TEDxMelbourne - Rebels, Revolutionaries and Us

TEDxMelbourne proudly presents “Rebels, Revolutionaries & US,” our most daring and ambitious event to date. Immerse yourselves in the minds of intelligent thinkers, revolutionary leaders, and ambitious minds.

 

Through remarkable storytelling, step into the shoes of the most captivating leaders who have taken the bold moves and challenged themselves and those around them to the fullest.

Speakers

Geraldine Coy, Mediator, human rights advocate and author of 'Brave Truth', a story of the crime, violence and retribution born from the South African Apartheid regime.

Deng Adut, Former child soldier turned defence lawyer and refugee advocate - Inside the mind of a rebel - Exploring a mind unconstrained by cultural overlays.

Stef Kuypers, Circular Money Economic Ecosystem model pioneer - Rethinking economics by unravelling the very definition of money and finance.

Lisa Leong, Scientist, lawyer, ABC Radio Breakfast Presenter turned award-winning global leader in Client-Centered Legal Innovation - AI may take our jobs but will it take our humanity?

Jaida Suheyla Simone, World-renowned relationship therapist and Founder of Erotic IQ - Rethinking relationships as a science not a psychology.

Mond Qu, Digital Craftsman and Founder of UnitedMake - When online and offline experience merge, what will happen?

Patrycja Slawuta, MA, PhD(c) Psych, behavioural scientist and founder of SelfHackathon - Hacking humanity

Iona Macgregor, Chief Strategy Officer at Marcel Sydney and fighter of indifference and apathy - Power of negativity

Sander van Amelsvoort, Director of Policy & Research at the Committee for Melbourne - If we want to be competitive internationally we need to think world class?

Dr Justin Coulson, Internationally-respected relationships speaker, author, and researcher, and father of six girls (yes, six!) - Raising rebels

Ed McManus, CEO Meridian Energy Australia and Powershop Australia - Magna Carta 2.0 - The new revolution in how communities engage with business.

Laura Youngson, Global traveller and Co-Founder of the Equal Playing Field project

Dr James Martin Senior lecturer at Macquarie University and author of - ‘Drugs on the Dark Net: How Cryptomarkets are Transforming the Global Trade in Illicit Drugs’

Dr. Catherine Ball Dr. Catherine Ball is an author, founder, and ethics advocate working across global projects where robotics and new technology meet environmental protection.

 

Musical Performances

Sampa the Great - Sampa the Great (Sampa Tembo) is a poet and singer-songwriter. Expressing herself through music, poetry and visual art, Sampa captures listeners with thought provoking words, while encouraging people to enjoy the simplicity of creativity.

Sampa has a penchant for poetry and weaves lyrical mazes with her verses, drawing listeners into a lush, imaginative world. Her music bonds from spoken-word to pure hip-hop rapping, with stops at psychedelic and blues along the way; it’s the sound of an adventurous young mind pushing out against all boundaries.

Electric Fields - Electric Fields is a potent new music bringing together the brilliance and creativity of music producer and composer Michael Ross, with the mesmerising sensitivity of Zaachariaha Fielding - whose rare and beautiful voice has been described as 'taking soul to the stratosphere'. These two feminine brothers are creating a striking and memorable merging of living traditional culture with electronic music.

Opal Ocean - Opening the borders of genre, acoustic guitar duo Opal Ocean fuses together rock, flamenco techniques, and progressive pop arrangements to create their own unique wall of sound.

 

Food

The day is catered and curated by some of Melbourne's most revolutionary chefs who will keep you energised for a full day and surprise you with some interesting food along the way.

Be ready for bold Spanish flavours from Frank Camora (MoVida), a mix of eclectic fusion food from Adam D'Sylva (Coda, Tonka) and some traditional flare from Nicky Reimers (Bellota). BYO water bottle as there will be re-fill stations provided on the day.

 

Chefs

Adam D’Sylva - Coda

Nicky Riemer - Bellota

Frank Camora - MoVida

Peter Haycroft - Executive Chef at MCEC

Joanne Ward - OmNom 

 

Experiences

Meet Pat refillable water stations

Rebel’s Lounge

Live painting by Melbourne artists

VR Experiences

 

 

Partners of TEDxMelbourne

MAJOR PARTNERS: 

The University of Melbourne - Australia's Number One university and world leader in education, teaching and research excellence.

CORPORATE PARTNERS: 

Work Club - Work Club Global coworking & shared office spaces are designed for entrepreneurs to work and collaborate freely.

Hunting with Pixels - Making Corporate Video Social – Strategy & Production

Your Creative - Award-winning Melbourne digital brand agency creating highly intelligent ideas & designs.

MEDIA PARTNERS: 

Smith Journal - Australian blog that takes unexpected, interesting, funny, complicated stories & tells them the way you would to friends at the pub.

Huff Post 

EVENT PARTNERS: 

Evan Evans - Evan Evans supplies Signs & Banners Australia wide.

Taxi Kitchen - Taxi Kitchen at Federation Square transports you above the city to fun fine dining surrounded by views of iconic Melbourne.

Frank Green - frank green has invented the world's best reusable coffee cups and water bottles! They are also "smart" allowing you to link them with your mobile phone!

Noomi - noomi bean bags are extremely comfy, very supportive and heaps of fun for the whole family.

Meet Pat

Homie- HoMie provides brand new clothing, training and job opportunities to people experiencing homelessness.

 

MAP Startup Accelerator - Melbourne Accelerator Program

 

Join us on 19th September - We all have the courage inside of us to be daring and audacious!

We can all be revolutionaries. They are us and we are them.

 

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