Theme: Compassion

TEDxYouth@ISPrague is a signature half-day event, curated by, organised by, and featuring international high-school students and select guests. Featuring a diverse range of engaging ideas, talks are suitable for mature youth and adults, and open to the public. This year's TEDx is the International School of Prague's 8th annual event. Talks are filmed in front of a live audience in ISP's main theatre, and later edited by IB Film students. Previous years' talks - now at about 1 million total views - can be found on the official TEDx Youtube channel using our event name, TEDxYouth@ISPrague. Videos of all talks from our current event will be available online in the following months.

International School of Prague
Nebušucka 700
Prague, Praha 6, 16400
Czech Republic

Ahaan Pandya

11th Grade Student

An 11th grade student at the International School of Prague, Ahaan comes from India and is considered a prodigy in computer science, maths and science.

Boha Moon

violinist

Teenage prodigy Boha Moon, already the recipient of multiple classical music awards, is originally from South Korea and now lives and studies violin in Prague, Czech Republic.

Furugh Nahib

International relations expert

Furugh was born in Afghanistan, but became a child refugee along with her family after the first Taliban regime took over. Her family settled in Prague, Czech Republic. She studied international relations in the US and works today in Prague.

Karli Bergquist

ethno-mathematics researcher, teacher

Originally from Canada, Karli is an ethnomathematics researcher and teacher, currently working at the International School of Prague.

Kate Wagner

10th Grade Student

Kate is a 10th grade student at the International School of Prague. She has family roots in the US, has lived in various parts of the world, and identifies as a third culture kid.

Marta Ryukhtina

10th Grade Student

A 10th grade student at the International School of Prague, Marta actively follows and writes about global issues.

Michael Clark

librarian, writer, collector

Most of us have started collections of something at some point. But some collectors go far beyond the norm. What do the objects we refuse to leave behind say about us and our lives? Can we ever bring order to “the chaos of memories”? Michael is a librarian, writer, and collector.

Sofia Melka

11th Grade Student

An 11th grade student at the International School of Prague, Sofia is a passionate reader of literature, a writer and deep thinker about the arts and humanities.

Sojo Ethridge

10th Grade Student

Now a 10th grade student at the International School of Prague, Sojo was adopted by American parents after being abandoned as an infant in China.

Tony Ackerman

guitarist, composer, musical activist, NYU-affiliated lecturer

Tony is a multi-genre professional guitarist, composer and educator. Originally from the US, where he received his doctoral degree in music, he has lived almost half his life in the Czech Republic. Tony has performed at diverse music venues across the world.

William Patmore

12th Grade Student

Will is known for leaving a trail of origami wherever he goes. Originally from the US, he is a 12th grade student at the International School of Prague.