Esfahan
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Theme: Pioneers

This event occurred on
August 30, 2019
Esfahan, Eşfahān
Iran

.تدکس اصفهان، هفتمین رویداد تدکس است که از سال ۱۳۹۳ در اصفهان برگزار شده است
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khorshid Art Hall
Khorshid Art Hall, Kaveh st. Isfahan Municipality
Esfahan, Eşfahān, 810000
Iran
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Ali Dasmeh

Computational musicologist
He started to learn music when he was 4. In the same time, he had a computer which was as a hobby. Computer and Music were a considerable part of Ali’s life, in the first as the entertainments but they became Ali’s goals. His older brother helped Ali to find more professional usage of the computer when Ali was in middle school. In high school, He found programming fascinating and his brother started to teach him to code. Nevertheless, he chose to study Music and he graduated music from the University of Tehran. From the last year of high school, he started to weave Computer and Music. He struggled to understand music deeply through the computer. He founded research to redefine the evolution of Music.

Amir Nazemi

Assistant Professor at National Research Institute of Science, Head of Iran Information Technology Organization Policy
Deputy Minister at Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of I.R.Iran.

Behrang Kofgar

musician
He began to play Setar in 1364 and through that year he got to know some masters like:Lotfi,Alizade, Meshkatian and others.In 1376 he tried to keep Persian music Radif from disappearing by Mirza Abdollah approach and Hossein Alizade performance.He started his work with two ideas in 1379,one of which was Bana and Nava(improvised performance and playing Radif in historical places such Chehel Sotoun , Ali Qapu and other places)and the other one was music therapy(teaching music and poetry to people suffering from cancer,spinal cord problems and HIV, blind people, afghan children and others).His first concert, which was a solo performance,was held in 1381.In 1376 he started composing some tracks that they were called fusion music later, such as: Rooyesh, Rahayi, Faryad and Chera.He made some music for Rumi, Hafez and Saye poems that have been played in concerts. He made " Message Of Art " band at 1382.

Farbood Harandi Fasih

student
Hi, my name is Farbod .I have 12 years old. I like science, nature ,and animals .I select this topic because in my idea this is most importantly in the world because this is the future of the earth.

Mahsa Alibeigi

Journalist, Activist and CSR researcher
I am a journalist and I am passionate about journalism because to me journalism is all about making a positive impact on the community. Oneday in my career I got to know Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CSR is a concept in business ethics which depicts the way that can lead to a more sustainable world. Responsible businesses have a great potential for changing the world around us and when I understood this fact I changed my way to help businesses to be more sustainable and responsive to create a better world along with wealth creation.

Mohammad Reza Safdarian Korouyeh

Member of Ice climbing National Team
Mohammad Reza has made an impossible incident to a possible. Although he is from a desert city, he managed to win a gold medal at Ice Climbing World Cup. Till now, Mohammadreza achieved 11 medal at international events. International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (uiaa) called him as THE HISTORY BOY. He is also active in other sports such as sailing, high-line and cycling.

Mohammad Taghi Saeedi

Cognitive Neuroscientist
Interested in knowing and understanding the mechanism of the brain, brain and cognition .Researcher, in the field of decision neuroscience, neurotherapist for diseases of the brain and nervous system. Cognitive biases are systematic and predictable errors in our behavior. These biases, which are rooted in the evolution of our brain / mind, affect our decisions and judgments. “What's beautiful is good" is one of the cognitive biases that influence our decisions in the economic and shopping context.

Mohsen Taheri Demneh

Futurist
Most of Mohsen's efforts in recent years have focused on promoting futures studies discourse in Iran. His work in schools has been praised for teaching future literacy. The biggest project of his life is developing of social hope. He deeply believes that he must be a cause for the future, not a result of the past.

Shirin Tabaeh Emami

psychologist
I got married when I was 20 and became a mother the following year. Despite personal problems and concerns, continuing education was a reason to continue. I tried and got a PhD in psychology. Then I was hired at the university and also worked as a psychologist in the private clinic. At the peak of my success, I realized that I had deadly cancer. This event changed my whole life and at the age of forty-three I found a new meaning in life. I am alive today and I have battled four cancers so far and I love myself, others and life.

Shuan Sadreghazi

Expert on Innovation for Sustainable Development
Shuan Sadreghazi is an expert in innovation for sustainable development. His main focus is on (1) how to harness the power of innovation to address sustainability challenges more effectively and (2) how to make sure the solutions are widely adopted and diffused among the intended beneficiaries (this part is the toughest one!). Shuan has more than 10 years of experience in advising inclusive business and social innovation initiatives in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, working with an alphabet soup of organizations, such as UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF and Sasakawa Peace Foundation. He has been based at the UN University research center in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Soroush Salavatian

Social Activist
In the villages next to the Jazmourian Wetlands, they call him "the ID card man" (ba marde shenasnameh) ,some others local people call him "the urban philanthropist". After a lifetime full of travelling, adventuring and making video and docs from Iran's cities and their sceneries, he was planning to immigrate to another country, but in a short journey to the Jazmourian wetlands, he's altered his purpose life and started to help the people of that region. He known as a social activist now and the creator of #Jazmourian_tanha_nist (#جازموریانتنهانیست) His name is Soroush Salavatian, who was born in Hamedan and he lives in Tehran now.

Organizing team

Mohammad
Zahedi

Isfahan, Iran
Organizer

arezoo
afshari

esfahan, Iran
Co-organizer
  • Ali Ahmadi
    Curation
  • Hassan Abedi
    Marketing/Communications
  • Javad Foroozan
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  • Mahdi Niazimanesh
    Operations
  • Maryam Mesbah
    Curation
  • Samaneh Khatir
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  • Zeynab Shahedi
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