Theme: Transformation

The flow of the human life is all about changes. It doesn’t matter if we look at it from the bigger scale, such as the whole life of us or we zoom in on particularly one day of our life. It is a combination of the inner thoughts, events, movements, which are changing every second. The life is not only about the way we live. The life is about owing it and being part of continuously changing universe. We are in a constant relationship with every single part of the universe and all the parts affect and change each other. Sometimes the thing that we see and feel like an illusion becomes reality, and sometimes the only reality of our life ends up with being just an illusion. We think that it does not make any sense if we wake up earlier, or later, but actually it is possible to transform 5 minutes of sleep into the period of time, when you discover an incredible idea. If we simply put the row of dominoes together, with just one movement of the first domino we can face with a magnificent piece of art in just a few seconds. As long as we continue brainstorming, we will come up with the great and big idea that the life is all about TRANSFORMATION. TEDxADA will introduce you the ideas, which will go through your thoughts and will be transformed into thousands and millions of ideas which are worth spreading!

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String Quintet "Dolce Vita"

Being consist of 5 young talented members, Dolce Vita is the first young string quintet in Azerbaijan. Huseynzada Nargiz - I Violin Alizada Murad - II Violin Taghizada Elnara - Viola Huseynov Orkhan - Cello Taghizada Mahir - Contrabass

Faig Ahmed

Faig Ahmed is an artist who uses ancient symbols and object like carpets and changes them through different perspective transforming them into new objects. The main part of the work consists of socializing with closed societies who change themselves and their technology under the influence coming from the artist. Countering these two parties Faig creates new art and accomplishes an anthropological research.

Hikmat Mursalzade

Hermit Hikmet is an accounting student and seminar leader at Qafqaz University. He is also finishing his book named `Fourth tunnel` and interested in 3D puzzles such as Eureka, Icosoku and Rubik`s cube.

Jeyhun Imanov

Jeyhun Imanov is an expert in design and branding field. He is the founder and owner of "Jeykhun Imanov Studio" advertising agency. He is also the author of more than 1000 projects in the field of marketing communication, graphic and web design. Джейхун Иманов - эксперт в области дизайна и брендинга. Владелец рекламного агентства Jeykhun Imanov Studio. Автор более 1000 проектов в области рекламных коммуникаций, графического и веб дизайна.

Kamal Fataliyev

Kamal Fataliyev is a software developer and entrepreneur. He is also an adjunct instructor at two universities in Azerbaijan. He has been working with Artificial Intelligence methods and applications for some years.

Martha Speirs

Martha Speirs has been working with information for many years in educational settings in various international contexts. She now works as the Dean of Library and Information Services at ADA.

Nariman Aliyev

Nariman Aliyev is working in Information Communication Technologies (ICT) nearly for ten years. He now is working as a Head of Network Administration in ADAU.

Ramina Murshudova

Ramina is an Alumni Outreach Coordinator at the U.S. Embassy Baku. She organizes and implements major events for alumni of exchange programs and coordinates a number of speaker programs. She has years of experience in management of educational exchange programs. Ramina is also a trainer and has a 3-year old daughter.

Reza Hezare

Iranian-born Afghan artist Reza Hazare is notable with his strong traditional characters & a medium – pencil & paper in his artworks. Hazare’s works were the subject of a solo exhibition (2014) at Yay! Gallery, Baku, including group exhibition “Otherness. I is somebody else” (2013) organized by “Espace culturel Louis Vuitton” in Paris. He lives & works in Azerbaijan.

Shamsiyya Mustafayeva

Shams has 15 years of leadership and management experience. She served as an Associate Vice Rector for ADA University and Training Director for Peace Corps Azerbaijan. She holds three masters degrees, two from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Currently she is working as an Management Development Consultant and Business Trainer and finds consultancy work very fulfilling.

Timur Bakibayev

Timur is an assistant professor of School of IT and Engineering at ADA University. He leads a research in theoretical computer science, mathematics, mathematical basis of artificial intelligence, and transportation. He is fond of 3D-modelling of urban traffic.

Vafa Kazdal

Vafa Kazdal is Dean of the School of Education and a professor at ADA University. She is also a recipient of such professional development awards as Junior Faculty Development Program (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA), Oxford Hospitality Scheme Program (Oxford University, UK), Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA). Her teaching and research is in the areas of teacher education, program design, implementation and evaluation, as well as language and identity and developing writing skills.