Theme: Ignored Importance

TEDx is a grassroots initiative, created in the spirit of TED’s overall mission to research and discover “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx brings the spirit of TED to local communities around the globe through TEDx events. These events are organized by passionate individuals who seek to uncover new ideas and to share the latest research in their local areas that spark conversations in their communities. TEDx events include live speakers and recorded TED Talks, and are organized independently under a free license granted by TED. These events are not controlled by TED, but event organizers agree to abide by TED format. More than 3000 events are now held annually.

TEDxTSUL is an independently organized TED event in Tashkent State University of Law. It is the first university event in Uzbekistan, being first organized in 2020 and conducting its first event in November 2021. Organized by the students of TSUL, the project gives the platform of TEDx to any individual who has an idea to share. Whether they are university students or pupils, lawyers or engineers, everyone has a chance to speak.

December 10, 2022

TEDxTSUL reaffirms it commitment to the values about raising awareness on the ideas that shape the perspectives of the community. On this upcoming event, guests are going to discover diverse views, ranging from quantum computers to eco-activism.

Have you ever questioned yourself why the importance of environmental issues is ignored? Why do people ignore the importance of smiling? Or why ignored importance of emotions is not still concerned enough? It is for these reasons TEDxTSUL decided to focus on changing your minds on the things you heard about a lot but never had deeply analyzed the details. This time, TEDxTSUL is organizing an event where you will be brainstormed by the ideas discovering new visions of aforementioned topics. Moreover, we will keep introducing the talks in uzbek language on the most wanted matters!

Great Hall of Tashkent State University of Law
Amir Temur square
first floor, third campus
Tashkent, Toshkent, 170100
Uzbekistan

Asal Juraeva

Administrative law professor

Asal Juraeva is a lecturer at Administrative and Financial Law Department of TSUL who previously worked as specialist at the International cooperation department of TSUL. Asal is hopeful to change people's perspective on taxes and break stereotypes about its significance in community life.

Barno Kodirova

ESL Teacher

Qodirova Barno is TESOL certified English teacher and activist for many kind of events. She's passionate to learn new languages. Besides, she has attended many international conferences. Barno is the one who is always positive and smiling. In her TED talk she will deliver a speech about the power of smiling which you have not thought off it to be as powerful as it is. You will realize how a positive attitude and smiling can change your day dramatically. By the virtue of her speech Barno is going to make you smile too.

Madina Tursunova

Trademark Attorney

Madina Tursunova is an Intellectual Property and Media Law expert with more than 14 years of expertise in consulting leading creative industries, media and IT. She is an author of a legal blog and civil activist advocating for freedom of media and development of legal concept of digital rights. In her ted talks she wants to give an understanding of importance and value of digital literacy in a society where communication and access to information is increasingly through digital technologies like internet platforms, social media, and mobile devices.

Maftuna Pulatova

IT developer

Maftuna Vohidjonovna (Domirando) - an IT enthusiast, developer and gender equality activist. Her "Smart house" project with her team won "Seeds for the Future" hackathon organized by Huawei. Currently, along with her studies, she tries to share her knowledge with students. She also organized Winter Web Hackathon 2022 and several IT meetings. In her ted talk she wants to change our perspectives about future computers introducing quantum computers.

Mutabar Khushvaqtova

Environment Activist

Mutabar Khushvaqtova is an eco-blogger, eco-activist, feminist, translator and young mother. She is known for her short film "Suv" and her picket with sanitation workers. She was selected by the UN Development Program for the international seminar on promoting the activities of European and Central Asian ecoactivists held in Istanbul. Currently, along with raising a child, she is working on a number of social projects such as "qizlarqizlarqizlar", "ayol-sevgi", "tozalik farishtalari" and her own eco blog. The author of the documentaries "Suv", "Tozalik farishtalari", and "To'y".

Shakhnoza Soatova

Civil Servant

Shakhnoza Mirzarakhimovna Soatova is an Uzbek columnist, blogger and public figure. Currently, she's working in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Besides, she is an adviser to the Minister of Justice on improving the effectiveness of spiritual and educational work, ensuring compliance with laws on the state language. In her TED talk she will give the thorough insights about Jadids who were Muslim modernist reformers within the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century.