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The Avenor high school students are organising the 3rd edition of TEDxYouth@AvenorCollege
With a new team of coordinators, one of the largest and most comprehensive projects independently designed and entirely run by Avenor students promises to be an extraordinary event.
On the 8th of February, the stage of Apollo111 Theatre will host nine successful figures from entrepreneurship, medicine, sports, sociology, and business, who will share inspiring stories and unconventional experiences with the audience, illustrating how they turned imperfections and challenges into opportunities for growth.
Tickets are available HERE.
We invite you to learn more about this project and the effort behind it from Karina and Mihai, 11th-grade students from Omega class, the coordinators of TEDxYouth@AvenorCollege.
What can you tell us about this year’s edition of TEDxYouth@AvenorCollege?
Karina: With this edition of TEDxYouth@AvenorCollege, we aim to create a moment of reflection and vulnerability, both for us as teenagers and for parents and other spectators. This event requires almost a year of preparation and teamwork, giving us the chance to combine academic development, specific to our age, with an entrepreneurial spirit. We wanted this year’s edition to highlight some essential traits of our generation: teamwork, resilience, determination, and entrepreneurial drive.
Mihai: Through the theme we have chosen for this edition—Not Business As Usual – Shaping Perspective on Perfection—our goal is to create an authentic environment where all participants can find themselves and later apply some of the ideas presented by our speakers in their daily lives. We have an extraordinary line-up, and we hope those who join us will discover the individual “recipes” our speakers have used to build successful careers and how they view the ideals imposed by society.
Karina: The nine speakers—Marius Moga, Gelu Duminică, Dr Elena Martin, Dragoș Petrescu, Rafaela Barac-Bologa, Dragoș Cîrneci, Gianina Van Groningen, Theodor Paleologu, and Octavian Bellu—together with our moderator, Teodora Tompea, will leave their mark on TEDxYouth@AvenorCollege 2025 by sharing inspiring stories and unconventional experiences.
These extraordinary individuals will show how they transformed imperfections and challenges into opportunities for growth, emphasising that authenticity, resilience, and consistency are far more important than the societal ideals imposed upon us.
What can you tell us about this year’s implementation team?
Karina: This year’s organising team is made up of 27 high school students, all part of eight departments that form a standard TEDx team: Event Management, Speaker Management, Sponsorships and Finance, PR & Marketing, Executive Production, Design, Web Design, and Legal.
Working together and communicating daily about this project over a long period has taught us how much we rely on each other. Now, as the event day approaches, I can confidently say that without a strong and determined team, such a project would not be possible.
We have managed to organise ourselves very well, with everyone knowing their role and carrying it out with enthusiasm. Most importantly, each of us wants this edition to be a success and a benchmark for future events.
What were the biggest challenges you faced while organising this event?
Mihai: Being a complex project that involves a lot of organisational effort and hours of work, there were moments when, at least for me, it was difficult to balance being a high school student, with homework and exams, and being an event coordinator.
However, I believe that when you take on responsibilities, especially for an event like TEDx, it is important to set your priorities carefully and adapt to manage all the tasks you are responsible for successfully.
This is the beauty of the project for us as organisers: to learn new things, develop skills, and discover how to overcome challenges effectively.
Karina: To add to what Mihai said, the biggest challenge for me was finding sponsors for the event.
Although none of the speakers is paid for their participation, we have numerous organisational costs that needed solutions. Despite the difficulty, we managed to secure the support we required.
With the hope of a full house and sold-out tickets, we are ready to enter the final stage of organising this event.
The 8th of February will be the result of months of work, so we invite everyone to reserve this date and join us. Together, we will enjoy a few hours of extraordinary stories that will undoubtedly resonate in our lives for a long time.
Tickets are available HERE.
