Theme: Creative Attitude

TEDxBaladshapur will be the birth of a new way of thinking and an inspiration for positive change. The event seeks to bring local people of all ages, gender, tribes, religions, political ideology, etc. together for an improved community. The theme adopted was “Creative Attitude”. The theme is hinged on the team's strong belief that for any change to happen in a society, it is pertinent to unlearn, relearn and adopt a new way of thinking.

Baladshapur Caravanserai
Dehdasht Historical Town, Emamzadeh Jabber St.
Dehdasht, Kohgīlūyeh va Būyer Aḩmad, 7571674397
Iran

Alireza Shahrdari Panah

Wildlife Therapist

Alireza Shahrdari Panah was born in 1987. About twenty years ago, he began exploring nature and started taking photographs of wildlife species to research and learn more about them.He began teaching children in 2007 and has participated in conservation and education projects such as the conservation and education project for the Larestan salamander, the Euphrates softshell turtle, the Iranian leopard, and the installation of cameras for research on Iranian leopards, as well as educational and conservation projects for wetlands, school education for the protection of houbara bustards, Iranian cheetahs, and mountain snakes. His resume also includes participation in the identification and photography project of Iranian mammals and the publication of the Iranian Mammal Atlas by the Environmental Organization. One of Alireza Shahrdari's most well-known achievements is the rehabilitation, treatment, and care of the only captive-bred Iranian cheetah cub named Pirouz.

Ehsan Ganji

Cartoonist

Ehsan Ganji was born in 1978. Since childhood, he used to work at his father's shop, which was located next to newspaper stands. He became familiar with magazines and newspapers. Since he had also been painting and drawing with his brothers from an early age, he gradually found magazines that had more pictures and photographs. Now he is on the path of professional journalism through illustration. He now works as a professional cartoonist. In recent years, he has defined a research project for himself to understand what magic is used in art that can transform minds and lives. He says, "All the moments I spent researching and experiencing in this path were enjoyable and inspiring for me, so I have decided to share everything I have learned and every pleasure I have experienced with others. Ehsan has come to the conclusion that art can be a magic that helps people improve their lives. According to Ehsan, walking on the road of art can give people pleasures that cannot be found elsewhere.

Fatemeh Forouzan

Book Facilitator

Fateme Forouzan was born on 1994. She is a book facilitator and an activist in the field of child development based on creativity. She believes that people can achieve desirable results in any field by learning and experiencing together. Therefore, since 2020, she has started to learn about literature, philosophy, games, and skills in the field of children. Along with her educational path, she held creative writing and storytelling workshops, games, and life exploration for children, coaches, teachers, and mothers in cities and villages. She has a degree in judicial law, but due to her passion for literature and art since childhood, she entered the world of book and child facilitation. Daydreaming is a window to creativity, and facing courage is following the path of dreams. All successful people have once imagined the glory of success. And daydreaming children are more courageous and fly higher than their peers. Imagination can be the first step. So let's daydream.

Hassan Hosseinie

Teacher

Hassan Hosseini was born in 1947 in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad provinces. He was a graduate of Nomads and Teacher College in 1966. He was a nomad education guide for 4 years in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad provinces. In 1972, he was elected as the mayor of Dehdasht. Then he was elected as the head of the "Sepah Danesh" in his province. As the best nomadic teacher in 2019, he won the Bahman Beigi award. In 1401, on behalf of UNESCO, a tree named after him was planted by the Iranian Science Promotion Organization. Hassan Hosseini wants to tell us about the importance of education among the nomads and the methods of Master Bahman Beigi.

Iman Karimi

entrepreneur

Iman Karimi's 34-year life has been full of major twists and turns, from studying cosmology to his interest in philosophy and literature, and finally entrepreneurship. Iman was born in the northern part of the country, but he has lived there for a short time and has experienced life in various parts of Iran. Since 2016, when he decided to start his own business and became familiar with the concept of startup, his life has changed, and even his ethics and attitudes have changed, and new concepts have emerged for him. He is now the CEO of a company called aimedic, whose goal is to develop artificial intelligence in the field of health in Iran and the world, and for this reason, it is considered one of the leading companies in Iran. For Iman, achieving this goal is not just a business goal, but there are multiple personal motivations behind this effort to help justice in the field of health.

Koroush Asadpour

Shahnameh Researcher and Singer

Kourosh Asadpour is a 58-year-old man born in the village of Sheshbehar in Lordegan district of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. He was born into a family that had a passion for reading the Shahnameh, singing and good music, and this is one of the reasons why Kourosh was drawn to local music and reciting the Shahnameh and passing it down from his father to his sons He studied academic music under the supervision of Shahzidi, and then in 1993, he was corrected musically by Mohammad Reza Shajarian. He has produced 16 official albums with the collaboration of great masters. Kourosh Asadpour has performed live concerts in over 16 countries. Among his awards, he has won the first prize for reciting Shahnameh in the European Parliament, the UNESCO World Prize for his activities in preserving the poems of Hakeem Nizami, a golden man statue at the 14th Music House Festival. Since 1997, he has also been teaching music and has educated more than 400 students in the field of music.

Mohsen Mousavian Moazam

Clerk

Mohsen Muosaviyan Moazzam was born in 1990 and is 33 years old.He is CEO of the NGO "Neday-e Farhangi-ye Javanan" (Voice of Young Culture), which is active in the social and cultural sphere. He founded this NGO based on his experience with social and cultural issues, hoping to solve some of these problems in his home province. He was born in the city of Dishmuk in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, which is one of the most deprived areas of the country in terms of culture and society. During these years, he faced many ups and downs in his life, but before that, he spent seven years going through difficult experiences that made his life even harder. His father got cancer, and he try to talk about how his father cured.

Nowrooz Rajabi

Archaeologist

Nowrooz Rajabi, archaeologist and chairman of the Iranian Archaeological Society Nowrooz Rajabi was born on the first day of Farvardin, 1357 in the village of Dishmuk. Due to his interest in the history and culture of Iran, he spent his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies in the field of archaeology. He obtained his doctorate degree at the University of Tehran by conducting a research entitled "Chronology of Fars and Eastern Khuzestan Heights in the 3rd and 2nd Millennium BC: Based on the Exploration of Tul Khosro (Yasuj) and Tul Sabz (Marvdasht)". Along with archeology researches and publication of their results, educational activities in Fars and Tehran universities have also been a part of his efforts. Nowrooz Rajabi was a member of the academic faculty of Marvdasht Azad University for ten years, and in the last three years, as the chairman of the board of directors of the Iranian Archaeological Society, he tried to serve the culture and civilization of Iran.