clients globally in order to craft their mobile strategy from A-Z, improve their mSite performance, and increase user satisfaction. Refael is currently working with leading clients to rebuild & redesign mobile assets to increase satisfaction & rethink user journeys from A to Z. Long story short, Refael is all about making his clientele fully & truly enjoy their online experience. Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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Olya Kudina, Ethics & Technology Researcher, tech and tech ethics enthusiast, human rights activist, AI aficionada and now a postdoctoral researcher in the philosophy of tech. Olya Kudina (Ukraine) works in the ethics of technology to help ensure an informed design and use of technologies. She received her PhD degree in Philosophy of Technology at the University of Twente (2019) on a project “Mediated Morality: Google Glass, Sex Selection, and the complex interactions between ethics and technology.” Here are a couple of thoughts and opinions on the interrelation of values and technologies, looking into how technologies induce value change. Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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AI Visionary and Doer | Co-founder @LAIF, William Richard joined us on the stage of Metamorphosis 2019. Impelled by philosophy, inspired by art, empowered through science and technology and explorer of AI @LAIF, William inspired us to embrace life and its complexity. Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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