The troubled country hosted its second TEDx conference last week, and two more are planned in Aden and Taiz.
![About 600 people attended Yemen's second TEDx conference [TEDxSanaa/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131119125223314734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Tik Root is director of Mideast Reports, a site dedicated to spreading news and ideas from and about the region.
The troubled country hosted its second TEDx conference last week, and two more are planned in Aden and Taiz.
![About 600 people attended Yemen's second TEDx conference [TEDxSanaa/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131119125223314734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
For over six months, young Yemenis have used nonviolent tactics to protest for democratic reforms.
