TEDxAncaster High School

Speakers

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• Rhea Lalla

  Strategic Leadership Expert

  Rhea Lalla has spent over 20 years inside the world's most complex organizations — Google, JP Morgan, the United Nations — transforming how leaders build culture, drive accountability, and develop the people around them. She is a Strategic Leadership and Performance Architect, Certified Emotional Intelligence Specialist, and Founder of Rhea Lalla — a global leadership practice built on the belief that how you lead determines everything else.

• Sandeep Raha

  Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Mcmaster University

  Dr. Raha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University, and the Chair of Admissions for the Medical Sciences Graduate Program. His biomedical research focuses on understanding how chemical and environmental stresses during pregnancy affect the placenta and influence long-term health outcomes in babies. Dr. Raha is also the co-founder and Director of the McMaster Children and Youth University (MCYU), a community initiative that uses curiosity and creativity to break down barriers between youth and post-secondary education. Guided by the credo “Question, Discover, Create,” MCYU centers young voices through multidisciplinary, inquiry-based learning. Its research focuses on developing effective approaches to science communication and engaging youth as active research partners.

• Shane Saunderson

  Assistant Professor at Mcmaster University

  After sneaking away from a prairie farm, Shane’s early career was as an entrepreneur in North America and Europe focused on robotics and connected devices. He spent a decade as an innovation consultant for Fortune 500 clients, combining his technical knowledge with a natural knack for business strategy. Shane is currently an Assistant Professor at McMaster University researching why we treat robots, AI, and other social machines like people. He is a prolific writer on technology and frequently gives talks on robotics, AI, design thinking, and the future of technology in society. Shane is a former Vanier scholar who holds a PhD in robotics with a specialization in psychology from the University of Toronto, a MBA in technology and innovation from the Ted Rogers School of Management, and a B. Eng. from McGill University.