TEDxPIEAS 5.0

Modern Matrix

In this world, everyone is always tied up in thoughts, moving in a continuous cycle. Very few people are aware of the convictions that underpin their attitudes, their mindset, their thinking, and therefore their choices, their actions, and their lives. Few are aware that they are chained into a fixed position by society. But what if thinking outside the box could be our way to escape? To live in a Modern Matrix is to be able to discern, to choose what is right and what is wrong, and to escape the prison of conventional thinking.
Modern Matrixis a mindset to be curious enough to explore alternatives. For a transition to the desired world state, some people would prefer to have a set of matrices handed to them. But what if opening the closed doors to develop your own matrix is the best route to incorporate change? Far from putting rules into practice, sometimes it is the refinement of unspoken ideas that allows people to see things in a new light. This year's TEDx is dedicated to broadening our perspectives by adapting to change in our thinking, ideas, and norms. Let's foster innovation and creativity. A cadre of leading minds would be engaged with you to contribute to this area of the modern matrix. Let's take a pledge to get liberation from the crunches of a crippled society.

TED

TED is a non-profit organization with the slogan – an idea worth spreading. It’s a global community welcoming influencers from all disciplines and cultures to a single platform. It focuses on bringing positive change in the entire world with small yet powerful talks. Initially, only a powerful convergence of three fields: technology, entertainment and design, TED has now broadened its horizon to numerous other fields including culture, politics, entrepreneurship, and many more. TED is currently owned by a nonprofit, non-partisan foundation. Their agenda is to make great ideas accessible and to spark conversation. Everything they do — from their TED Talks videos, to the global TEDx communi- ty, to the TED-Ed lesson series — is driven by this goal: How can we best spread great ideas? The impact of TED on the community is strong enough to enlighten a spark for a better tomorrow.

TEDx

TED being a global event can’t accommodate so many individuals with great ideas from over 7 billion humans. TEDx brings the spirit of TED’s mission of ideas worth spreading to local communities around the globe. TEDx events are organized by curious individuals who seek to discover ideas and spark conversations in their own community. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis. The content and design of each TEDx event is unique and developed independently, but all of them have features in common. The whole event focuses on a predefined theme and individuals are sought after accordingly for each TEDx event. The talks are carefully prepared and monitored by respective team members to make sure their compliance with the TEDx format.

PIEAS

PIEAS PIEAS is a relatively new, but still one of the top-ranked university of Pakistan, considered so by both national and international experts in the last few years. According to 2022 QS international rankings PIEAS is 390th university in the whole world, 189th in Asia, and 46th in the whole world among new universities. It lies on the outskirts of Islamabad where the city-life meets the beautiful valley of Nilore, filled with water streams and verdure. PIEAS is an outlier of the Pakistani education system for not only educating students but also instilling passion and adventure in their lives. It has made this possible by the proficient faculty that it exhibits, among which most are PhDs and have won number of national awards as well as international awards. PIEAS PIEAS is a prime hub of research in Pakistan. The research fields, focused solely on STEM fields, range from Nanotechnology to Nuclear engineering on one hand and from Bio-Technology to Nuclear medicine on the other. PIEAS awards degrees of PhD, Masters and Bachelors to hundreds of students each year. The research of faculty and scholars have produced thousands of renowned publications. The wide citation that these publications receive from all over the world speaks for itself.