Dreams to RealityLivestream from Exeter Northcott Theatre

15 April 2016

Session 1RenewedUnderstandings 9.25 - 10.50am

Danny DorlingImagining the world anew

Alan SmithThe numbers are us

Fiona McNae“Do you know what Imean?”: takingresponsibility for beingunderstood

Pragna PatelInjustice anywhere is athreat to justiceeverywhere

Matthew OwenCool Earth: an update

Coffee

Session 2Global Challenges 11.30am -12.45pm

TED TalkAl Gore: The casefor optimism onclimate change

Manwar AliReclaiming Jihad

Zia NathPerformance: Sufi dance

Giles DuleyThe power of a story

Lunch

Session 3Creating Identities 2.00 - 3.10pm

Marcus LyonIs identity an act ofcreation?

Alex HolmesBeat bullying: why youngpeople hold the key

Abbie McGregorRemember to D.R.E.A.M.

Anna FrostRaising our children with sisu

Deeyah KhanA lost generation:Europe’s Muslim kids

Tea

Session 4Changing Perspectives3.50 - 5.15pm

TED Talk Robert Palmer: The PanamaPapers exposed a huge globalproblem. What’s next?

Cormac Russell Sustainable communitydevelopment: shifting the focusfrom what’s wrong to what’sstrong

Usman Haquedecisions, decisions, decisions

Matt HarveyPoetry

Lindsay Levin CompassionX: the bridge from cleverness to wisdom

Close

About TEDxIn the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a programme of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

Today there will be talks, performances and films, an excellent lunch and wonderful opportunities to connect with speakersand fellow TEDx-ers. During the breaks, as well as our sponsor stands,speaker area and bookshop, there will be a number of stands featuringlocal initiatives, artists and technology, and several TEDxExeterexperiences.

TEDxExeter 2016 could not happen without massive support and input fromour team and volunteers. We are hugely grateful to each and every one ofthem. Thanks also go to our amazing string quartet who will entertain you inthe Great Hall.

Dreams to RealityWithout a dream, people struggle to keep on keeping on, especially whengrappling with humanity’s toughest questions. But dreams by themselvesare ineffectual. They need grounding in reality and dedicated action.

Many of our past TEDxExeter speakers have incorporated healthy doses ofdreaming and realism, and our delegates, sponsors and team have caughtthe dreams and helped to create new realities.

At TEDxExeter 2016, we want to encapsulate the idea of movement, seeingdreams as seeds that are released into the world, that may be dispersedand land anywhere, and that need watering and feeding and nurturing fromtiny shoots to fruiting plants.

So we invite you to dream dreams alongside us, dreams that are seeds fullof potential, dreams that through action will one day become reality.

#TEDxExeter

Our Speakers

Abbie McGregorAbbie McGregor is a first yearstudent at Exeter College. She hopesto have a career in law after herdegree. She drives herself, as well asothers, to do their absolute best.

Alan SmithAlan is data visualisation editor at The Financial Times, working with thegraphics, interactive and statisticsteams to breathe new life into howdata is presented online and in print.

Alex Holmes Having been bullied himself atschool, Alex won a Diana Award in2004 for tackling bullying in hisschool and community. He is nowhead of the anti-bullying campaign atThe Diana Award and has trainedmore than 16,000 anti-bullyingambassadors.

Anna Frost Racing on mountain trails, exploringnew environments, and meetingpeople from exotic cultures – Annahas travelled the world for the past 10years. She aspires to be the verybest she can, and to inspire others toreach for new challenges.

Cormac RussellCormac is managing director ofNurture Development, director ofABCD Europe and a faculty memberof the Asset‐Based CommunityDevelopment (ABCD) Institute atNorthwestern University, Illinois.

Danny Dorling Danny is Halford MackinderProfessor of Geography at theUniversity of Oxford. His workconcerns housing, health,employment, education and poverty.Recent books include Inequality andthe 1% and Injustice: why socialinequality still persists.

Deeyah Khan A critically acclaimed music producerand Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary film director,Deeyah’s work highlights humanrights, women’s voices and freedom of expression.

Fiona McNae Communication and semiotics areFiona’s speciality. She is the co-founder and CEO of internationalconsultancy, Space Doctors, and hashad an important role in bringingacademic semiotics into thecommercial sphere.

Giles DuleyAn award-winning humanitarianphotographer, Giles lost both legsand his left arm after stepping on animprovised explosive device inAfghanistan. His work is featuredwidely. He won the May ChidiacAward for Bravery in Journalism in2013.

Lindsay Levin Having spent the first 15 years of hercareer building entrepreneurialcompanies, Lindsay foundedLeaders’ Quest in 2001. She workswith leaders from all disciplines andsectors to explore solutions to some of the big issues in the world today.

Manwar AliManwar is chief executive of Muslimeducational charity JIMAS. He hastaught Islam for more than 30 yearsand is one of the few scholars in theUK who has been directly involved inJihad. He fought in Afghanistan,Kashmir and Burma.

Marcus LyonA British artist and socialentrepreneur, Marcus began hiscareer photographing street children.His most recent work on urbanexpansion, Brazilian national identity,mass migration and modern dancehas been shown globally.

Matt HarveyMatt Harvey was first official Poet-in-Residence at the WimbledonChampionships (“brilliant” The NewYorker). Other commissions includethe Science Museum, the OpenUniversity and the EnergyOmbudsman. He has been a familiarvoice on Radio 4 since 2001.

Matthew OwenMatthew co-founded Cool Earth in2007 to work with indigenouscommunities to keep their rainforeststanding. Cool Earth now worksthroughout the tropics and has put643,545 acres of endangered forestout of reach of illegal logging.

Pragna Patel A founding member and director ofthe Southall Black Sisters, Pragnahas over 30 years of experience inadvocacy, policy and campaigningwork with some of the mostmarginalised women in Britishsociety.

Usman HaqueHaving trained as an architect,Usman is founding partner ofUmbrellium and founder of Thingful,a search engine for the Internet ofThings. His skills include the designand engineering of physical spacesand the software and systems thatbring them to life.

Zia Nath Zia has practised the sacreddances of ancient Indian andesoteric Sufi temples for more thantwo decades. In 2007, sheestablished her dance companyand show Sufi Splendour. She alsoteaches the Sufi and Gurdjieffsacred dances.

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