TEDxYouth@Croydon

Speakers

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

• Ben Towers

  Ben Towers is one of the UK’s most successful young entrepreneurs. At the age of 16, he already heads up his own digital media agency, with a team of over 15 professionals working for him. Whilst his peers were looking forward to starting high school, Ben aged 11 started Towers Design and quickly showed an innate ability both on the computer and as an entrepreneur. From small beginnings creating websites for friends and family, he has now progressed to working with over 500 businesses to achieve their digital goals. His highly successful design company offers cutting edge internet content and marketing solutions.

• Stephane Alexandre

  2011 featured in Powerful Media’s, Future Leaders magazine as one of the top 100 black graduates in the UK. 2012 featured as Virgin Media Pioneer of The Month 2012 featured in Emerging Students Magazine as a Top 10 Students/Alumini Ones to Watch in 2012, for my work with Milk & Honey UK.

• Sarah Sobka

  Sarah Sobka is an 18 year old from Sheffield, who will hopefully be starting medical school in September. In March she won the title of UK Young Scientist of the Year at the National Science & Engineering Competition.  Her project looked at a drug that is currently used to treat IBS, to see whether any of its characteristics can allow it to be used on cystic fibrosis patients. She is passionate about encouraging girls into science and was a speaker at the Always #LikeAGirl summit in June. Her other interests include competitive debating (where she is ranked 12th in the UK) and running her food blog: fromayoungfoodie.wordpress.com.''

• Sean Spooner

  Sean is Editorial Director of new media startup Magnate Media, the publisher of men’s lifestyle title Magnate. Sean started his publishing career aged just 14 when he launched ‘Corby Magazine’, a local magazine which saw him named as ‘The World’s Youngest Publisher’. He later appeared on BBC 1’s ‘Young Apprentice’, with the BBC hailing him a ‘publishing prodigy’. 

• Samuel King

  Samuel King is a Spoken Word Artist from London who has performed around the UK sharing his diverse, yet humorous concepts and perceptions of life. Coming from a background off rap and grime, “actual lyrical content was thrown away which to me was the most important part of music as it allows the individual to express themselves in a way that makes sense without listeners getting lost in the music... an actual message can be passed.” Having received media attention from the likes of the Guardian and Huffington Post, Samuel is recognised for his thought provoking, impactful poems ‘Fatherless Britain‘, ‘What I Wasn't Taught In School’ and ‘Our Iconic Land’.

• Ife Tokan

  The Future Leaders Magazine, UK, listed Ife in the Top 100 Outstanding Graduates. He has interned in top global brands like Accenture, PwC, Foresight Group, Atkins and Deloitte. Ife is also a contributor to the career and self-development column for West Africa’s most viewed blog Bella Naija. He is also the Co-Founder of Africa Youth Gala (AYG), which is a platform for young ambitious Africans to connect, move forward together and create positive change. He is a big believer in giving back to the community through any capacity possible. He describes himself in three words: Purposeful, Passionate and Proactive. Ife loves building and mentoring future leaders."

• Zachary Jarvis

  Magnate is a London based men’s lifestyle publication distributed throughout London, in over 250 of the capital’s most prestigious offices. Magnate is targeted at the 18-35-year-old, ABC 1 male in London and features a range of editorial environments including business, fashion, style, entertainment, food and drink and motoring as well as interviews with some of the most inspirational and entertaining people London has to offer. Magnate launched in December 2012, with a cover-interview with Sir Richard Branson.

• Georgio Savvides & The Hip Hop Orchestra

  We are The Hip Hop Orchestra, an exciting music group aimed at popularising Classical Music amongst a wider array of people by mixing the best elements of both Hip Hop And Classical into one by fusing live classical instruments such as Strings and Piano, along with the grittiness of Hip Hop with a live Dj and bass player Over the past 3 years, we have performed at venues such as the Legendary Maida Vale Studios For BBC Radio 1xtra, the 02, Proud Camden and XOYO to name just a few, and the feedback has been nothing short of brilliant.