Past TEDx event

TEDxSWFLA Youth

Took placeApril 26, 20253:00 AM - 5:00 AM (GMT+8)
LocationShanghai, Shanghai, China
FormatYouth

This independently organized TEDx event brings the community together to share ideas worth spreading.

Speakers

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

  • Diana Guo

    DIANA GUO is a private banker, photographer, and lifelong explorer of the human experience. With more than 15 years of experience in private banking, she has worked closely with renowned entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals around the world, gaining a unique perspective on wealth, success, and identity. She has also helped clients establish a charitable foundation with funding of over RMB 100 million dedicated to supporting the development of women in China. Alongside her career in finance, she is a certified photographer with the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and the Royal Photographic Society (RPS). Her work has received recognition in numerous international and domestic photography competitions, and her photograph Yearning was featured by the BBC in the UK. Beyond her professional and artistic pursuits, she has always maintained a deep curiosity about herself and the world around her. For years, she has continued to explore psychology and philosophy, reflecting on life, our relationship with the world, and what it truly means to become who we are. These explorations across career, art, and the inner world have led her to reconsider a seemingly simple question—one that few people pause to ask: When we have achieved what society defines as “success,” do we still have the courage to seek the life that is truly our own? In her TED talk, Diana draws on her professional journey, artistic practice, and years of personal exploration to share a journey from “becoming who others expect us to be” to “choosing our own lives.” TED Talk: Hey, Are You Ready to Embark on Your Own Hero’s Journey?

  • Liuxi Wu

    Liuxi Wu is a doctoral student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. Her research examines educational inequality in China across urban, county, and rural schools, situated within broader questions of global education justice. She also studies the intersections of social status, class, gender, and schooling.

Organizing team