Theme: Momentum

The force of talent, skills and capabilities hiding in each of us is changing our social environment and helping the development of our country. In recent years, outbreak of success of professionals in various fields has been inspiring us to be more and more creative. This year TEDxUlaanbaatar’s theme is MOMENTUM which is the mass of the object multiplied by its velocity. Momentum is the law of nature that reminds us about the joint force which depends on every single person’s strength and speed. Momentum will guide us to move forward together through the path of development, discuss together, and solve these issues together. And this will bring us so many opportunities and save much more time than moving individually. Would it be harder to implement MOMENTUM in our social lives than simply understanding its scientific concept in physics?

Mahatma Gandhi street, 15th khoroo
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia

Amartuvshin Hanibal

Banker

Amartuvshin Hannibal has over 15 years of international experience in the banking industry, specifically in risk management, project finance, financial sponsor and leveraged finance. He has held various positions at ABN AMRO Bank in London, Amsterdam and Chicago. Prior to joining the TFG and XacBank, he has worked as the Managing Director, Head of Risk Management at JSC Kazkommertsbank (KKB), the largest commercial bank in Kazakhstan. He earned Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and currently works as the CEO of the 4th largest commercial bank in Mongolia.

Anar Chinbaatar

Entrepreneur

Anar Chinbaatar is the founder and CEO of "AND Global" LLC and the creator of Mongolia's first fintech-based financial service application "LendMN". Once he has also founded a large mobile service operator in Mongolia.

Ariunsanaa Batsaikhan

Project Leader, Mother

Ariunsanaa Batsaikhan is a successful businesswoman working as the Business Development Director at "Gungervaa" LLC. After graduating from the National University of Mongolia as the International relations specialist, she has become a professional in the field of construction. To show that unemployment is caused not just by unwillingness to work, but by many other hidden factors, social barriers, poverty, inequality, and to increase social awareness, she made a documentary film "Journey to job".

Baasanjav Amgalanbayar

Teacher of Sign Language

Baasanjav Amgalanbayar is the Chair of the Education Center for Hearing Impaired. Since 2012, Baasanjav has been teaching sign language to parents and teachers of special education school and kindergarden of Mongolia. She also prepares language sign educational materials, brochures for hearing impaired children.

Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani

Musician

Leader of a Mongolian traditional music band "Domog".

Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren

Neuroscientist

Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren got his Ph.D. in the field of neuroscience from Kyushu University, Japan. He works as a research fellow and lecturer at the Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. He is the Asia-Pacific Committee member of the International Brain Research Organization, head of the Mongolian Society of Psychiatry. In future, Battuvshin wants to establish brain research institute in Mongolia.

Battuya Tsanlig

Children's Rights Activist

Battuya Tsanlig is the founder of "Development and Protection of Children and Youth" NGO. During her 40-year experience, she has been teaching children to be themselves, to be open and develop no matter their age, gender, social conditions, and education level.

Bayasgalan Batsuuri

Literature Translator, Book Lover

Bayasgalan Batsuuri is a co-founder of "Tagtaa Publishing" LLC. She is the translator of more than 10 books including "Happy Endings", "A very old man with enormous wings", and "Snow". A political researcher by profession, she is more known with her translation works, interviews and articles in the field of literature.

Bolorsaikhan Badamsambuu

Human Rights Activist

Bolorsaikhan is the Vice Coordinator of the ‘All for Education!’ National Civil Society Coalition of Mongolia NGO. Previously, he has worked in human rights organizations uncluding Mongolian National Comission on Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Good Neighbors Mongolia, Amnesty International Mongoliaand others. He is interested in the role of education, human rights education, gender equality, power issues and social justice. He developed Mongolia's first online education platform with emphasis on human rights education, monitoring, and training modules.

Bulgantuya Khurelbaatar

Economist, Politician

Bulgantuya was educated in the most prestigious schools and universities of Australia, USA, Japan and leads a successful career as a Development Economics. Since 2016, she is serving as the Deputy Finance Minister of Mongolia and strives to improve the lives of Mongolian people.

Bum-Erdene Dulam

Marketing Consultant

Bum-Erdene Dulam is a marketing researcher with 15 years of experience in business consulting and Vice-President of the Mongolian Marketing Association. He is one of the founders of the first professional marketing research organizations in Mongolia. Bum-Erdene inititated "Social Marketing" forum and has worked on more than 200 research projects on marketing and socioeconomic issues, and 50 marketing projects.

Byambasuren Yadmaa

Mathematician, Researcher

Byambasuren Yadmaa is a mathematician with Master degrees from Australian and South Korean universities. He is a consultant at the Independent Research Institute of Mongolia (IRIM), Director of the Management Science Department at the Academy of Governance and a government policy researcher for poverty reduction policy. He is the manager of project "Ingumel" aimed at protection of intellectual property.

Gankhulug Battumur

Musician, Drummer

Gankhulug Battumur has rich experience as a musician including the College of Music and Dance in Mongolia, “CUE” Recording Studios in the US, and “IPPTAR” Institute in Malaysia. He is a freelance musician who has worked at the State Morin Khuur Ensemble and the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Mongolia. In 2016, he founded a drum band “UB Drums” with more than 100 independent and joint performances to the moment.

Khulan Jugder

Journalist, Activist

Khulan has worked as a journalist in a daily newspaper when she was a student. Later she was on reporting teams from the Reuters, BBC and other international media organizations. When Khulan was teaching at the University of Humanities of Mongolia, she was deeply interested in digital journalism. After completing her Masters degree in Digital Media at the University of London, she started working as the Editor-in-Chief of the Eagle News TV where she put more emphasis on violance, human rights, citizen participation issues. Now she works as the Executive Producer of the NTV, Mongolia.

Naransukh Damiran

Environmental Hygiene Researcher, Doctor

Dr. Naransukh Damiran is the Chair of Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences. He holds degrees in hygiene and epidemiology, public health, occupational and environmental hygiene. He is interested in the subject of asbestos related issues in public health, and occupational hygiene.

Nomadic Ballet Production

Ballet performers

Established in 2016, Nomadic Ballet Production has successfully conquered audience with a number of neoclassic, classic, and modern concerts.

Tengis Donrov

Musician

Master student of the Mongolian State University of Culture and Arts, Tengis Donrov is one of the most successful participants of the Mongolia's Got Talent show in 2016.

Zorig Tumennasan

Fashion Stylist

Zorig Tumennasan is the founder of "Premier Tailor" LLC. After graduating from the Business marketing management program in the US, he started working at MCS. In 2012, he decided to establish a tailored suit brand for men. Rather than pursuing big profit he prefers pursuing his passion.