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Presenters

Pre­sen­ters at TEDx­Can­berra 2010 were asked to deliver their Idea Worth Spread­ing in up to 18 min­utes. Nearly 100 were nom­i­nated. Just 17 pre­sented. Their pro­files are below.

  • Ash Donaldson

    Ash Donaldson

    Think you know what you think? Ash Don­ald­son will show you you have no idea what you know or think.

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  • Dawn O’Neil

    Dawn O’Neil

    Dawn O’Neil has a pas­sion­ate inter­est in evolv­ing and improv­ing Australia’s men­tal health and sui­cide pre­ven­tion services.

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  • Ed Bosworth

    Ed Bosworth

    Ed Bosworth is look­ing to ensure we don’t crash under another GFC: impor­tant stuff in a com­pli­cated finan­cial world.

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  • Francis Owusu

    Francis Owusu

    With Kul­ture Break, Fran­cis Owusu is start­ing a move­ment that will break down bar­ri­ers and neg­a­tive views.

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  • Julie Posetti

    Julie Posetti

    While she’s attempt­ing to think grand thoughts about the media in pur­suit of a PhD, Julie Posetti secretly prefers to tweet them.

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  • Kristin Alford

    Kristin Alford

    Kristin Alford explores the role of emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies in broader social con­texts, com­mu­ni­cat­ing their value to the wider community.

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  • Liz Dawson

    Liz Dawson

    A pow­er­ful advo­cate for the less-powerful in our soci­ety, Liz Daw­son has some­thing to say about how we can re-empower the homeless.

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  • Marco Ostini

    Marco Ostini

    Marco Ostini wants us in space; there are big ques­tions there that need answering.

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  • Mark Pesce

    Mark Pesce

    Mark Pesce will get you think­ing about what our hyper­con­nected future means… for all of us.

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  • Miriam Lyons

    Miriam Lyons

    Miriam Lyons takes a look at remak­ing Aus­tralian cul­ture, for want of a smaller topic.

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  • Mitchell Whitelaw

    Mitchell Whitelaw

    Dig­i­tal preser­va­tion of visual cul­tural assets in new ways makes Mitchell Whitelaw’s work very interesting.

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  • Pat McGorry

    Pat McGorry

    Pro­fes­sor Patrick McGorry is a lead­ing inter­na­tional researcher, clin­i­cian and advo­cate for men­tal health reform.

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  • Pete Williams

    Pete Williams

    Pete Williams wants to change the way we think — cre­ativ­ity for the bet­ter­ment of society.

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  • Simon Taylor

    Simon Taylor

    Belief. Dis­be­lief. What’s real. Why? Simon Tay­lor explains the psy­chol­ogy of illusion.

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  • Sunny Forsyth

    Sunny Forsyth

    Work­ing to bring clean water to the world, Sunny Forsyth helps bring the skills and tools needed to the com­mu­ni­ties he works with.

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  • Will Steffen

    Will Steffen

    Cli­mate change is rapidly becom­ing the defin­ing chal­lenge for human­ity in the 21st century.

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  • William DeJean

    William DeJean

    William believes edu­ca­tion can birth new con­scious­ness for human­ity and hopes you do too…

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