Theme: What's next

The world is constantly evolving. While the 21 st century has brought along with it
great technological and scientific advancements, it has also given rise to a wide
spectrum of challenges: economic, psychological, environmental, technological,
medical, social and so on.
With every moment in life come stress, expectations, and a constant sense that we
should compete and achieve. With every lived experience, people savour success
and struggle with failure. Consequently, mental health issues are on the rise as
addiction to technology grows stronger and social stereotypes continue to persist.
Are we at an inflection point? Where do we go from here? What's next? How do we
remain pertinent given the speed at which the world is evolving? How do we push
away the risk of obsolescence? Listen to our TEDx speakers share their stories,
successes, failures, fears and ideas of “What’s Next” to them… to us… to the World.

International College Beirut
Beirut, bliss street
Beirut, Beyrouth, 1107-2020
Lebanon

Alaa Hammoud

student

Alaa is 17 years old, she loves arts and crafts, music, math, and science.Her aim in life is to experience and learn as much as she can and to have a balance between academics and social life.

Alma Zgheib

Student

Alma Zgheib is known for speaking up when she disagrees with someone's statement whether it is a friend, a stranger or a superior; sometimes simply debating for the fun of it. She is really interested in body language, psychological behavior, and philosophy as a whole, yet she is aiming for a successful interior design company in Lebanon with some side hobbies such as a tattoo artist or maybe even opening a coffee shop.

Anwar Younis

Country Manager

Anwar Younis is the Country Manager in Transmed SAL. He has 25 years of experience in the Consumer Goods Industry, spanning the Middle East and Africa and working with leading global names on the principal and supplier sides.

Carla Doumit

student

Carla finds solace in writing down her thoughts and emotions as it is a therapeutic activity that helps her release her innermost feelings. Journaling is a wonderful way to reflect on her experiences and track her personal growth over time.

Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram

NHS Surgeon, CEO of Proximie

Nadine Hachach is the CEO of Proximie, is a clinical entrepreneur, lecturer, and NHS surgeon who is passionate about using technology and education to improve access to safe surgical care worldwide. She is the founder of Proximie, a cloud-based platform that allow surgical teams to capture OR data and collaborate remotely to improve access to surgical expertise and better outcomes.

Ghinwa Sabra

Teacher

Ghinwa Sabra wears many hats. She is a mom of three beautiful girls, a translator, a high school educator for more than a decade, a certified life coach and an accredited advanced professional trainer. Her passion is making an impact and influencing people to get out of their comfort zone, to dream big and unlock their real potential.

Lulwa Hasbini

student

Lulwa hasbini enjoys traveling, learning about the world and its cultures, and meeting new people. She adores signing up for multiple activities, as it allows her to have a unique schedule, while still balancing academics.

Michele Karam

student

Michèle Karam is 16 years old. Some might refer to her as a dancer, an athlete, a good friend, a twin sister, a good student or simply a stranger when in fact she is all of these and much more. For the moment she would like to simply be a teenage girl trying to make her voice be heard. She talks about SUCCESS: At first she introduces her experience with academic excellence. Then she criticizes how academic success and success in general are used interchangeably and finishes by giving a new definition to success.

Mohammad Sinno

student

Mohammad Sinno is 17 years old. He loves sports, especially soccer. He tries to balance academics and social life.

Nour Labban

student

Nour Labban is 16 years old. She loves music and all types of sports. She is a high achiever when it comes to studies.

Omar Shmaitilly

Certified Coach- Head of Athletics

Omar Shmaitilly, graduated from Haigazian University in Hospitality Management. He is a FIBA certified basketball Coach, and he holds certificates in sports management, leadership programs, and coaching. Head of Athletics for the 3rd year at the age of 27, maybe the youngest head at International College. He worked as a consultant for Fadi El-Khatib, Champs Sports Club Lebanon-UAE and ISA (International Sports Academy) for the GCC.

Sarah Khoury

Audio visual Art and psychology

She is a holder of a bachelor's degree in audio visual arts and she will graduate in June with a BA in psychology. She has attended many acting, psychology and psychodrama workshops.

Serena Slim

student

Serena considers herself to be more serious than a funny person, especially in educational aspects. She is a speaker and a listener who learns from her mistakes. She wants to pursue her ambitions in medical school and expand her core purpose of helping others.

Tamer El Imad

student

Tamer El-Imad is 16 years old. He enjoys learning about politics, history, and philosophy. He is passionate about thinking and learning about the way society functions as well as the critiques of modern society.

Waddah Malaeb

ME in Engineering- CEO DLOC

Mr. Waddah holds a BE and a ME in Mechanical Engineering from AUB. He is a biotech entrepreneur and the founder of the startup DLOC Biosystems. He got chosen for the list of 2022 “Forbes 30 under 30".

Ward Salman

University student

Ward Selman is 23 years old. She is for leading a passion driven life. Her taekwondo journey started at the age of 4. Today, she is still pursuing her little girl dream to be a superhero. She believes in action, in fighting for what one cares about.

Yassine Zein

Mechatronics Engineer- Teacher

He has completed a bachelor’s degree program in Mechanical Engineering in addition to a master's degree program in Mechatronics Engineering . He masters integral engineering skills, namely machine design, coding, printed circuit boards (PCB) routing and milling, machine wiring diagrams, 3D printing, and others. He became a project manager at DScales USA creating a ground-breaking 3D printer which revolutionized the world of additive manufacturing. He recently joined IC as head of the STEAM innovation center working on training the IC faculty and staff on using and updating the resources of the facility, while instructing the IB design technology course that has been newly introduced.

Zea Kabbani

student

Zea believes in equality and hates injustice. She has been through a lot in the past 3 to 4 years and she is still working on becoming a better version of herself until now.