TEDxBathUniversity

Speakers

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

• Charlotte Drnovsky

  University of Bath Student & Entrepreneur

  Charlotte Drnovsky is a 22-year-old French-Czech psychology student at the University of Bath and an entrepreneur who believes mindset shapes how we approach life and opportunity. Inspired by solo travel, she explores rejection therapy, seeking social discomfort to rewire fear and bridge the gap between isolation and genuine human connection. As the founder of a fast-growing calisthenics brand, Swanfit, and a content creator reaching over one million monthly viewers, she fuses physical discipline with cognitive science. From bachata to handstands in crowded Italian piazzas, Charlotte lives by a “try everything once” ethos, encouraging others to move past “what if” and take bold action.'

• Daisy May

  Daisy May is a final year Physics student at the University of Bath

• Dr Ann Conn

  Neurologist

  Dr. Ann Conn is a triple board-certified neurologist and interventional pain specialist who has spent more than two decades on the front lines of brain care. In this deeply personal and visionary talk, she challenges the “silver bullet” model of treating brain disorders and invites us to embrace the brain’s complexity through multi-omics, artificial intelligence, and digital biomarkers. After losing both of her sons to severe ultradian bipolar disorder despite access to the best psychiatric care available, Dr. Conn confronts the painful limits of modern medicine, and the stigma that keeps families silent. With scientific rigor and raw humanity, she offers a new metaphor for understanding the brain and calls on all of us to help transform the future of mental health through compassion, data sharing, and even brain donation.

• Laura Lopez

  Public Speaker

  Laura Lopez has spent the last 15 years living abroad across five countries and three continents. Through her own experience of migration, loss, and reinvention, she has come to understand belonging not as a place, but as something we create through connection. Laura is a business mentor and speaker who works with purpose-driven leaders to build meaningful impact rooted in service, contribution, and human connection.

• Oli Sargent

  Oli Sargent is a first year Management student at the University of Bath

• Steve Peralta

  Co-Founder, Unmind & Leadership Coach

  Steve Peralta is Co-Founder and Chief Wellbeing Officer of Unmind, a workplace mental health platform supporting millions of employees globally. Over the past decade, his work has focused on helping organisations rethink how they approach performance and wellbeing. Alongside his role at Unmind, Steve coaches founders and senior leaders navigating the pressures of modern success, supporting them to build meaningful businesses while staying connected to their humanity. Drawing on his personal journey through burnout, breakdown and recovery, Steve now speaks about the hidden costs of performance culture and what it means to succeed without losing yourself in the process.