Join the After Party

Metro Bar and Bistro

5:15pm – 7:15pm

The celebration of ideas doesn’t conclude with the ​conclusion of the main event.

Join us for the official TEDxPerth after party, where ​you can connect with fellow attendees, speakers ​and the broader TEDxPerth community. Get ready ​for an unforgettable after party filled with laughter, ​conversation, and connection as we toast to ten ​years of TEDxPerth!

Canapes and Drink on arrival included.

Kirk Docker

Director & Interviewer

The co-creator and director of ABC TV’s You Can’t Ask That plans to help the audience discover how the power of questions can lead to deeper interaction.

Jarrad Seng

Photographer

Jarrad shares how his personal philosophy of "seeking discomfort” can help achieve the most amazing results.

Jahna Cedar

First Nations Community ​Leader & Business Woman

Jahna will share how, as a Nyiyaparli/Yindjibarndi woman from the Pilbara region, she navigates two worlds with differing practices and responsibilities.

Molly Wright

As a TEDxPerth exclusive, Molly will take to the red circle again, this time from London to share how the simple act of reading to children sparks imagination and creativity. In 2021, Molly stunned the world when she, as a seven-year-old, delivered a talk about early childhood education and how children thrive when parents give them full attention

Len Collard

Len will give an insight into the shared history of indigenous and colonialist Western Australia – and how that is reflected in our place names.

Greg Quicke

Outback Astronomer

Greg AKA "Space Gandalf" will ​lead the audience on a ​journey that will give a cosmic ​perspective that makes all ​other issues seem small. Greg ​is an astronomer.

Alex Jenkins

Technology Expert & WADSIH Director

Instead of the traditional classroom environment, Alex believes every student should have tutor. How will this be achieved? He tells us AI will revolutionise the way we teach and learn. As Director of WA Data Science Innovation Hub at Curtin University, he is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of STEM professionals and propelling Australia’s tech workforce forward.

Dr Andrew Miller

Anaesthetist, columnist & Former President of AMA

The former AMA WA president will share how his elderly mother changed how he thinks about and practices medicine and advocacy, and shaped his view that defeating ageism starts with seeing the elderly as people.

Lauren Crooke

Artist/Entrepreneur

Photographer

Lauren shares how she uses ​photography as a tool to ​empower women, heal the ​wounds of personal and ​challenge patriarchy. Lauren ​is a prominent Perth ​photographer.

Susie Delaporte

Community Coordinator

Susie will share how a mission to improve driving accessibility for young people facing a variety of barriers led to fewer young people jailed for driving offences and fewer deaths on the roads.

CLAUDIO

CLAUDIO will discuss how the path to artistic fulfilment is perhaps less about ideas and more about observing and dissolving the lifelong emotional blocks that keep us in creative paralysis and accidental imitation.

Peter Holmes à Court

Peter will discuss the definition of success – or rather how it could be redefined – based on his own experiences as an entrepreneur, humanitarian and creative activist.

Dr. Nerida Wilson

WA Museum’s Molecular Systematics Unit Manager will explain how seadragons have unique faces and by partnering with ‘everyday’ people, scientists can now get a more complete understanding of their lives.

Sandor Mulsow

Professor of Marine Geology

Sandor will join the TEDxPerth stage to discuss concerns about deep sea mining – how it is practiced and regulated - and the risk it presents to marine environments and the planetary ecosystem.

Shani Graham

Sustainability Consultant ​& Community Organiser

Ten years after her remarkable TEDxPerth talk about Hulbert Street, Shani will share how her mission to develop a more resilient community grew and moved from a street in Fremantle to an entire suburb.

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