Wonks rejoice! The Canberra TED analogue TEDx Canberra has announced their presenters for this year’s inspiration festival.
Speakers will include:
- — Karen Barlow – ABC reporter and adventurer
— Bliss – hip-hop dance crew
— Leslie Cannold – humanist and ethicist
— Hannah Coleman – optimist against the odds
— Upulie Divisekera – podcaster, molecular biologist and dinosaur freak
— Samah Hadid – social justice advocate
— Andrew Jaspan – co-founder of The Conversation
— Peter Kennedy – former Catholic priest
— Daniel Kilov – mental athlete
— Scott Leggo – environmental photographer
— David Lindberg – finance industry expert
— Julie McKay – gender equity advocate
— Greg Mews – urbanist
— Vic Peddemors – shark ecologist
— Helen Perris – indie cabaret piano popster
— Sally Richards – disability advocate
— Brian Schmidt – Nobel Laureate, physicist and wine maker
— Andy Stoeckel – optimistic economist
— Stephen Walker – former aid worker and poverty elimination advocate
This year it’s going down at The Playhouse which could be an excellent venue for it.