Theme: Ideas Are Infinite

Converting an idea into reality is never an easy task. Giving ideas life is much like giving birth to a child. Regardless of the circumstances, you are responsible for it because no one understands the dynamics associated with it like you do. The process of cultivating an idea into a reality is a never ending cycle.

And thus, the theme of this year’s TEDxAIUB is ‘Ideas are Infinite’. In this event, we celebrate stories of those who have come up with unique ideas in various fields like art, science, technology, literature, filmmaking and architecture. That is how diverse our list of speakers are this year. With their exceptional minds and immeasurable work ethics, these individuals are truly icons who will surely inspire students, faculties and general audiences alike.

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Arif Nezami

Serial Entrepreneur

Arif Nezami is a serial entrepreneur and community manager. He is actively managing tech and youth communities since 2010 all around Bangladesh. He is passionate about solving problems with technology using empathy and human centered design. Arif is an IVLP alumni of US State Department and active startup evangelist.

Dr. Tabin Hasan

Head of Graduate Program, American International University - Bangladesh

Dr. Tabin Hasan Sir earned his Masters from Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden in the area of HCI and Bachelors from AIUB. While studying at KTH, he was being offered a paid thesis at University of Trento, Italy. On completion of his thesis work, he was offered research fellowship followed by a PhD position as recognition to his distinct research excellence. He is now a full time faculty at AIUB heading the graduate program.

Fazlay Rabby

Traveller

Fazlay Rabby is an IT professional working for an international organization. Though his educational and professional field is related highly to modern technology, his mind is somewhere else. He loves to be close to outdoor and nature. He is the Co-founder and moderator of Facebook base largest Bangladeshi travel platform “Travelers of Bangladesh” where not only the locals seeks information and plan tours but also many foreigners and expats engaged. He is also the Co-founder and moderator of “Project BanglaTrek” and the Owner of countries largest outdoor gear shop “Peak69 Outdoor & Adventure”.

Khan Muhammmad Saqiful Alam

Coordinator of Applied Statistics and Risk Management Courses

Khan Muhammad Saqiful Alam is a lecturer of operations and risk management for the department of management in North South University. He completed his masters from Manchester Business School in Operations, Projects and Supply Chain Management, after graduating from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Dhaka University. At present, he is the coordinator of Applied Statistics and Risk Management Courses and also the coordinator of NSU Seminar Series for North South University.

Maliha Mohsin

Founder and Director of Glyph

Maliha Mohsin is a writer and creative director anchored in Dhaka. She is also the founder and director of Glyph, an indie creative storytelling agency; a student of Psychology; and eternally hungry.

Max Mystel

Magician/Comedian

Max Mystel is a street performer, magician and a comedian. He likes to refer to himself as “The deck-no-logically challenged entertainer.” He has been performing professionally for 11 years, for audiences of all ages and different nationalities. He has been most recently covered my The Telegraph newspaper.

Mofizul Haque Chowdhury

Musician

Mofizul Haque Chowdhury has been a student of music since he was a kid. It started back when he was in class 5 (age 11) and started taking classical lessons for the next 3 years. But then he got into rock music which caused him to stop the classical lessons. Taking up guitar, in 2010 some of his friends really pushed him to train his vocals and that is what helped him to bring out his full potential. Now he is working with Black, a mainstream rock band in Bangladesh, as the lead vocalist.

Samid Razzak

Teacher

Samid Razzak is one of the initiators of ’10 Minute School’ which is a web based school that replaces the role of prevalent costly coaching academies in our country. He is also the winner of social media championship award at Ad Maker Bangladesh 2015, winner of 2nd prize at Ptak Global Supply Chain competition and a finalist at Telenor Youth Forum 2015.

Shagufe Hossain

Founder of Leaping Boundaries

Syeda Shagufe Hossain is the founder of Leaping Boundaries. She is also the founding member of Garbo Bangladesh Foundation (Feb 2012) Founder and Chairperson of Shammo Foundation. She was also the Programme Officer for Fundraising and Monitoring in WaterAid Bangladesh (Feb 2015- August, 2015) and Assistant Manager of Youth at BRAC International (April 2013 Until Feb 2015) .

Shams Jaber

Founder of The Tech Academy

Shams Jaber is the Founder of ‘Computing in the Cloud(Literally)’ which is a not-for-profit project that provides Engineering Education to children living in the remote areas of Bangladesh, ex. Bandarban and Fatikchari. Shams has a High School Diploma from William Carey Academy, Chittagong and studied in BRAC Business School for more than two years before dropping out at 2013.