In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Steeple Chruch
Nethergate
Dundee, Dundee City, DD1 4DG
United Kingdom

Dawn Walton

Dawn had a screwed up childhood. Despite this she had a successful career for over 20 years in the corporate world. But she knew there was something better out there for her. When she came across Cognitive Hypnotherapy it changed her life, and she set up Think it Change it to help others. Through working with clients she realised that our brains need a software upgrade. They are working on outdated rules for survival that come from the caveman days. Understanding those rules, and changing them, now forms the basis of her therapeutic approach.

Kerstin Langenberger

Born and raised in Germany, Kerstin went to Iceland for a gap year - and has not really returned since. After finishing her studies of Natural Resources and Range Management in Iceland, she decided to follow her greatest passions: her love for the Arctic and photography. Amongst other things she worked for Greenpeace in Sweden, trained Huskies in Norway and studied for one year in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, to become an 'Arctic Nature Guide'. As such she now spends most of her year in the polar areas where she works as an expedition guide with focus on environmental topics, and as a nature photographer. Her pictures have been internationally awarded and published in numerous magazines and books. In 2015, her image of an emaciated polar bear became an icon for climate change. More than 25.000 people have seen her live photo presentations that aim at showing the beauty and interesting culture of the European Arctic, but also the sensitivity and the need to actively protect it.

Lauren Currie

Lauren is Scottish designer and entrepreneur. She makes, thinks, writes and speaks about design, social change, education and entrepreneurship. She co-founded Snook, Scotland's leading service design and social innovation agency which uses design to make public services better. Management Today recently named Lauren as one of the UK’s top 35 business women under 35. She spent the last year designing and leading Hyper Island’s new MA in Experience Design and was recently featured in ELLE UK as 30 smart women under 30 you need to know. Lauren now lives in London and works independently.

Lesley Howells

Lesley is Research Lead for the Maggie’s network of twenty centres across the UK (www.maggiescentres.org), she is also Centre Head and Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Maggie's Dundee. Maggie’s provides free practical, emotional and social support for people with cancer, their family and friends. Built in the grounds of NHS cancer hospitals, and also available online, Maggie’s Centres are architecturally bespoke, warm and welcoming places with qualified health professionals offering an evidence based programme developed to complement medical treatment and nursing care. People use Maggie’s at all stages of the cancer experience and are from all walks of life.

Megan Hine

Megan is key account and marketing manager in Aberdeen, Scotland. She has worked in sales in the oil and gas industry for over 4 years and prior to this spent 13 years in retail. Typically somewhere that young people find themselves and often considered the lower end of the career ladder, she feels retail was instrumental in honing her skills in human interaction and the art of conversation.

Niamh Nic Daeid

Professor Niamh Nic Daeid is a forensic chemist specialising in the investigation of fires, explosions and clandestine drug chemistry. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and holds fellowships with the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Statistical Society and the Chartered Society for Forensic Science. She is a Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee, in Scotland with a vision to disrupt and redevelop the use of forensic science within the criminal justice system.

Rebecca Pick

Rebecca graduated from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland in July 2015 and incorporated her first company Pick Protection in March 2014.

Rodney Mountain

Rod is a Head and Neck Surgeon by trade. He works for the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland and is experienced in healthcare education and skills training. He works passionately at the creative interface of so-called Science and Art, co-designing products, services and experiences for healthcare users and institutions. He believes that Scotland should pioneer a public, private and third sector “renaissance” for all, bringing our citizens, humanities and sciences into the same creative space. He aspires to facilitate this change by introducing the vocabulary, tools and mindset of user centered “DESIGN” to a much wider health and social care audience.