Theme: Unveiling ideas

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Institute of Management Sciences
Institute of Management Sciences 1-A, Sector E-5, Phase VII, Hayatabad, Peshawar- Pakistan
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 25000
Pakistan

Humna Raza

Humna Raza is a 23-year-old Islamabadi lifestyle blogger, who is behind the hashtags #positivevibesonly and #smallthingsmatter. She started off in 2016 and already has more than 100k followers on Instagram. Her emphasis is on small topics that aren’t very talked about in our society. She aspires to create a positive society that appreciates everything big and small. She also wants to constantly improve herself by becoming a better person and above all, a better human with a personality that is only hers.

Kamran Saeed

Kamran Saeed has more than 30 years of corporate exposure in multinationals such as Emerck (Germany), SnowBrand (Japan) and national enterprising organizations. His leadership role spans over 15 years in leading sales & marketing, managing a team of over 250 people. He has achieved significant success through brand acquisition, co-branding, contractual marketing and business realignment. He is a certified Franklin Covey Trainer. His command on areas such as strategic envisioning, redefining marketing strategies, field operation management, sales strategies formulation and operational systems development makes him an indisputable champion in the learning and development fraternity.

Maryam Arshad

Maryam strongly believes that when people and ideas get together, great things are bound to happen. Founder at Impact Dynamics, Maryam firmly believes in stirring change through driving solutions to problems through ideas and knowledge sharing. A hybrid marketer, tech enthusiast and a public speaker, she has been a community developer for the past four years in various capacities. Maryam is the founding team member and Former Community Manager at the National Incubation Center Islamabad. An IVLP alumna, Maryam passionately runs the Google Business Group Peshawar as a Manager and is also a Director for Startup Grind Peshawar

Muzamil Hassan Zaidi

Syed Muzamil Hassan Zaidi, a student of computer science from FAST University Islamabad and the founder of House of Lolz which needs no introduction. He makes viral videos with an overarching aspect of ‘doing good’ and has been the face of popular brands like Coke, Redbull and Leisure Club for spreading the message of hope and kindness. He’s been featured in over 200 blogs and newspapers like CBSNews, Huffington Post & MSNLive. He’s currently in the process of setting up Pakistan’s first ‘Digital’ Network & Studio in the heart of Islamabad.

Qasim Mumtaz

Qasim is currently working as consultant with Digitery Learning and working as head of business development and qualitative research with Four Corners Group. A passionate trainer backed by strong research background, Qasim involved in many different training Initiatives and has been serving different clients. Qasim has been delivering training related to sales training, handling diversity, team building, wilderness, research, Monitoring and evaluation, Projective research techniques and Data analysis. Qasim also has enrich experience of research in Pakistan. Qasim is one of the very few Research professionals in Pakistan serving for both social & corporate sector within Industry since last 14 year

Saad Hamid

Saad Hamid is a multi-talented personality who is doing multiples of jobs at a time and is currently CEO of DEMO Enterprise. Saad Hamid from the Global Shapers Islamabad Hub was also part of the Pakistani delegation led by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018 in Davos, Switzerland. Saad is the CEO of DEMO. DEMO is on a mission to create digital opportunities for everyone and it does so through various of its projects such as SkillsFirst, Diamond Challenge, TEDxIslamabad, KNCT and GDG Islamabad. He is a Community Management, Design Thinking, Digital Branding, Entrepreneurship Innovation, Marketing Digital and Social Networking. Saad takes pride in being raised and brought up in Islamabad and has dedicated his life to helping the young people find better employment and create opportunities through digital skills and platforms.

Umair Jaliawala

Umair Jaliwala is business graduate by qualification, Umair is a Director at School of Leadership – a premier youth leadership development firm; Founder, Torque Corp - a management consulting and training outfit; Executive Director, The Indus Entrepreneurs (Karachi) - a global movement to foster entrepreneurship with its roots in the Silicon Valley and Executive Member, Trainers Resource Group (TRG) - a 15-year old legacy of the then HR gurus in the country. In the past, he has set up Young Leaders' Conference 2006 and been associated with it as a lead trainer since then. He also launched inLuv at Unilever Pakistan - an employee engagement and volunteer program.

Yousaf Bashir Qureshi

Yousuf Bashir Qureshi’s talents and passions range from fashion design, photography and painting, to food science and farming. The cultivated man has been successful at anything he touches, including his recent project ‘United Pakistan’, a social program that he initiated amidst the recent flood disaster in Pakistan. The designer moved to Los Angeles in 1997 where Hollywood noticed the unique South Asian artistry of Bashir’s aesthetics. His clientele reached the status of Oscar winners and notable figures alike. His talents impressed celebrities such as Sheryl Crow, Angelina Jolie, and Denzel Washington. The music industry also took notice of the prevailing far-east grandeur of Bashir’s fashion, upon which Bashir designed Madonna’s “Om Shanti” music video. Yousuf went on to design for some of fashion’s biggest brands; including Kenneth Cole’s first women’s line Geisha. The self-made designer began spreading his imported style into fashion houses, by serving as a in-house designer at Givency, the House of Christian Lacroix, Bebe, BCBG, Arden B. and Lapis, to name a few. His designs were sold to major department stores- Nieman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Barney’s, and Nordstrom.