With his talk “How the oceans can clean themselves” Boyan Slat was the first to climb the TEDxDelft 2012 stage. This 19 year-old student from Delft stole our hearts with his idea to clean the oceans of plastic in just a few years.

Last week, his story was shared on several websites and got picked up on Twitter, Facebook and especially YouTube. The views went from about 2.000 two weeks ago to 15.000 last Tuesday. On Wednesday it was 35.000 and now (Thursday 28 March 2013) it’s nearing 50.000 views.

Well done Boyan! We are very proud of you and all the best with the Marine Litter Extraction Project.

See Boyan Slat at TEDxDelft 2012:

We are very pleased to announce TEDxDelft 2013: 4 October 2013!

TEDxDelft will again be full day of inspiration, ideas and energy. A change to meet new people and to see new possibilities. TEDxDelft will again be in Aula Congress Centre Delft, again for about 950 attendees and again with 20 performer/speakers. TEDxDelft2013 will also differ very much from 2011 and 2012: we promise to surprise and inspire. We will re-invent and renew TEDxDelft and we are confident that, together with you, we will create the must-attend experience in Delft 2013.

We loved every bit of TEDxDelft 2012 and we know a lot of you did too. But 2012 was a very difficult year on the financial part for us. Financing a TEDxDelft event is a huge challenge, and it still is. With the current partner and sponsor commitment we will be able to finance a lean 2013 event but of course we want it to be over the top: if you are a potential sponsor or have warm contacts, please let us know 🙂