TEDxTehran (Conference)

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TEDxTehran is an independent TEDx conference Tehran, Iran. Like other TEDx events, the event obtained a free license from TED to hold the conference, with organizers agreeing to follow certain principles and also working under slogan of "Ideas Worth Spreading".. TEDxTehran is being organized as three initiative of TEDxTehran (the main event), TEDxYouth@Tehran (for the youth audience) and TEDxTehranSalon (for small audience and deep conversation).

History

2013

TEDxTerhan 2013 was the first TEDx event in Iran which took place on February 14, 2013 at the Amirkabir University of Technology with the theme "Tehran En Route" .

The event's licensee at the time, Sara Mohammadi, got into thinking of organizing the event when she responded to a tweet from the organizers of TEDxKish requesting volunteer help. But when the event was cancelled, contacted TEDx organizer Giorgio Ungania, who she had met at TEDxAbuDhabi, and asked if she could be part of that team. Under his mentorship, Mohammadi learned pulling off a great TEDx event . Before she retires of being the licensee, Mohammadi was the licensee of the first two event of TEDxTehran: TEDxTehran 2013 and TEDxYouth@Tehran 2013 .

On the same year, on November 16, along with Universal Children's Day, TEDxYouth@Tehran 2013 also have been organized at the Tehran's Institute of Culture, Arts and Architecturewith the theme of "I Can". As a side activity, the event included two Before I Die walls for it's audience to share their minds

2014

On February 2014, Mohammadi retired as TEDxTehran licensee and Reza Ghiabi took her place by being approved as the primary licensee. Ghiabi’s TED journey started when he first stumbled across the talk, “The Paradox of Choice” by Barry Schwartz. From that point on, he began volunteering to help translate TED Talks from English to Persian, and then heard about TEDxTehran on social media, in the same way Mohammadi had been first drawn into the TEDx world too. Ghiabi wrote an email to Mohammadi asking to contribute, and she brought him onto the team. He became a volunteer, and then a co-host for the very first TEDxTehran.

TEDxTehran has been always supported by enthusiast who volunteer to help the event happen . Leveraging it's efficient team, the event set a model for other TEDx'es to grow up in the country . TEDxTehran 2014 was held on September 26, 2014 at the Vahdat Hall of Terhan with the theme of "On the Verge of Breakthrough" .

2015

Continuing the TEDx experience, TEDxTehran 2015 was held on December 4, 2015 at the Raazi International Conference Hall with the theme of "New Paradigm" with 1000+ audience and free livestream.

At this event, TEDxTehran launched it's own award, called the "Citizen X Award". Citizen X is an annual award to recognize an Iranian citizen for their exceptional contributions to the Iranian society and their community leadership. The winner of the first Citizen X award was Iranian entrepreneur, Gholamali Soleymani

2016

On December 20, 2016, the TEDxTehran 2016 has been held at the Vahdat Hall of Tehran with the theme of "Good Morning Tehran". As a side activity, TEDxTehran made a list of applications which made life easier for Tehran citizens

Talks and Speakers

TEDxTehran events are invitation-only events, all attendees can apply through and can watch the free talks later on TEDxTehran website. The event is also have live-cast for online viewers. During the years, the majority of the event’s talks were in Farsi, and English in minor occasions. TEDxTehran speakers have included Leila Araghian, Ramin Sadighi, Sohrab Pournazeri, Mohammadali Inanlou, Alireza Tahmasebzadeh, Bahram Azimi, Nasser Aghdami, Reza Pakravan, Sassan Behzadi and Amirali Nabavian

TEDxTehran 2013		TEDxYouth@Tehran 2013		TEDxTehran 2014		TEDxTehran 2015		TEDxTehran 2016
Speaker	Talk	Speaker	Talk	Speaker	Talk	Speaker	Talk	Speaker	Talk
Reza Maknoon	Virtual Water	Nabila Ayoubi	Me, Towards the Sun	Tandis Tanavoli & Amirhossein Mahoozi	The God of Rakhsh, Resurrecting the Vow	Sasan Behzadi	Innovation vs. Copy	Sanaz Minaii	Remember
Masoud Boroomand	Close Encounter of 4th Kind	Mohsen Malayeri	7 Do's and Don'ts for Successful Entrepreneurship	Nasrin Hafezparast	Breaking Through the Disease Barrier	Nasser Aghdami	Crossing the Boundaries of Science	Ramtin Monazahian	Experience the Unknown
Nasser Hadjloo	Curious Case of Word Stylers	Alireza Eskandari	Nurture Your Passion	Sohrab Pournazeri	Music, a Breakthrough Value	Mohammad Ali Inanlou	Half a Century with Iran Nature	Mohammad Majidi	In Praise of the Void
Siavosh Arasteh	Feeding the Future	AmirAli Nabavian	Story of My Life	Darius Mahdjoubi	The New Renaissance	Mashallah Naghilou	What I did After My Heart Attack: Climbed Mount Damavand, 5 Times!	Lili Golestan	I Wanted it, I Made it Happen
Bahram Azimi	From 1 Frame to 129,600 Frames	Reza Bahrami Nezhad	How to Invent Your Career	Ramin Sadighi	Make It a Jobby!	Leila Araghian	How I Designed a Bridge to Bring People Together	Lena Vafaey	35 Hours in the City
Nasrin Moazami	What Can We Do with 10 Hectares of Microalgae?			Reza Pakravan	Making a Bold Decision	Gilda Gazor	Stories Behind Iran	Kosar Movahedi	What's Really Worth Keeping
Amir Hossein Zahedi	From Natural Gas to Solid Methane					Azita Houshiar	Food & Social Media: Changing the Conversation One Tastebud at a Time	Gelareh Kiazand	Curing your Criousity
Ali Akbar Sadeghi	Minus Infinity Plus Infinity					Azadeh Yasaman Nabizadeh	Iranian Craftsmanship Preserved through Modern Designs	Christophe Rezai	How to Cultivate Your Creacivity
						Alireza Tahmasebzadeh	What if Technology Could be Personalized for You?
						Kiana Shafiei	Classical Music with a Persian Twist

See Also

• List of TEDx conferences
• TED (Conference)

References

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