Special Guests
Asieh Namdar
News Anchor for CGTN America, Former Anchor for CNNI
Fereydoun Taslimi
Entrepreneur, Founder of SensorsCall
Firouz Naderi
Scientist/ Former Director of Solar System Exploration at NASA/JPL
Homa Sarshar
Writer, Journalist, Director, Producer, Activist
Kamran Elahian
Chairman and Founder of Global Innovation Catalyst /Philanthropist
Mariam Khosravani
IAWF Founder and President
Pirooz Parvarandeh
Chief Operating Officer at Aquantia
Reza Moridi
Scientist/Former Ontario Minister of Research, Innovation and Science
Yadollah Royaï
Author, Poet of the New Wave
Aali Badihi
Artist, Costume Builder
Afsaneh Zamani
Director
Afshin Matin-Asgari
Scholar
Aida Nosrat
Musician, Vocalist
Ajay Bhaga
Musician
Alberto Albis
Musician
Ali Akbar Moradi
Musician
Ali Ansari
Scholar
Ali Kamali
Musician
Ali Massoudi
Musician
Ali Mirsepassi
scholar
Ali Orangi
Musician
Ali Pajooheshgar
Musician
Amir Hosein Pourjavady
Musician
Amir Khadem
Podcast Host
Andreas Hourdakis
Musician
Anoush Saboktakin
Musician
Arash Rafati
Musician
Aref Mohammadi
Film Critic, Documentarian
Arian Risbaf
Actor, Director
Arsalan Kahnemayipour
Scholar
Azade Serahati
Visual Artist
Babak Amirmobasher
Musician
Bahar Almasi
Poet
Bahram Aghakhan
Musician
Bamshad Mirlashari
Composer, Songwriter, Musician
Banafsheh Taherian
Actress, Voice Actress, MC
Behnam Jahanbeiglou
Musician
Behrouz Jahanbeiglou
Musician
Bijan Sepanji
Musiacian
Bita Malakouti
Poet
Boshra
Actress,Poet
Celso Paco
Composer, Dancer, Storyteller
Dan Sistos
Musician
Daniel K Johansson
Musician
Daniel Reid
Musician
Darya Zonoozi
Musician
DJ Aras Bliss
DJ
DJ Taba
DJ
Ebrin Bagheri
Visual Artist
Eddie Castro
Musician
Edoardo Tancredi
Musician
Eliza Vafaei
Designer, Creative Director
Erfan Malakouti
Actor, Author, Director
Farshid Sadatsharifi
Podcast Host
Farzaneh Jafari
Dancer
Farzaneh Milani
Scholar
Farzin Vahdat
Scholar
Ferida Dilmaghani
Workshop Instructor
Fery Malek-Madani
Photographer, Filmmaker
Golnesa Amani
Workshop Instructor
Haideh Moghissi
Scholar
Hamed Nikpay
Vocalist,Musician, Songwriter
Hamid Rahmanian
Director
Hassan Zerehi
Author, Journalist, Editor-in-Chief of Sharvand Publications
Hedayat Shafeei
Musician
Houshang Touzie
Director, Actor
Ian Sweetman
Puppeteer
Idriss Agnel
Musiacian
James Duff
Musician
Jamshid Chalangi
Author, Journalist
Jane Lewisohn
Scholar
Jessica Hana Deutsch
Musician,Vocalist
Karine Gonzalez
Dancer,Choreographer
Kayhan Kalhor
Musician
Khashayar Tahen
Puppet Builder
Khatereh Sheibani
Scholar
Kiya Tabassian
Musician
Ladan Rezajouei
Storyteller
Laya Alemohamad
Workshop Instructor
Leen Hamo
Musician,Vocalist
Leila Ghaznavi
Narrator
Leila Sadri
Workshop Instructor
Leo Chelyapov
Musician
Leyla Shamshiri Rad
Artistic Assistant, Actor
Liliana Zavala
Musician
Lisbeth Helgesen
Musician,Vocalist
Luis Delgado
Musician
Mabelle Rutledge
Workshop Instructor
Mahmoud Azimaee
Podcast Host
Mani Salehi
Musician
Mariam Khosravani
IAWF Founder and President
Marjan Sadeghian
Workshop Instructor
Maryam Hafizirad
Visual Artist
Maryam Pazooki
Workshop Instructor
Matthew Morales
Dancer,Choreographer
Mehdi Darvishi
Musician
Mehdi Karbasi
Musician
Mehran Aminian
Vocalist/ Composer/ Lyricist
Mehran Rad
Podcast Host, Poet
Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Scholar
Minoo Derayeh
Scholar
Mohsen Mottaghi
Scholar
Mohsen Namjoo
Vocalist, Musician. Songwriter
Mojtaba Mahdavi
Scholar
Nakta Pahlevan
Actress, Producer
Nasrin Rahimieh
Scholar
Nasser Rahmaninejad
Scholar
Neda Kazemifar
Puppeteer
Nils Janson
Musician
Nima Ahmadieh
Musician
Nour Kaadan
Musician, Video Creator
Noushad Rahnama
Artistic Assistant
Pantea Eslami
Workshop Instructor
Parissa
Vocalist
Parnian Pourzahed
Actress
Pejman Hadadi
Musician
Peter Lutek
Musician
Peyman Mesr
Musician
Pooya Ghorbani
Musician, Vocalist
Pouya Nikpour
Composer, Musician
Raha
Dancer,Choreographer
Rajan Sallahi
Workshop Instructor
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Conference Chair / Scholar
Ramin Yousefi
Musician
Reza Houshvar
Musician
Rostam Mirlashari
Musician,Vocalist
Roya Ebrahimi
Poet
Saeed Hariri
Moderator
Saeed Kamjoo
Musician
Saeed Paivandi
Scholar
Sahar Dehghan
Dancer
Saman Shahi
Composer, Conductor, Performer
Sara AhmadiehRad
Puppet Builder
Sareh Sokoot
Poet
Sasan Ghahreman
Poet
Shabnam Rezaei
Entrepreneur, Producer
Shadi Moeini Nejad
Actress, Model
Shahab Baradaran
Vocalist/ Guitarist/ Songwriter
Shahin Najafi
Musician, Poet, Vocalist,
Shahram Bahmani
Musician
Shahram Shaghayegh
Musician
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Actor, Dancer, Choreographer, Director
Shane Nicole Tubog
Dancer, Choreographer
Shayma Saadat
Chef, Food Writer
Sheila Nahrvar
Vocalist
Siavash SadrMahdavi
Musician
Sina Moin
Musician
Sina Momtahan
Musician
Sina Salimi
Musician, Vocalist
Soheila Golestani
Vocalist
Steve Farrugia
Musician
Tarek Ghriri
Musician, Composer
Yadollah Royaï
Author, Poet of the New Wave
