Theme: Building a brighter future for humanity

Bringing the community together from across Shanghai and beyond, TEDxYouth@YCYWShanghai aims to build community by bringing people together around inspiring discussions, sharing of ideas, innovative works and creative workshops. With inspiring talks from young people, unique artistic performances, creative exhibitions solving real-world problems, and opportunities for learning and sharing together, the event will be an enriching experience for the whole family from early childhood to grandparents.

Shangri-La Hotel, Pudong
33 Fu Cheng Road, Pudong
Shanghai, Shanghai, 200120
China

Abbey Wei

Student Researcher

We are a group of Year 9 students from YCIS Shanghai Secondary Puxi. Our group consist of 4 outstanding pupils: Abbey Wei, Juliana Cho, Rosie Lim, and Jacob Liu. In the spirit of the TEDx mission “ideas worth sharing” we have brought together a discussion of our experience of a striking project to share. With our presentation we hope to bring a future reference for improvement in project-based learning. We hope to inspire more significant projects in schools beyond our YCYW community.

Adrian Shea

Student Researcher

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Angelique Caballero

Student Researcher

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Anya Ongawattanokul

Student Researcher

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Apple Yu Tong Wu

Student Researcher

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Azalea Wong

Student Researcher

Azalea Wong is a year 12 student attending YCIS Shanghai. She likes many genres of music, anthropology, and snow sports. Tasha Williams is also a student at YCIS Shanghai. She is an avid reader, enjoys illustrating comics, and is curious to learn more about the world around her. Under support from their teachers and peers, they conceptualized a TEDx talk, but neither anticipated how much the both of them and their friendship would gain from this experience.

Betty Zhang

Student Researcher

Betty Zhang is a Grade 5 student from Yew Wah Lingang, Shanghai. She practices playing the piano almost every day because she loves playing it. Due to her hard work and persistence, she has won multiple awards in different piano competitions. Not only does she play the piano but she is also trying her hand at the ukulele. In her free time, she practices the ukulele twice a week and aims to improve herself enough to be able to join competitions. She has reached dance level 9, and is practicing for level 10. In the school library, she likes reading books about animals.

Calvin Chen

Student Researcher

Calvin Chen is a Grade 6 student from Yew Wah Lingang, Shanghai. He enjoys reading horror stories, watching adventure movies and going fishing with his dad. To stay active and healthy, he casually plays soccer and badminton at school with his classmates and outside of school with his friends. Calvin has also been playing the violin for the past four years and is part of the school string orchestra. He grew up with lots of technology around him and has always had a keen interest in robots and the future.

Carina Yeung

Student Researcher

I am Carina, and I currently attend YCIS Shanghai Puxi in Year 10. Through my talk, I hope to share my experience with indecision as well as motivate myself and others to become more efficient with our decision making.

Carry Yang

Student Researcher

I am Carry Yang, a year 9 student from YCIS Shanghai Puxi Secondary. After moving from the Northeast of China all the way southward to an international school here in Shanghai, I’ve experienced the diversification of different regional customs and cultural styles. I am really interested in Ted talks, and sharing viewpoints with others. I am also an outgoing and optimistic student who has a burning passion for comedy. It is my honor to share my talk about comedy with everyone.

Cassie Zhang

Student Researcher

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Daelle Kim

Student Researcher

Dannie and Daelle are 11-year-old identical twins from South Korea, currently attending Y6 at YCIS Shanghai Puxi. They share a lot of interests such as playing the violin, swimming, and Taekwondo, but they also like different things: Daelle loves reading novels and singing while Dannie enjoys public speaking and playing games. Despite being compared to each other often (even this bio has comparisons!), Daelle and Dannie love being twins and enjoy each other’s company. They hope to have another talk in the future about their exciting adventures and challenges as twins.

Dannie Kim

Student Researcher

Dannie and Daelle are 11-year-old identical twins from South Korea, currently attending Y6 at YCIS Shanghai Puxi. They share a lot of interests such as playing the violin, swimming, and Taekwondo, but they also like different things: Daelle loves reading novels and singing while Dannie enjoys public speaking and playing games. Despite being compared to each other often (even this bio has comparisons!), Daelle and Dannie love being twins and enjoy each other’s company. They hope to have another talk in the future about their exciting adventures and challenges as twins.

Edwin Po

Student Researcher

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Emma De Lulis

Student Researcher

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Emory Xu

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Eric Wu

Student Researcher

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Ethan Shi

Student Researcher

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Felix Zhu

Student Researcher

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Harley Song

Student Researcher

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Harold Zhang

Student Researcher

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Haruki Ota

Student Researcher

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Hayyan Kapila

Student Researcher

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Inaya Jobber

Student Researcher

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Jacob Liu

Student Researcher

We are a group of Year 9 students from YCIS Shanghai Secondary Puxi. Our group consist of 4 outstanding pupils: Abbey Wei, Juliana Cho, Rosie Lim, and Jacob Liu. In the spirit of the TEDx mission “ideas worth sharing” we have brought together a discussion of our experience of a striking project to share. With our presentation we hope to bring a future reference for improvement in project-based learning. We hope to inspire more significant projects in schools beyond our YCYW community.

James Mahundi

Student Researcher

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Jasper Pan

Student Researcher

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Jerry Li

Student Researcher

Jerry Li 李聿桐 is a student studying in Shanghai Lingang, China. He is interested in creating art and treasures different ways of explaining his imaginative world of drawing. Jerry enjoys showing people how he can turn something as plain as paper into a cascade of different ideas and unique combinations of real-world objects. He started drawing when he was only four years old, now with nine years of continuous improvement and discovery, he can now draw almost anything imagined or unimagined.

Jian Yu

Student Researcher

The speaker, Jian Yu, is a 14-year-old multicultural child born in South Korea and received education both in South Korea and China. She experienced pressures and stress from her surroundings, and for the longest time, she learned for learning’s sake. However, Jian gradually realizes that education requires a different attitude. Therefore, she is interested in the education system and other social, philosophical, and mental issues and wants to motivate those students experiencing the same thing.

Joanna Bai

Student Researcher

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Johnny Weng

Student Researcher

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Johnny Xu

Student Researcher

We are Levona and Johnny, two Year 11 students from YCIS Shanghai Puxi. From strumming a guitar to competing in debate competitions, we both have an extensive range of interests. In the last two years, we’ve managed to see Hope Beans, a service project we are a part of, grow and transform into something that has improved the lives of many. We hope to share our view on a pressing matter in today’s society, one which affects every single individual, whom we believe are deeply inter-connected.

Joyce Zhuang

Student Researcher

Hi, my name is Joyce, a student from Year 13 at YCIS Shanghai Puxi. I study Economics and Business, and in my free time, I like to read and watch movies with my family and friends. My biggest goal is to keep a balanced lifestyle and a positive mindset.

Julian Tabunets

Student Researcher

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Juliana Cho

Student Researcher

We are a group of Year 9 students from YCIS Shanghai Secondary Puxi. Our group consist of 4 outstanding pupils: Abbey Wei, Juliana Cho, Rosie Lim, and Jacob Liu. In the spirit of the TEDx mission “ideas worth sharing” we have brought together a discussion of our experience of a striking project to share. With our presentation we hope to bring a future reference for improvement in project-based learning. We hope to inspire more significant projects in schools beyond our YCYW community.

Leo Ling-Yao

Student Researcher

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Levona Shu

Student Researcher

We are Levona and Johnny, two Year 11 students from YCIS Shanghai Puxi. From strumming a guitar to competing in debate competitions, we both have an extensive range of interests. In the last two years, we’ve managed to see Hope Beans, a service project we are a part of, grow and transform into something that has improved the lives of many. We hope to share our view on a pressing matter in today’s society, one which affects every single individual, whom we believe are deeply inter-connected.

Mary Lee

Student Researcher

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Mary Ni

Student Researcher

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Mateas Wongchiu

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Matthew Yu

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Melanni Baker

Student Researcher

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Michael Mohr

Student Researcher

I am Michael. I am 13 years of age and am currently in Year 10 at YCIS Shanghai. Over the past few years I feel my willpower has improved and led me to many things, so I want to tell people about willpower. These ideas come partially from my own experience, and partially from reliable and cross-checked research. I really believe that willpower can be trained and make more productive and happier humans.

Nishibori Ryosuke

Student Researcher

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Phoebe Fan

Student Researcher

I am Phoebe, a Year 8 student studying YCIS Shanghai. I am passionate about the environment, and I found a solution to protect the environment. I hope that my talk will spread awareness about this important topic.

Richard Wiharjo

Student Researcher

I’m Richard Wiharjo from Jakarta, currently studying at YCIS Shanghai Puxi as a year 12 student. I am a funny and optimistic guy who now favors studying sciences as they are fascinating and contain valuable knowledge. I also enjoy watching movies as they widen our view and teach us how to be greater than who we are today.

Roselaine Lim

Student Researcher

We are a group of Year 9 students from YCIS Shanghai Secondary Puxi. Our group consist of 4 outstanding pupils: Abbey Wei, Juliana Cho, Rosie Lim, and Jacob Liu. In the spirit of the TEDx mission “ideas worth sharing” we have brought together a discussion of our experience of a striking project to share. With our presentation we hope to bring a future reference for improvement in project-based learning. We hope to inspire more significant projects in schools beyond our YCYW community.

Skylah-Rose Stuurman

Student Researcher

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Suri Zhang

Student Researcher

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Tasha Williams

Student Researcher

Azalea Wong is a year 12 student attending YCIS Shanghai. She likes many genres of music, anthropology, and snow sports. Tasha Williams is also a student at YCIS Shanghai. She is an avid reader, enjoys illustrating comics, and is curious to learn more about the world around her. Under support from their teachers and peers, they conceptualized a TEDx talk, but neither anticipated how much the both of them and their friendship would gain from this experience.

Tianyuan Liu

Student Researcher

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Vandy Wang

Student Researcher

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Zoe Zhu

Student Researcher

Hi, I am Zoe, a Year 12 IB-DP student from YCIS Shanghai. It’s my honor to have this opportunity to share my thoughts with you. I believe that ideas are powerful and lively, thus, are worth sharing to educate and influence one another. Through my talk, I hope to inspire my audience and encourage them to take a new step in life.