Theme: Beyond Expectation

TEDxMSB 2015 started from the premise that life is full of the unexpected. We set out with a goal and a plan and somehow end up traveling in an entirely new direction, but, in the process, encounter opportunities and discoveries beyond what we could have anticipated. Together with our audience, we embarked on a journey to explore the possibilities of a path 'beyond expectation'. Along the way, we invited our dear travel companions to situate themselves in the context of the theme and to make new connections across time and space and ideas and people to discover or create or achieve beyond expectation.

Mediterranean School of Business (MSB)
Les Berges du Lac II Walkway
Tunis, Tunis
Tunisia

Amine Lamine

Amine Lamine was born in Tunis in 1983. After his media engineering studies, Amine launched Graphik Island, a platform oriented toward visual culture and global art and provides a space for talented people to share and learn in this field. In 2012, Amine launched the After Creatif Conferences, mini conferences designed to highlight the creative professions and popularize access to visual culture and graphic art. His approach lies in the desire to consolidate this creative platform that exists in Tunisia and better enable it to export creative talents! Graphic Designer, dreamer and passionated, Amine’s experiences have allowed him to develop his interest in the importance of graphic design with respect to the cultural environment.

Brenna Boyd

Brenna was born and raised in Bozeman, Montana, in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. She left her hometown to attend college at Davidson in North Carolina, where she obtained a double major in Psychology and Spanish. Subsequently she attended graduate school at Arizona State University, graduating with a Masters Degree in Social Psychology with a focus on cross-cultural and intergroup relations. After further developing these skills while working as a program coordinator in the International Programs Department at Montana State University, she moved to Tunis to accept a position as a liberal arts professor at the Mediterranean School of Business. She is excited about the opportunity to spread her contagious enthusiasm about psychological research and inquiry beyond the walls of MSB to the TED stage!

Mohamed Louadi

Mohamed Louadi is a Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS). Before joining the University of Tunis, he had held several research and teaching positions: at the University of Pittsburgh (US), the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Canada), Concordia University (Canada), the Higher Colleges of Technology (Dubai), and the American University of Beirut (Lebanon). He has been consultant with several government and non-government organizations. He is also the author of three books on Information & Communication Technologies and MIS.

Nafa Ben Haddej

Nafa Ben Haddej has always been passionate about the complexity of human decision-making. After graduating from Lycee Pilote Ariana, he went through a journey of higher education in which he attended four universities including the Mediterranean School of Business (MSB) in Tunis. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Maryland-College Park and is currently working as an Analyst for SFC Finance - Africinvest.

Noômen Lahimer

Noômen Lahimer is an Assistant Professor of Economics. He holds a Ph.D and Master graduate in Economics from Univesité Paris-Dauphine, France. Formerly, Dr. Lahimer occupied several research-teaching positions at Saint John’s University New-York (Paris-Campus), Université Paris-Daphine and Ecole Supérieure des Affaires de Paris. His research activities are focused on entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation and economic development. Currently, Noômen Lahimer is the coordinator of the entrepreneurship programs at the Mediterranean School of Business (MSB). These entrepreneurship programs include, among others, the AMIN project (business accelerator that aims to foster ground-based entrepreneurship), ENACTUS-MSB (student’s club in social entrepreneurship), and the Innovation Lab (a program designed to help entrepreneurs develop creativity skills).

Ouissem Ghorbel

With an unmistakable competence and charisma, Ouissem Ghorbel brings to TEDxMSB the vision, insights, and initiative of a true leader. Having completed his graduate studies at Telecom ParisTech in 2002, Ouissem worked and travelled internationally for many years before the historic events that marked the revolution prompted his return to Tunisia in 2011 to serve as Chief of Staff for the Minister of Economic and Social Reforms and then Prime Counselor to the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, coordinating pivotal decisions in the first transitional government of post-revolution Tunisia.