For the very first time in the history, a TEDx event will take place in Islamabad. The organizers are calling it TEDxMargalla and it will happen on 4th December 2010. TEDx events are getting famous in the country and multiple TEDx events have been organized recently with TEDxLahore being the biggest of all.
TEDx is an independently organized TED event and is aimed to give people a TED-like experience. TED is a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com.
Saad Hamid, the curator and licensee for TEDxMargalla, believes that TEDxMargalla will help Pakistan with new and innovative ideas. He says:
The TEDxMargalla isn’t just a platform to share ideas rather our aim is to hunt for and market solutions and cures for Pakistan that can help build up the economy as well as develop the minds of the people. Especially in a time when near one-fifth of the country is under heavy floods, we believe is the time to step up, as a nation, and help Pakistan with ideas, solutions and cures, may that be through our words or actions.
The TEDxMargalla team is hunting for the volunteers for the management of this event. Interested people can apply by sending an email to saad@tedxmargalla.com or alam@tedxmargalla.com.
