In this talk, fashion photographer Waleed Shah discusses how society's beauty standards negatively affect our mental health and self-image and encourages each one of us to reclaim our power by embracing the parts of us...
En muchas ocasiones, tenemos una imagen determinada de personas populares, pero, como explica el artista musical Leonardo A. (antes Leonardo Dantés), las apariencias engañan. Así, aunque muchas personas solo conocen su faceta “friki”, lo cierto es que cuenta con una larga carrera plagada de éxitos como compositor, de la que se han beneficiado artistas como Los Chunguitos, Lola Flores, Sara Montiel o Raffaella Carrá. En esta...
Younger generations are increasingly concerned about social problems and want to take responsibility to ensure better futures for themselves and others. This can drive youth towards activism, which is excellent, but the sheer idea of trying to solve complex social problems can quickly become overwhelming, often leading to inaction. Jaime will illustrate how even minimal involvement is crucial and can be a driving force behind greater...
Confidence means feeling and believing in yourself and your abilities. It is a powerful force that can completely change one’s life. Aisha will be showing how despite the obstacles and challenges of tomorrow, confidence will serve as the key to progressing and walking towards tomorrow. Aisha is half-Japanese and half-Ghanaian, born in New York and raised in Japan and Ghana. As a biracial woman and as Miss Universe Japan 2020, she is...
Much like the roads, the brain too has traffic jams. Dr. Sandhya Koushika in this talk describes the workings of the traffic jams in the brain and how the brain handles these naturally occurring traffic jams. She mentions that when the traffic jam occurs inside the brain there is no possible reversal, instead the brain focuses on a bypassing strategy in the neurons. This function does not only occur in the brain but is also a universal...
37 organizations and companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and IKEA, have created a group dedicated to fostering the development of open standards for the Metaverse. Forum membership is free, and the first meeting is expected to occur in July 2022. A press release from the Metaverse Standards Forum explains that the group is intended to bring companies and organizations together to foster industry-wide...
Poojitha Tanjore speaks about how writing a book liberated her from her family's history of child marriage, illiteracy, and poverty. Poojitha (Pooja) Tanjore is an international relations student, polyglot,and...
