Theme: Full Spectrum

On May 10th, 2018, join TEDxCarthage for a new edition on a new stage as we take a Full Spectrum look at ideas shaping our world.

With new talks to challenge, inspire, and surprise us, this edition of TEDxCarthage takes its inspiration from the trends that are shaping our world and will be hosted in the historic Municipal Theater in the heart of downtown Tunis.

The idea of a Full Spectrum inspired this year’s TEDxCarthage, to highlight how differences can meld together into a common story. Across the light spectrum, each color blends seamlessly into the next but only appears distinct when seen up close.

Full Spectrum reminds us that every idea, every opinion, and every individual is really one part of a bigger picture. From this perspective, the lines that divide us become harder to find and fade away into the common challenges that concern us all.

With this new edition, TEDxCarthage invites you to take a step back, move beyond the boxes and categories of the everyday, and see the common story that is unfolding around us.

Theatre Municipal de Tunis
Avenue Habib Bourguiba Tunis
Tunis, Tunis, 1001
Tunisia

Amina Mezghenni Ellouze

Amina is the founder and executive coach at Waves Coaching. With 20 years of managerial experience, Amina consults on a variety of issues such as organizational change, leadership development, emotional and collective intelligence, and performance optimization. She also teaches a Master’s-level course on Leadership and Networking at Tunis Dauphine University.

CHAIMA BEN SAOUD

Chaima Ben Saoud is the Project Manager of the H2020 InSPIRES project at Institut Pasteur de Tunis, where she received her PhD in Biological Sciences. Through the InSPIRES project, Chaima is co-creating and implementing new models for scientific research with the help of individuals in the cultural, health, and environmental sectors. The project is also developing participatory techniques for systematically engaging civil society and other key stakeholders in research and innovation.

David Robert

David Robert is the Deputy General Manager at SINGA. SINGA grew out of a citizen movement in France, and now creates opportunities for refugees and their host communities to meet and cooperate. Through his work, David aims to improve awareness and change perceptions about refugees and asylum seekers.

Emna Kharouf

Emna is the Managing Partner of Deloitte Consulting in Tunisia. She has extensive experience supporting IT transformation projects and businesses structuring in France, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Emna has a graduate degree in systems engineering from l’École Supérieure d’Électricité (Supélec) in France.

Halim Yousfi

Artist

Halim Yousfi who is a songwriter, singer, and the founder of the band Gultrah Sound System, takes his audience on a journey with music that knows no boundaries.

HAMZA BOULAIZ

Hamza Boulaiz is the founder and CEO of Spectale Pour Tous, an inclusive theatre company created in 2010. Spectacle Pour Tous works across Morocco to defend the right to culture through experimental theatre that promotes open dialogue. He is a director, author, designer, actor, and a graduate of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and Cultural Animation (ISADAC) in Rabat, Morocco.

Hela Ouardi

Hela Ouardi is a university professor in Tunis where she teaches literature and civilization. She has many published works in the field of literary criticism. Her most recent work, The Last Days of Muhammad, looks at the history of Islam’s origins by exploring the sources of the Muslim tradition and the death of the Prophet. Hela is also an associate member of the CNRS Monographic Studies Laboratory in France.

Kais Ben Halima

Kais Ben Halima is a law researcher and doctoral student in Law at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Tunis. He spent more than three years as a member and rapporteur of the National Committee for the Reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and continues to work with the collective El 7abs-la on the issue of Law 52. Kais is also the founder and director of the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences Clinic, the first of its kind in Tunisia.

NIZAR CHAARI

Nizar Chaari is the President of Tunivisions Group and the Tunivisions Foundation. In 2003, Nizar served as the first director of programming at Mosaïque FM, the first private radio channel in Tunisia. He has extensive work experience in media and the audiovisual sector, having leadership positions in radio, television, and print media. In 2018, he published his first book “Tounes Fi Inayya”, a manifesto for active citizenship that is dedicated to young people.

Ruchir Sharma

Ruchir Sharma is an international affairs and social entrepreneurship expert based in the European Union. Ruchir is currently Head of Communications at ProVeg International, an international food awareness organization across five countries – Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the U.K., with the aim of reducing the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040. He is currently based in Germany where he was selected as an MIT Global Entrepreneur for 2017 and Indo-German Young Leader 2017.

Ziad Oueslati

Ziad Oueslati is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of AfricInvest Group, a pan-African private equity and private credit player. Prior to co-founding AfricInvest in 1994, Ziad held different management positions at Citibank in New York and in Tunis, where he was Head of Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Department. Ziad holds a Master’s of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the French engineering school École des Mines de Paris.