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TEDxHannoverSalon - an independently organized event

About this event: Have you ever wondered where the knowledge comes from? How it is transmitted through generations? How does it die? We are quite sure that we built pyramids of Egypt but are we equally sure about how we built them? How did humanity manage to preserve a certain kind of knowledge like religious knowledge even before the art of writing was invented?...
Event details: Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany · December 2, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/32478

Eye phone: How a TED Fellow's new app could help restore sight to millions

Around 39 million people in the world are affected by blindness -- 80% of which could be avoided if people had timely access to diagnosis and proper treatment. The problem is that in many developing countries, most eye care providers are in cities, while the majority of patients live in hard-to-reach rural areas. To bridge this gap, London-bas...
Posted December 19, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/19/how-a-ted-fellows-new-app-could-help-restore-sight-to-millions

TEDxVorobyovyGory - an independently organized event

About this event: The beginning of 2011 was full of negative news: terroristic explosion at the airport Domodedovo (Moscow), civil activities in Tunisia, Egypt after the beginning of the war in Libya and the earthquake in Japan that fallow to the brake of nuclear reactor and about 13 thousands of victims. That’s why we decided to discuss the nature of fears and t...
Event details: Moscow, Russia · April 5, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2654

Doing archeology from space: Sarah Parcak at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Space archeology pioneer and Egyptologist Sarah Parcak zooms out from the moment 90 years ago when Howard Carter peered by candlelight into King Tut's tomb to a new age of archaeological discovery: seeking ancient civilization by 21st-century candlelight. Sarah uses satellite imagery to find evidence of ancien...
Posted February 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/28/doing-archeology-from-space-sarah-parcak-at-ted2012

CSI: Mummy!

US authorities recovered an illegally looted mummy, and they wanted to return it. Big problem: They didn't know where it was from. Enter Sarah Parcak, an Egyptologist and expert in the relatively new field of space archaeology. Here, she explains how she and a team unravelled the mystery. Today there’s a new chapter in the history of collecting...
Posted July 10, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/csi-mummy

TEDxAlsaaSquare: Creating Will - an independently organized event

About this event: In Egypt, most of the activities are in Cairo and Alexandria and the spotlight is on those cities, these gave to young people disappointments and they became lazy to change or to spread their ideas. When young people listen that this event will take place in a city like Damanhour which is not famous or has not a lot of activities, they will be p...
Event details: Damanhour, Egypt · March 9, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7800

TEDxYouth@Mississauga: REBEL - an independently organized event

About this event: “The Rebel” (the person) and “To Rebel” (the act) are closely tied with youth. This event is youth-focused and youth-driven, which will shine the light on many different aspects of rebellion- it’s positive contribution to society, and changes that lead the way in the community. The theme of Rebel has been present in the news and the hot topic...
Event details: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · May 3, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2887

TEDxYouthDay, streaming live

TEDxYouthDay starts now! Today and tomorrow 100 TEDx events will participate in TEDxYouthDay, TEDx’s initiative to inspire curiosity, ignite new ideas, and empower leaders in the youth of today. Youth events will go on in 42 countries — including Egypt, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Brazil, Taiwan and the United State. You can also follow live upd...
Posted November 17, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/11/17/tedxyouthday-streaming-live

Internet access is a basic human right: A Q&A with Keren Elazari

Two weeks ago, hours after Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed to “wipe out” Twitter, his government blocked access to the platform across the country. It was just weeks before a hotly contended election, and Erdoğan was upset about tweets accusing him of corruption. A judicial ruling in Turkey called for Twitter to take down the...
Posted April 2, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/04/02/turkey-banned-twitter-keren-elazari

TEDxAASTMT - an independently organized event

About this event: in this event we describe why we should look for the good inside people. Why we should quit the judgement and start understanding each other. we chose the theme another perspective to achieve the true meaning of looking to each other from another perspective.
Event details: alexandria, Al Iskandarīyah, Egypt · October 30, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15020

TEDxYouth@Alexandria - an independently organized event

About this event: It is all what passes through a human mind, we translate it into words, words that draw and illustrate a part of our thoughts. It influences our actions and affect our decision, those decisions that define our lives. It is powerfull, adaptable, spreads fastly and could be immortal. It is the IDEA. Our world is full of achievements, full of even...
Event details: Alexandria, Al Iskandarīyah, Egypt · March 11, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18268