Past TEDx event

TEDxNazareth

Took placeMay 4, 20123:00 PM - 10:00 PM (GMT+3)
LocationNazareth, Israel
TEDxNazareth is meant to mirror the city of Nazareth in its role as an Arab, economic and cultural metropolis in the Galilee. It gives the floor to individual initiators to share the stories behind their inspirations. A networking opportunity for sharing ideas. Change is the part in society that we can influence, and it starts when we take initiative

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

  • Husam Haieck

    Pofessor in the Technion- IIT and an expert in the feild of nanotechnology and nano-invasive disease diagnosis.

  • Tamer Naffar

    The first Palestinian rapper to have composed music that has spread worldwide. His songs deal with the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.

  • Shlomo Maital

    is senior researcher at the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and professor (emeritus). He was the academic director of TIM-Technion Institute of Management, Israel's leading executive leadership development institute and a pioneer in action-learning methods, from 1998 - 2009.

  • Anan Maalouf

    Anan was born on August 28, 1992 in Nazareth. Before four years he had established a facebook fan page called “Nazareth, The Magical City”. Nowadays the page is a social sensation in the local community and it has become the beacon through which the youth of the area can express their concerns and opinions and turn them into action in order to improve his city and society.

  • Els Verbakel

    founding partner of Derman Verbakel Architecture is a lecturer in architecture at Technion Institute of Technology and currently pursuing a PhD in Architecture at Princeton University. She has taught architecture and urban design at Columbia University, Princeton University, Pratt Institute, the University of Leuven and BezalelAcademy.

  • Duabis Abboud Ashkar

    Established the Orpheus music education in Nazareth and is responsible for the musical education in schools.

  • Rasha Hilwe

    A journalist and blogger. Her speech will be about how music brings people together from all over the world.

  • Imad Younis

    The founder of the Alpha Omega engineering start-up company.

  • Noa Epstein

    She started a program called MEET. The main idea of the program is to bring Palestinians and Israelis together to be taught about Technology by Professors from MIT.

Organizing team