In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Brainworks International School
No.1 Thumingalar Road, 16/4 Qtr, Thingangyun Tsp
Yangon, Yangon, 11071
Myanmar

Aung Kaung Pyae

Secondary 5 (Grade 11)

AS level Student who is an innovative teenager who finds fascination in the complexity of human behaviors and the art of debating and constructive discussions aiming to become a leader on the world stage in the near future.

Aung Thet Oo

IBDP Year 1 student

A 16 year old teenager who is trying to discover who he actually is by trying to meet and face new challenges.

Chit Snow Khin

Volunteer - Save The Library Myanmar

A twenty-four-year-old with a curious soul and attending no college at this moment yet has a multiple set of skills such as languages and knowledge in several areas. Currently working as a volunteer at Save The Library Myanmar since mid of the year 2022.

Linn Thant

IBDP Year 1

A 17 year old aspiring filmmaker, with a deep affinity for all things Art and Culture, dedicated to dissecting popular culture of the 21st century.

Maw Maw Khaing

Founder

Maw Maw Khaing is the founder of a group of schools -- Little Learners, New School Yangon, and American International Studies. To embark on her journey to help bring education to the forefront in Myanmar, she attended Harvard University (EdM), Brandeis University (MBA), University of Massachusetts, Amherst (BBA). Her life-long love for learning drives her to help others through education where students can create new experiences so that they can unlock their life-long love of learning. Maw Maw Khaing grew up in Yangon, Myanmar, at a time when the country’s education sector was facing numerous challenges. In time she began to understand the importance of quality education, which she carried with her, especially when pursuing higher education abroad eventually materializing into her life-long goal. To this day, she spends her time as a proud educator educating as many students as possible.

That Yadi Linn

A Level Student

A Cambridge A-Level student aspiring to be a food scientist. While half of her brain knows only foo, the other half revels in science and so for her first ever TEDx talk, she has chosen to spread awareness about antimicrobial resistance.

Thet Wai

Product Lead - Proximity Designs

Thet Wai leads the Product Management team at Proximity Designs, a social enterprise working to improve the incomes and resilience of smallholder farmers in Myanmar. Thet Wai and his team oversee the design, development and life cycle of climate-smart farm technology products and agronomy services. Earlier in Thet Wai’s career, he was the lead designer for Proximity’s best-selling irrigation system, the multi-angle mister. This product has since been widely replicated in the market, making precise, impactful irrigation more accessible to farm families. Thet Wai’s interest in building products for low-income communities started at a young age, as he graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from University of Technology, Sydney.

Thiri Aung

CEO and Co-founder of Ahlu Ama Agriculture Products

Thiri Aung is a CEO and Co-founder of Ahlu Ama Value-added agriculture products. Thiri and 9 individual women together founded Ahlu Ama in early 2021 to promote local food in foreign markets, especially Green Tea and Fermented tea. It aims to create job opportunities for women as well as to help farmers who suffer from economic hardship due to the Covid-19 pandemic and political situation. Thiri graduated with an MBA from Swiss Business School, Switzerland. She is also a Co-founder of Mickey's Real Wood Upcycled Furniture. Before that, she was a Business Development Director at Nanova Co., Ltd for 8 years. Her passion is to empower women. She founded the Women Transforming Myanmar group to get well-connected, and exchange knowledge and information among Women Entrepreneurs. Now the network reaches over 3000 members.