Theme 2026
Beyond The Obvious
A youth TEDx stage for the ideas, questions, and stories that shift how we see what feels familiar.
Talk Highlights
Ideas that stay with you
Three thought-provoking talks from the TEDxWHHW Youth stage.
What a Teenager’s Anger Might Be Trying to Say
A Good Goal Is Not a License
Speaker Lineup
Meet 25 speakers across three school levels
Featured Speakers
Meet the host and guest speakers
张鹏彪 (Joshua) · Host
University lecturer and event host. Translation master's degree from Wuhan University, graduated with honors; CATTI Level II.
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A university lecturer with a master's degree in Translation from Wuhan University, where he graduated with honors, and a CATTI Level II qualification. He served as an outstanding soldier in Armed Police Unit 8721 and later held a senior operations management role at China Resources Land, a Fortune Global 500 company, where he was recognized as an outstanding trainee.
As a publicly funded international Chinese teacher at the South Pacific Confucius Institute, he met Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, was featured in The Fiji Sun, and received a government letter of appreciation.
He has published more than ten journal articles, including five indexed by EI and Scopus, and reviews for the international journal IJIET. He has received Best Presenter awards at international conferences, including ICEDL 2026 in France and AIET 2026 in Croatia. He has also guided students to more than 20 foreign-language competition awards, including national first prizes and provincial silver medals.
王冯骏子 (Melody) · Guest Speaker
University lecturer and guest speaker with a master's degree from the University of Exeter.
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She has led or contributed to eight provincial, departmental, and university-level research projects. She was named Best Speaker at the 2025 ICEDS Oxford venue and has published nine papers in Chinese and English.
She has earned provincial third prize in foreign-language micro-lessons for four consecutive editions and a national excellence award in the XJTLU National University Teaching Innovation Competition. Her students have won one national third prize and seven provincial first prizes in competitions.
曹文杰 · Guest Speaker
Master's graduate of Wuhan University's School of Economics and Management, with experience in government technology, Feishu at ByteDance, and education planning.
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Cao Wenjie holds a master's degree from Wuhan University's School of Economics and Management. He previously worked at China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, where he was responsible for building business systems for the political and legal sectors. He later joined ByteDance, working on Feishu office-product services. He currently works at Hubei Yulutong, focusing on senior high school planning and exam preparation guidance.
Our Setting
A stage rooted in Wuhan
TEDxWHHW Youth comes to life at Wuhan haidian foreign language Shi Yan School, bringing student ideas to the stage in the city they call home.
Session Schedule
An afternoon of ideas, performance, and conversation
Guest arrival and check-in
Registration, seating, and the opening welcome experience.
Opening session
Host introduction, TEDx framing, the first sequence of talks, and live singing moments between talks.
Intermission
Break, conversation time, and transition into the afternoon.
Afternoon session
Additional talks, live singing interludes, audience reflection, and deeper discussion.
Closing remarks
Final message, acknowledgments, and event closeout.
Organizing Team
The people building TEDxWHHW Youth behind the scenes
Licensee / Lead organizer
An educator and language professional whose work sits at the intersection of international curricula, academic communication, and the cultivation of student voice.
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Holder of a Bachelor of Arts in English-Polish Translation and product of a bilingual home, with a career grounded in a lifelong engagement with language across cultures. Teaching experience spans the British School in Poland, Polish schools, and the international department of Wuhan haidian foreign language Shi Yan School, including FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, and TOEFL preparation and the coaching of competitive academic debate.
A practised translator and proofreader of theses, dissertations, and conference proceedings, including materials for the European Parliament, with specialist proficiency in legal and medical English. As licensee and organiser of TEDxYouth@WuhanHaidian, committed to building a stage where young people's ideas are given the platform they deserve.
Joshua Ding · Co-organizer
Director of the Study Abroad Center and Director of the Foreign Teacher Management Center at Wuhan haidian foreign language Shi Yan School; certified college counselor by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (PSG), UCLA, College Board, and Cambridge A-Level (CIE A-Level); member of China ICAC and IACAC; gold medal mentor in the ACT China Youth English Practice Ability Competition; outstanding mentor in the Hubei Division of the FBLA National High School Business Competition; ETS Certified TOEFL Teacher; IVLP nominee; and graduate of Renmin University of China with a degree in Business Economics and Management.