Theme: Variety Is The Spice Of Life

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).

Key Theatre
Embankment Rd, Peterborough
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1EF
United Kingdom

Adam Stevens

Public speaker and founder of Intelligent Eating

Imagine trying to hot wire a car, at 3am and drunk. The experimental open heart surgery Adam had, at just 21 months, was just that. A stab in the dark! Born blue, he shouldn’t have survived, most definitely not to 39. A short life expectancy changes you, says Adam. No time for lazy, self-absorbed people. He had a plethora of jobs before seeing the bigger picture – changing the health destiny of the western world on the back of changing his own through diet. Pie in the sky? His clients’ results speak volumes. Funny how his original plan was to become an anaesthetist, spend his life putting people to sleep. Now through Intelligent Eating he wakes them up.

Carly Leonard

Chief Executive of sustainability charity

Claire Russell

Mental Health First Aider, Trainer and founder of a mental health training business

Dr Andrea Pennington

Integrative physician, acupuncturist, meditation teacher and #1 international bestselling author of several books

Dr Andrea’s extensive study of medical nutrition, positive psychology and biohacking led her to create a holistic media platform, In8Vitality, blending ancient wisdom and modern science for enhanced vitality and life mastery. Andrea is also a highly acclaimed TEDx speaker, visionary brand strategist for light workers and Co-founder of the #RealSelfLove Movement. As a sought-after media personality Dr. Andrea has shared her candid, empowering insights on resilience on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Dr Oz Show, iTV This Morning, CNN, the Today Show, LUXE-TV, Thrive Global and HuffingtonPost and as a news anchor for Discovery Health Channel. Andrea’s latest book, I Love You, Me! explores her personal journey from depression to real self-love.

Emma Sheardown

World and European Para Dressage champion and public speaker

Gitte Winter Graugaard

Author, life coach, mentor, public speaker

Bestselling author, life coach, energy mentor, public speaker and lightworker, Gitte Winter Graugaard from Denmark is beginning to change bedtime routines the world over. Continual information overload and lack of sleep makes for a challenging cocktail for many children and, of course, their parents. Gitte is on a mission to empower parents to help their children to sleep in a loving way and to thrive through a stronger heart connection. She teaches parents about energy. She is also the founder of the Momo Academy bringing mindfulness, meditation, and yoga into Danish schools.

Helene Philipsen

Life Transformation Specialist

Lee Mason

Digital Artist and VR practitioner

Based in Peterborough, Lee is passionate about Virtual Reality and loves sharing his personal journey of learning 3D art creation. He has been working in VR professionally for over a year now has worked with a wide variety of people in the local community – from children as young as six to pensioners in their 80s.

Nick Coles

Primary School Teacher

As a Primary School teacher Nick has spent the last five years at William Law CE Primary School in Werrington. Over the course of this time he has taught across Key Stage 2, coordinated PE and sport across the school, and has been a Year Group Leader. Now, with the school taking the decision to scrap written marking, he has enjoyed taking part in the discussion surrounding the impact of high quality verbal feedback on pupil progress.

Sarah Parkes

Former Science Teacher, Head of Department, pastoral Head of Year and a Teaching and Learning lead

After completing an honours degree in Environmental Chemistry at Edinburgh University, followed by a diploma in Law, Sarah settled down into a career in science teaching. She’s been an academic Head of Department, a pastoral Head of Year and a Teaching and Learning lead. I know a thing or two about teenagers for sure!” she says. By 2017, Sarah, in her own words, had become an emotionally frazzled, comfort eating, frustrated car crash of a human being. Rebooting her body, both mentally and physically, through nutrition was the first step to realising that the key is your gut microbes. She’s on a mission to figure out the mystery of the phenomenal rise in ’21st century’ illnesses, sharing her thoughts in her blog.

Sólveig Thorarinsdottir

Founder of award winning yoga studio, yoga teacher, author, musician and certified stockbroker

Taz Thornton

Award-winning business coach, motivator, author, empowerment and visibility specialist

Motivator, author, empowerment and visibility coach and seasoned TEDx speaker, Taz broke her back in three places trying to check out of life and moved from breakdown to breakthrough. Now, her unique blend of ‘tribal’ communication tools learned from shamanic cultures, NLP skills and years in top-line management means the pink-haired powerhouse helps people reboot their lives and their businesses. Trained with the same team who taught Tony Robbins, Taz uses firewalking and other extreme empowerment skills to help people through her #UnleashYourAwesome workshops, 1-1 coaching sessions and talks on confidence, empowerment, personal brand and visibility. In 2018 Taz was crowned the UK’s Best Female Coach at the Best Business Women Awards and has featured on Huffington Post, BBC and ITV.