TEDxCapeTownSalon

Speakers

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

• David Parry-Davies

  Activist

  After a successful corporate career, this writer, speaker, host of The Eco-Logic Awards and editor of The Enviropaedia publication turned to his ‘heart's-calling’. He will be sharing his idea that encourages us to evolve (our hearts and minds) to become Eco-Logical human beings.

• Giancarlo Beukes

  Co-founder

  Co-founder of Impulse Biomedical, a start-up company spun out from the Medical Devices lab at the University of Cape Town, which commercialises affordable healthcare technologies for the developing World. Their vision is to develop affordable healthcare technologies for developing and emerging markets, with the aim of ensuring accessibility for all to necessary life-saving technologies.

• Gokul Nair

  Co-Founder

  Co-founder of Impulse Biomedical, a start-up company spun out from the Medical Devices lab at the University of Cape Town, which commercialises affordable healthcare technologies for the developing World. Their vision is to develop affordable healthcare technologies for developing and emerging markets, with the aim of ensuring accessibility for all to necessary life-saving technologies.

• Rufaro Nyamuda

  CEO

  Founder and CEO of KeepSafe Schools, Rufaro is motivated by helping people from all walks of life, because of her background as a medical doctor and where she comes from. Her idea is that children can and should be empowered to create safer schools.

• Ruth Hall

  Professor

  Ruth Hall is passionate about social justice and says her mission is “to make land reform sexy,". She is an expert advisor to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to reshape policy on land and respond to the controversial question of land expropriation without compensation.