TEDxHarpenden

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

• Ian Piggot

  Ian is an entrepreneur and farmer in the Harpenden area of Hertfordshire. UK. His family have been farming in the area for over 600 years. After a period of time working in the financial sector in the city of London, Ian returned to the farm and tried different ways of farming to do the best by has land whilst remaining profitable. He founded "Open Farm Sunday" which has attracted over a million visitors to farms around the UK and is now an international event.

• James Bourne

  James is a high school student who likes to build things. He is fascinated about the potential of drones and wanted to learn more about them. He believes that the best way to understand something is to make it, and so that is what he did.

• Jonathan Glennie

  Jonathan Glennie is Director of Policy and research at Save the Children UK and a columnist for The Guardian News and Media.

• Kudzai Mukomba

  Kudzai is a young woman and still studying at school. She has experienced bullying in her life, and this contributed to debilitating mental health problems. However, she has overcome these and now feels passionate about opening the lid of mental health as a taboo subject.

• Max Jenner

  Max has a passion for poetry and has won multiple regional and national awards for his recitations. Above all, he loves poetry as a means to make us stop and think deeply about an issue. Amongst others, he has worked with Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate.

• Zussana Gos

  Zussana is a young student who wants takes a stand against prejudice of all kinds. Believing prejudice to be hereditary she advocates a collaborative, rather than antagonistic, approach.