Theme: Turbulence

TEDxYouth WASO is an independently organized TEDxYouth speaker event that runs in Wellington Academy, Dubai Silicon Oasis. Our theme this year is Turbulence. The event is to be held on April 14th 2016!

GEMS Wellington Academy
Dubai Silicon Oasis
Dubai, Dubayy, 49746
United Arab Emirates

Ali Raza

Student

Ali Raza is a 16 year old student a GEMS Wellington Academy. Although a passionate pursuer of the sciences, Ali likes to spend his free time inspiring people and helping those who are struggling through his own experiences.

Ashley Woodbridge

Principle Solutions Architect

Ashley Woodbridge is the Customer Solutions Architect at Cisco, UAE.

Dr. Khaled Ismail

Chairman of SydSoft

Dr. Ismail is currently the Chairman of Endeavor Egypt. He is also Chairman of Kiangel, an angel investment fund focused on early-stage startups in Egypt. Dr. Ismail is the Founder and CEO of SySDSoft, a company focused on the design of wireless communication system modems. With his varying experiences and unique insight, Dr. Ismail is an inspiration for all youth in the Middle East.

Dr. Oudi Abouchacra

Public Speaker

Dr. Oudi Abouchacra is a chiropractor and public speaker currently residing in Abu Dhabi. For the last 10 years, Dr. Oudi has employed The Demartini Method ® to breakthrough his own obstacles and also to help patients, family and friends with theirs. The results have been inspiring, to say the least.

Faisal Jonaidi

Student

Faisal is a 16 year old student at GEMS Wellington Academy whose interests range from science to philosophy.

Shriyans Bhandari

CEO and Co-Founder of Greensole

Shriyans is currently enrolled in Master’s in Entrepreneurial Leadership course at Babson College. A graduate from Jai Hind College, Mumbai. He is a passionate athlete and has run more than 100 long distance races till date in India and abroad and has authored “Birds of Aravallis” in association with Rajasthan Tourism and BNHS India. He has spoken at various environmental and entrepreneurship forums including the ones at Harvard Kennedy School, Babson College, MIT, Wharton and TEDxYouth@WASO, Dubai. Shriyans is passionate about his vision of bridging the social, economic and environmental gap through Greensole and creating an infrastructure, which allows everyone to have the basic necessity of footwear forever.

Taher Kathawala

Student

Taher Kathawala, a student from GEMS Wellington Academy DSO, loves telling stories and talking about himself, so any opportunity to do that on stage is more than welcome.

Zoha Naser

Student