A purposefully provocative question that seeks to inspire a new vision by challenging us to reconsider our surroundings. We want to provoke a shift in mindset that makes you think – why not in your home, in your street, in your workplaces? Why not Glasgow? Why not TEDxGlasgow? Why not here?
We’ve all been to the usual venues to hear the same old speakers and see them same old faces. But when we walked into the Tramway we knew it was the right fit for TEDxGlasgow. Where else could we choose for such an innovative, exciting programme that is going to stretch your thinking and introduce you to some of the leading thinkers from across Scotland?
Speakers
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Alice Rebecca Thompson
Alice is the co-founder of Social Bite - a Scottish based sandwich shop chain that operates as a social business, employing formerly homeless people as a quarter of their staff and donating 100% of its profits to charity.Amos Miller
Amos is the Director for Microsoft’s Strategic Advisory service in Asia. The Enterprise Strategy program helps Microsoft enterprise customers to accelerate towards their business goals by helping them innovate and drive business value from advancements in technology. Amos is driven by big challenges and leading real innovation with technology and passionate people. He has a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an MBA from London Business School and enjoys a rich and rewarding career seeking to harness the power of technology to change the world for the better.Anne Richards
Anne Richards is Chief Investment Officer and executive director of Aberdeen Asset Management, a FTSE 100 company. She began her career as a research fellow at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, moving into investments in 1992. Her career has included research analysis, portfolio management and global asset allocation. A graduate of University of Edinburgh and INSEAD, Anne is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. She is a FN100 Women in Finance, a member of the Board of Leaders of 2020 Women on Boards and is the recipient of the 100 Women in Hedge Funds 2014 European Industry Leadership Award. In June 2014 Anne was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) and was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Financial Services and the Voluntary sector in December 2014. Anne also holds various non executive positions.Chris Hampson
Chris Hampson is the Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet and award winning choreographer. He has previously won the prestigious Critics’ Circle Award and TMA Theatre Award as well as creating major works for English National Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet and Scottish Ballet.Craig Clark
Craig is a technology entrepreneur regarded by many as a pioneer of the ‘Newspace’ revolution. Started 10 years ago, Clyde Space is now considered one of the most innovative space companies in the world. Innovation specific to the satellite market has been key to Craig’s success to date; he believes that maintaining this culture of innovation is vital to the company’s continued growth.Jim Brewer
Professor Brewer has studied and remained fascinated by the immune system throughout his career. While working in vaccine research, it became increasingly clear how little we understand this critical part of the body. His exploration of the immune system over the past 25 years has taken him into areas as diverse as malaria, arthritis and asthma, and his research has been enhanced by the development of innovative advanced imaging techniques.Jim Duffy
Professor Jim Duffy is Chief Executive Optimist of Entrepreneurial Spark – the world’s largest free business accelerator. A Saltire fellow, Jim is leading a movement across the UK with a vision to inspire and enable social change through the action of Entrepreneuring.Judy Murray
udy Murray is the holder of 64 Scottish tennis titles as well as the 1981 British Hard Court Women’s Doubles champions and represented Great Britain at the World Student Games. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Judy has had a prestigious coaching career and was the Scottish national coach from 1995 – 2002, LTA Coach of the Year in 1999 and is presently the GB Fed Cup Captain. She started the National Development School in Scotland, which, to date, has produced 4 x Davis Cup players, 1 x Fed Cup player, 4 x Olympians (2012), 2 x Grand Slam Champions, 1 x Olympic Gold medallist, 1 x Commonwealth Games Gold medallist and 1 x Top 50 WTA player.Karyn McCluskey
Karyn has worked in the police for the last 20 years in Sussex, Lancashire, West Mercia, as head of intelligence analysis. She joined Strathclyde Police 12 years ago and, along with John Carnochan, set up the Violence Reduction Unit. In 2006 they were made a National Unit and lead on violence reduction in Scotland. They have developed injury surveillance, introduced a gang intervention based on Boston Ceasefire, were instrumental in achieving changes to the Lord Advocates guidelines relating to custody for knife carriers.Libby McGugan
Dr. McGugan has been an NHS emergency medicine consultant for nine years, with experience in air retrieval and field hospital medicine. She is now interested in a broader approach to healthcare and has a number of research projects in development with the University of Strathclyde. She is also a writer and is presently working on a non-fiction book, Intentional Medicine: Shifting the Focus in Healthcare, and was nominated for best newcomer in last year’s British Fantasy Awards for the science-based fiction thriller, The Eidolon.Mark Beaumont
TV presenter and broadcaster, record breaking round the world cyclist and ultra-endurance adventurer, Mark's epic documentaries have taken viewers to over 100 countries, into the Arctic, the high mountains and recently around the Commonwealth. Mark first made fame for an 18,000 mile round-the-world bike race, where he smashed the previous World Record by a staggering 82 days. More recently, he presented the build up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as the Queen’s Baton relay made its way around 70 nations and territories. Mark arrives at TEDx Glasgow 2015 fresh from his latest adventure cycling from Cairo to Cape Town.Norman Drummond CBE FRSE
Norman Drummond has often been described as “one of the most talented and inspiring Scots of this generation”. From the gangland areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh as a young Minister, to becoming a respected Chaplain to The Parachute Regiment and The Black Watch, thence to education as a distinguished Headmaster of Loretto (one of Scotland’s oldest schools) to becoming a BBC Governor and then founding both Drummond International, the celebrated international leadership consultancy, and the award-winning charity Columba 1400, Norman’s life has represented a constant commitment to looking for the best in others and to encouraging them to see that unrealised potential in and for themselves.Paula McGuire
A recovering recluse, Paula lived for thirty years trembling under a rock, somewhere on the outskirts of every social situation. She now spends all that nervous energy challenging herself to useless exploits and encouraging others to turn anxiety to their advantage. Trier, author, athlete, trainee astronaut and everyday adventurer – but not quite the best at any of them.Phil Smith
Born and bred in Glasgow and an alumnus of Glasgow University, Phil is the Chief Executive, United Kingdom & Ireland, Cisco, Chairman, Innovate UK and The Tech Partnership. In August 2014, Phil represented Team GB in his age group at the Triathlon World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. He is also the founder of “The Leaderboard”, a cross industry group of CEOs who have raised more than £350,000 for charity for Comic Relief and Sports Relief competing in triathlons.Rachel Robbins Laird
Rachel was given a shock diagnosis of Leukaemia when she was just seventeen years old. Whilst being in hospital she required and relied heavily on a significant amount of blood transfusions. Whilst in hospital, she wrote a blog called “Rachel Bouncing Back” and told her story through many video blogs with a view to express her experiences with a positive outlook and in turn providing information and advice to anyone else going through the same experience. Rachel has now been in remission for two years and participates in actively trying to encourage people to give blood by telling her story.Steve Waygood
Steve leads Aviva Investors’ Global Responsible Investment team. This team is responsible for integrating environmental social and corporate governance (ESG) issues across all asset classes and regions of the c£250bn of assets under management. Steve received the Leadership in Sustainability award from the Corporation of London in 2013, and his work became a case study in the Harvard Business School MBA in 2012. In 2011 he received the Yale Rising Star in Corporate Governance Award. He has a PhD in sustainable finance.Organizing team
