Theme: Inspire Change

The inception of breakthroughs, innovations and reform is often created through the simple question of “what if”. A notion of pure curiosity of which makes us unique as human beings. The simple action of thinking differently is what has propelled the worlds progression of cultural norms, life and technology to where we are now. All through the question of “what if”, of pushing for a better world and implementing change. This is what TEDx is all about.
This year’s TEDx theme at Oxford Brookes University: Inspire Change."

John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre
Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus
Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0BP
United Kingdom

Dr Andrew Lack

Dr Andrew Lack, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology at Oxford Brookes University, specialises in the area of plant reproductive ecology and genetics, especially pollination, tropical rainforest ecology, and the history and philosophy of the interaction of humans with the environment. He is the author of Redbreast: The Robin in Life and Literature, published in 2008.

Jo Marchant

Jo Marchant is a science journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller “Cure: a journey into the science of mind over body”. She has written extensively on the science of the mind-body connection and how we can use our minds to improve our health, using techniques from mindfulness and virtual reality to drug-free medicines. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She previously worked as a senior editor at New Scientist and at Nature, and her articles have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Guardian and Smithsonian magazine.

Joana Baptista

Joana Baptista is an award-winning 17-year-old founder of three startups, a podcast show and an economics magazine, alongside her code-club, funded by Barclays Bank, STEM workshops for disadvantaged pupils and Economics/Politics Conference, sponsored by Microsoft. She regularly gives talks to schools & universities. She is the recipient of Women of the Future Young Star Award, WeAreTheCity Rising Star Entrepreneur Award, and InspiringJuniors, as well as a finalist in the FDM Everywomen Women in Technology Awards.

Laurenti Arnault

As the Co-founder and the CEO of WTVOX, an online media platform that fosters innovation in fashion and raises awareness of alternatives for a more sustainable industry, Laurenti Arnault oversees strategic partnerships and alliances with academics, tech entrepreneurs, and decision makers in the fashion industry.

Mike Jennings

Mike Jennings is a businessman, mentor and an author who took over his family business when his father passed away in 1995. In the following 20+ years, he transformed the independent business park into a thriving community of small businesses. Taking a lead from his father he built a business where relationships of trust have taken over from relationships based on power and control.

Ross Jordan

Ross is the Programme Lead of Oxford Brookes Business School for the undergraduate degree in Business and Management and a Senior Lecturer, specializing in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.

Susan Brown

Oxford City Council Leader, Susan Brown, the City has lived in Oxford most of her life and has been a City Councillor for 17 years. She was first elected to Churchill Ward in 1994 and is now currently working on the next plan ‘Oxford 2050 initiative’.