Past TEDx event

TEDxPerth Salon

Ideas For Living

Took placeMay 27, 20266:00 PM - 9:00 PM (GMT+8)
LocationPerth, Western Australia, Australia
FormatSalon
Not all ideas follow the crowd. This May, TEDxPerth Salon explores Ideas for Living - from bold lifestyle choices to the communities and innovations reshaping how we live in 2026. If you’ve ever felt there’s a different way to live… this is your room.

Speakers

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

  • Cassie Power

    Filmmaker

    Cassie and James are raconteurs, nomads, and passionate advocates for alternative ways of living. With backgrounds in psychology, storytelling through film, and adventure, they combine heart and humour to challenge conventional thinking. Their life together has shaped unique perspectives on freedom, home, and resilience.

  • James Norton

    Writer, Educator, Advocate for alternative ways of living.

    Cassie and James are raconteurs, nomads, and passionate advocates for alternative ways of living. With backgrounds in psychology, storytelling through film, and adventure, they combine heart and humour to challenge conventional thinking. Their life together has shaped unique perspectives on freedom, home, and resilience.

  • Michael Pignéguy

    Composer, Performer, Educator

    Michael Pignéguy is a composer, performer and educator on a mission to explore how music shapes the way we experience the world. Over thirty years working across jazz, orchestral and world music - and across four continents - he has seen what music does to people. Including himself. His projects include The Awakenings Ensemble, which has performed to audiences from New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center to Singapore's Esplanade and Beijing's Blue Note club. His orchestral arrangements have been performed by the Boston Pops, every Australian state orchestra, and collaborators including Ben Folds, Ben Lee and Tex'n'Tim. He is also Coordinator of Bands at Perth College, where he teaches and conducts daily.

  • Natalie McGrath

    Naturopathic practitioner and herbalist with over 20 years of clinical experience specialising in gut and microbiome health.

    Natalie McGrath is a Perth-based naturopathic practitioner and herbalist with over 20 years of clinical experience specialising in gut and microbiome health. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy), a Bachelor of Science (Environmental Biology), and is a Certified Microbiome Analyst, and she is a former Senior Lecturer at Endeavour College of Natural Medicine. Natalie consults from her clinic and runs the Gut Health Mastery Academy, helping people uncover the root causes of chronic illness through evidence-based, personalised care.

  • Tara Kozuh

    Author, Advocate, Educator, Entrepreneur

    Tara has lived her whole life bridging two worlds as a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA). An advocate, educator, & entrepreneur, she is the founder of Tiny Hands Signs, a program bringing Auslan into early learning and now expanding into corporate workplaces to foster inclusive communication. Children’s book author about her lived experience. Tara combines creativity and advocacy to inspire connection across communities. With empathy, vision, and lived experience, she is passionate about reshaping how society understands language, culture, and inclusion.

Organizing team