Theme: Resurrecting Optimism

TEDxMurree is an independent conference to be held under the great umbrella of TED which aims to bring people together where they can share their ideas.

At our TEDx event, TEDTalks and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in small groups, bringing out the best ideas from the batch.

We at TEDxMurree will provide you with and amazing opportunity to learn about the newest innovations, biggest ideas, meet great thinkers, and share your thoughts. We really want you to feel that spark be active an talk to each one of our speaker personally to get your life on the highway to greatness. TEDxMurree aims to expand the TEDx Family and bring together all the like minded people for betterment of this world and our country. So are you with us in restructuring Optimism in Pakistan

Lawrence College Murree
Lawrence College Rd, Ghora Gali
Murree, Punjab, 47150
Pakistan

Nigar Nazar

CEO at gogi studios

Nigar Nazar is the first Pakistani female cartoonist. Her character Gogi is an urban Pakistani woman struggling with her frailties in the context of gender-discriminate social norms. She is the chief executive officer of Gogi Studios. Between 2002 and 2003, she was a Fulbright Professor at the art department of the University of Oregon.

Owais Anjum

Founder Cricout, CEO eMumba, President OPEN Islamabad

Founder and CEO at eMumba and the co-founder and CEO of much acclaimed social network for cricket, Cricout, Owais Anjum is one of the leading figures behind the changing scene of Pakistan’s IT industry. Cricout has already set a good example of the kind of innovation that is taking place in Pakistan’s tech space as Apple has listed Cricout as a featured app in nine countries. It has already hit top spot in Pakistan and the fourth in India in the sports category on the App store. Other than being an entrepreneur who does not fear embracing the possibility of failure, Owais Anjum has been working quite actively with OPEN Silicon Valley and stays involved in charitable work through Hidaya Foundation both is U.S. and Pakistan.

Saima Khan

Chief Operating Officer, School of Leadership

Saima Khan belongs to the pioneering team that established the School of Leadership (SoL) in July, 2002. She is the Chief Operating Officer at the School of Leadership and Project Manager of the Young Leaders’ Conference.She specializes in Human Behavior and gives them a better understanding of personal and professional life and how to take them together as a whole. Working with people from all across makes her a stronger believer of diversity and the value of each individual in a team.

Wahaj us Siraj

CEO Nayatel

CEO and co-founder of Nayatel which has installed Pakistan's first fiber to the home network in 2006 in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to provide ultra broadband Internet, high definition TV and telephony services to business and home users. Earlier, Mr. Siraj has been part of teams that launched Pakistan's first broadband network in 2002 and Pakistan's first country wide ISP in 1996. Mr. Siraj worked with the Government of Pakistan for fifteen years before switching his career as entrepreneur.

Zeeshan Shah

Chief Operation Officer at Corporate Art Task Force

Zeeshan has been creating different youth events under various platforms since his O Levels; ranging from dramas, sport events, debating competitions and more. Zeeshan thoroughly believes that a well-planned, creative and engaging event can make a difference across many domains of life. Under the same spirit; he is working on a pilot project that he will present at Tedx Murree.

Zubair Khan

CEO, Tranchulas

Chief Executive Officer at Tranchulas, a multinational information security company having its offices in UK, USA and Pakistan. Honoree for Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievement Program by (ISC)2. Information security researcher. Regular trainer and speaker at world's renowned security conferences including Hack.lu Luxembourg, Hack In The Box Malaysia and Infosek Slovenia.