Photos from TEDxAlAin – Christopher John Payne

Photos from TEDxAlAin

I am very proud to have co-organised TEDxAlAin in Al Ain, the second largest city in Abu Dhabi, with Sajjad Kamal. Together we approached the Emirati government and raised £50,000 (US$80,000) to put this one-day conference on.

I worked with most of the speakers to refine their presentations, and I gave one of the presentations on the day myself.

More than 850 people showed up, and we turned away about 500 people. That was after we stopped promoting the event 2 weeks before it happened.

Here are some photos from the day…

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With Sajjad who, with his experience of working on TEDxWaterloo, made TEDxAlAin happen…

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Martin Grunberg, author of the bestselling book The Habit Factor, who I invited to speak at the event…

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Outside…

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You can see a video of the 15-minute talk I gave at TEDxAlAin here.

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