Archives : Challenging
Anonymity, a fox’s tale.
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- Susie Boniface
Susie’s talk is an insider commentary on the press and her love-hate relationship with the industry: an industry that on the one hand, lets you meet fascinating people and travel…
Women in Hip Hop
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- Emily Rawson
Emily’s talk pays homage to all the influential women who’ve left their mark on the Hip Hop genre, from early inspirations (Salt-n- Pepa, Lisa ‘Left-Eye’ Lopes) to up and coming…
This is Rollerderby
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- Courtney Welch
In her personal and passionate talk Courtney shares her love for the sport that is ‘for the skaters, by the skaters’. With all its bumps, scrapes and stockings, it’s a…
Turning the page.
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- Liz Ann Bennet
Liz’s talk explores the growing revolution in women’s media and argues that it’s high time magazines started making us happier.
Doing good for non do-gooders.
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- Rich Brown & Jen Smith
Rich and Jan’s ‘amazing’ talk gives an inspirational insight into the changing purpose of business; challenging business to build profit AND have ethical values – make money AND do good-…
A little love for fish.
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- Helen Scales
In her fascinating talk, Helen shares a wealth of marine behaviours and discusses why some are far more favourable than others when trying to gain the sympathy and support of…
A planet rethink.
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- Prof. Jacquie McGlade
In her talk Jacquie considers the importance of people working with governments and creating open dialogue about environmental information that in turn, may create a happier and more sustainable future.
Homeless World Cup
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- Mel Young
Mel walks us through the incredible history of his charity. His story is a simple one that inspires practical action and promoting change that all of us can be a…
Building a conscious robot.
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- Prof. Owen Holland
Owen’s Talk is about the Why? How? and Why Now? of conscious robotics. Starting with man-kinds quest to understand oneself (and therefor consciousness) he takes us on a journey from…
Undercover: Erotica and Sexism
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- Zoe Margolis
In this powerful talk, Zoe takes on the sexism within erotica: showing how publishers objectify women on book covers, market to men while forgetting the female gaze. She shows how…