TEDxPerth 2019

Technical Cave Diver and retired Veterinary Surgeon from Perth, Craig was the joint founder of the Vetwest Animal Hospitals (later Australian Animal Hospitals). An avid cave diver since the early 90s he was an early adopter of then rapidly-developing technologies. Exploring both caves and shipwrecks throughout Australia and New Zealand and in China, Thailand, and the Cook Islands to name a few.

In 2018 Craig participated in the Tham Luang cave rescue of 13 people in Thailand. For his contribution, he was awarded the Star of Courage and the Medal of the Order of Australia. And has been jointly named 2019 Australian of the Year with his long-standing dive partner Richard “Harry” Harris.

Michael loves to take an idea from the depths of his imagination and bring it to life, whereas Owen suffers from a terminal affliction of reckless optimism. Saying yes to more things than practically possible has taken him from elite-level obscure sports, to politics, to air guitar championships, to hosting Q&As with astronauts.

Paul has worked in the world’s most acclaimed kitchens from Coi in San Francisco, DOM in Rio de Janeiro to Noma in Copenhagen. As Australia’s leading authority on native food, he’s putting Australian ingredients like marron, quandong, bush banana (ngamoorrwarding) on the map.

Samantha has been instrumental in repositioning Soil Science Australia to take a public role in advocating for sustainable use of soils in Australia. And inspired by the UNESCO International Year of Soils (and her kids) Samantha wrote a children’s book “Exploring Soils: a hidden world underground”.

Marcelle sees the power of using her Noongar culture as a way of healing, for herself and others. Using skills in doll-making, weaving and eco-dyeing for healing - she unlocks stories through the dolls, helping their makers find new ways to articulate their deepest thoughts and feelings.

Daniel has deep ties to language education and how language evolves. As the voice of the Speakeasy on ABC Perth Radio, he takes language and grammar questions LIVE from an engaged (and occasionally enraged) radio audience.

Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Toast My Curry, Pankaj his wife Kim started Toast My Curry in 2015 as their version of Karma: Do good to do good and not to expect anything back using the model of Buy One – Give One. They hope to take this social enterprise, and their project, around the world.

CEO and Director of Construction Technologies at FBR, Simon has been in the construction industry for over 30 years. He is an advocate for leveraging data to become the single source of truth in construction, particularly in trying to bridge the gap between design and site execution.

The Future of Work Institute (FoWI) helps people and organisations thrive in the digital age by conducting leading-edge research to make work better. They have developed the S.M.A.R.T work design framework which can be used to design meaningful and motivating work. The model identifies key themes that result in a whole range of positive employee and organisational outcomes, such as enhanced mental health and wellbeing, job satisfaction and performance, and reduced turnover.

To learn more and take a quiz to see how S.M.A.R.T your work is, visit our activation.

City of Perth Partner Activation

The Human Library is a strategy that enables people, who would not normally meet, to join in respectful conversations about difference and diversity.

Visit the Human Library, choose a Human Book from our catalogue of titles and descriptions and “read” your Human Book to learn about difference and diversity. The Human Library is a safe environment that is shaped by a framework of respect in which people are given permission to talk to another person (a Human Books) ask questions and share experiences about topics that are often avoided or made silent. In this way, the Human Library helps people: celebrate diversity, develop a positive appreciation about difference and commonality, raise awareness about identity and exclusion, and think about issues related to prejudice, stigma and discrimination. Taking part in a half-hour conversation at the Human Library is an excellent way to introduce yourself to Curtin’s values of integrity, respect and courage.

www.humanlibraryaus.org

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At Bailar Productions, we believe in providing the Perth community with a series of state-of-the-art latin fusion shows and performances that truly make an impact. We’ve produced and hosted a wide range of performances since 2015, and have an outstanding group of performers that really bring each of our productions to life. TEDxPerth 2019 is the perfect time to start your performance experience by participating in one of our Latin dance classes! Why not try something new and most importantly, have some fun!

Hi my name is Gavin Blake.

I have been a visual scribe for 19 years

From 1999 to 2009 I worked in MG Taylor licenced facilities around the world where I learned to scribe with some incredibly talented people.

In 2010 I partnered with my first TEDxEvent, TEDxSydney. I have since scribed over 60 TEDxEvents in Australia and abroad. In 2013 I attended TEDActive (a TED satellite event for TEDxEvent organisers) in Palm Springs, CA where I scribed all the talks from TED2013. Since then, I have scribed TED2014, TED2015 and TED2016 via livestream at the INSPIRE CENTRE in University of Canberra, Australia.

I mainly work with ASX 200 listed companies, federal, state and local governments as well as some wonderful collective impact organisations like The Australian Social Investment Trust.

https://gavinblake.com.au/