Theme: Consequences

In a world of ever changing things we wanted to explore the cause and effect on differing aspects of our lives both local and global. So in this one day event we will bring together ideas and speakers with a broad range of views on how things in Chelmsford and the world can be done differently. You may not agree with some ideas, you may love some others but thats the point. We want healthy debate and discussion throughout the day so everyone leaves having had fun, be entertained and enlighten but also with ideas to share.

New Hall School
The Avenue, Boreham
Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3HS
United Kingdom

Andy Ramage

Entrepreneur

Andy is a former professional athlete, who after injury cut short his career, he went on to co-create two multimillion-dollar city brokerages. After achieving traditional “success” Andy was left unfit, unhealthy, overweight, stressed and unhappy. He believed there had to be another way to be successful while staying super fit, healthy, maintaining a happy home life and doing it with a smile on his face. So he set out on a quest to study peak performance and well-being. As part of this process, Andy took a break from alcohol. It was this experience that helped him unlock the behavioural change code and revitalise his business and life.

Cherice Welsing-Quacoe

Student

From age eight, she was encouraged to focus her energetic and outgoing personality towards a positively beneficial study, LAMDA. From there, she began the journey of what would soon be her passion; speaking out and spreading a message. Her biggest role model is Michelle Obama, and she has often wondered what her hero would do in the difficult circumstances that Cherice has been in. Cherice lives by her quote: "Every day, you have the power to choose our better history — by opening your hearts and minds, by speaking up for what you know is right."

Daisy Edwards

School Girl

Daisy is 10 year old school girl, the second child of four children; her brothers and sister were surprised she was selected to speak at TEDxChelmsford. Daisy enjoys sport particularly Hockey Club and has represented Essex and the East of England at tennis. For her secondary school there are several very nice schools Daisy would like to go to but she is not sure she will get accepted… or if her Mum and Dad can afford it!

Emma Bateman

Student

A student studying Politics, Business and History. Her passion is to change the world in which we live and she is determined to make a difference. In 2018 she volunteered to go to Tanzania in order to not only challenge herself but to open her eyes to different cultures and societies- the horror of seeing a mass of single use plastic filling the sides of the roads remains with her- so does the pollution infecting their water sources and perhaps most upsetting are the plastics spread far and wide across forest floors destroying the natural world. She asked the politicians on BBC’s Question Time on national television to stop being nervous and take action as it was her world they were ruining!

Isaac Kenyon

Adventurer

Philanthropic British adventurer and professional geoscientist. Isaac had a vision that began at university to make a positive difference to the people around him and found that portal through something close to his heart ‘challenge’. He joined and led numerous expeditions, completed a relay swim across the English Channel (no wetsuit) hailed as one of the world’s most difficult open water swims, summated Mt.Kilimanjaro in 4 days, broke the World and British records for the lightweight longest solo continual ergometer (indoor rowing machine) row clocking in at 83 hours and has recently returned from rowing in a team across the Atlantic Ocean in 40 days. Isaac pursues extraordinarily difficult environments for the purpose to grow through pushing his limits in discomfort. Isaac strives to create a platform which encourages technological balance by reconnecting with nature and learning through challenge.”

Jo Roberts

Chief Executive The Wilderness Foundation

South African by birth, Jo has enjoyed a rich life of wild places in many parts of Africa as she grew up. She trained and worked as a Social Anthropologist during the time of Apartheid, working mainly with rural communities. Understanding and measuring the effects of value on wellbeing and encouraging people to respect and understand the value of wilderness and nature lies at the heart of her passion in her work. Jo focuses on the effects of wilderness on developing sound youth leadership built on environmental awareness and ethics, and developing positive wellbeing and mental health in young people who are vulnerable or at risk. Over the past 20 years, Jo has established a wide range of programmes (within the Wilderness Foundation where she is the Chief Executive) to meet these needs of nature connections, individuals and society as a whole.

Kim Box

Body Transformation Coach

Kim Box is a worldwide transformation coach who impacts the lives of people around the world. She specializes in body transformation and the optimization of nutrition, performance and health. She takes her clients on a unique journey by educating them through nutrition, training and mastering the mind to help each individual take steps towards their goals of happiness, success and fulfilment. This journey of self-development enables her clients to realise any goal they desire in all aspects of life can be achieved. Kim is currently based in Dubai and is known as ‘The Magician’.

Liz Burr

Road Safety and Traffic Network Management

After qualifying as a teacher Liz worked in a secondary school in Essex, England, teaching biology but moved to Buckinghamshire taking on a role of Road Safety officer; working in the Road safety education team, Liz developed a cycling awareness scheme, before moving back to Essex as a Senior Road Safety officer. She progressed in Essex Councty Council through Road Safety education into Road Safety Engineering, where she gained a Master’s degree and on to managing a variety of functions within Highways Dept at Essex County Council, including the ITS (intelligent transport systems) contract for period of 10 years. Liz now works within Essex Highways Dept. Liz now oversees network management (including the traffic control centre), road safety, Streetworks, Asset management and the highway inspection function.

Neil Mapes

CEO Dementia Adventure

He is co-founder and CEO of Dementia Adventure. He is a Clore Social Fellow, RSA Fellow, an Honorary Research Fellow with the University of Worcester and was selected by an expert panel of judges at NESTA and the Observer newspaper as one of “Britain’s New Radicals” – 50 people and organisations changing Britain for the better. Neil has a background in clinical psychology, dementia advocacy and adventure travel. Motivated by experiences in his own family he has worked for over 20 years to enable people living with dementia to have more choice and control in how they live their lives, bringing joy and positivity into re-framing how we currently understand dementia. Neil is a widely regarded author, trainer, facilitator, and social innovator.

Su Harrison

Radio Presenter

Born and breed Leicester (UK) girl, I wanted to be on the stage performing in some way either in dance or drama, but things just didn’t work out that way, so I took on a regular job and through some very strange circumstances in 2000 I ended up in Essex, England kind of performing. Nearly 19 years later and I’ve had a fab time working on the local Radio Breakfast show, I’m a mum of an amazing daughter, have met a fantastic man and even though my radio career is coming to an end in 3 weeks (or is it), I really have become an honouree Essex girl. Thank you Essex.

Thomas Rowson

Digital Marketer

As a digital marketer, broadcaster, and historian, Thomas is both fascinated and concerned by how and where we consume our information and knowledge. In today’s political climate, and with the proliferation of digital giving us data on demand, this is arguably more important than it has ever been before. Thomas is regularly involved in educating and training, be that with student radio presenters across the UK or on behalf of government departments to help businesses grow, believing education is the foundation of everything. He’s also quite tall.

Tom Jepson

Director

With a self-confessed obsession in how things work and understanding human behaviour, Tom bridges the technical, analytical, and creative. Professionally, Tom has supported hundreds of businesses, from start-ups to FTSE 100 global enterprises in their endeavour to succeed online. He is also an educator for the UK's Department of International Trade, multiple regional growth hubs, and collaborates with a number of UK universities, delivering guest lectures to a range of students. Tom is a director at Footprint Digital, a husband, and the proud father of two beautiful girls; the centre of his world.