On the 6th till the 8th of December 2015, Mr. Ahmed Loqman Mustafa, Assistant Researcher at the Information Communication Technology Center at the University of Zakho, participated in the Open Translation Project Workshop and attended the TEDGlobal Conference which had been held in Geneva, Switzerland. In the Open Translation Project Workshop, Mr. Ahmed gave a brief overview about the Kurdish nation and the Kurdish cause, aiming to introduce Kurdistan and its people to other nationalities, who for the first time in their lives have heard about the Kurds.

At the TEDGlobal Conference, which was held in a former power plant right in the middle of the Rhone River in downtown Geneva, the conference gathered 900 attendees from nearly 80 countries. Against a stage backdrop designed by the students of the Geneva School of Art and Design, 15 speakers and performers explored the newest thinking on everything from food to physics, economics and art history.

Hosted by Bruno Giussani, TED’s European Director, on December 8, 2015, both sessions challenged the audience with surprising and insightful connections between what we know and what we hope to find. And during the breaks, drones flew in the building, robots walked around, VR headsets were available for trying, and a serendipity door art installation offered a glimpse into the Deep Web.