Theme: Riddle Me This

“Riddle: A statement, question, or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.” Each speaker will put forth fresh and unique perspectives, perhaps posing questions or presenting solutions. Each talk, whether puzzling or persuading, is sure to instill inspiration in all in attendance.

The Byre Theatre
Abbey St
St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LA
United Kingdom

Allie De Lacy

Co-Founder of Racism UnMasked

Allie is a graduate from the University of Edinburgh, where she studied Chinese and Russian. She was adopted from China when she was 2 years old and has grown up with a very multicultural background. Campaigning in activism for the past 7 years, she has co-ordinated events such as the UN's 16 Days of Activism as in Edinburgh. Since 2019, she has co-founded a national antiracist movement called Racism Unmasked to help raise awareness about the rising hate crimes towards East and South East Asian people. She hopes to use this platform to speak about her experiences with international adoption, fighting against racism and the importance of finding your own individuality in a world that so often sees orphans as a statistic.

Anahita Kalsy

Anahita is a 4th year student studying Psychology

Cat Hobaiter

Dr Catherine Hobaiter is a British primatologist focusing on social behaviour in wild chimpanzees and involved in long-term studies of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve in Uganda. Dr Hobaiter’s research revolves principally around the evolution of communication and social

Chelsea A. Jackson

Political Scientist, Activist, Author

Ms. Chelsea Ann Jackson is a hippie-nerd-activist who wants freedom for Black people and the world. Co-author of the UK abolitionist handbook Brick by Brick (2021), anti racism expert, organizer, & political scientist. An American Rhodes Scholar, & Harry S. Truman Scholar, Chelsea holds a MA in political science from Emory University, and advanced degrees in Criminology and Public Policy from the University of Oxford. Her research has been presented at the American Political Science Association and National Conference of Black Political Scientists and she’s been featured on the BBC World News, ITV News at Ten, and NPR-WABE.

Daniyal Bilal

Daniyal is a 3rd year student studying Mathematics

Eleanor Duce

Traveler

Eleanor Duce is a writer and travel enthusiast. Especially dedicated to advocating for girls’ access to quality secondary education, she aspires to inspire others in their pursuit to unlock their potential! With an intellectual curiosity, love for languages and passion for engaging in intercultural dialogue, she believe that—through empathetic discourse, cultural awareness, and local knowledge—we can develop pragmatic solutions to nurture and empower truly compassionate, sustainable, and globally connected communities.

Emma Carroll

Data Scientist

Emma Carroll is a data scientist with a background in mapping and data analysis. Emma worked on creating the witches.is.ed.uk maps from June to September in 2019. These maps show the geographical location of Scottish accused witches places of residence among other pieces of interesting geographical information. The website has had over 300,000 website views and has produced new insight into the history of accused witches in Scotland. Emma now works as an energy consultant for a renewable energy software company, creating maps that provide insight into installing onsite renewables.

Fernando Morales de la Cruz

Fernando Morales de la Cruz is an activist predominantly concerned with child labour within the supply chains of major corporations in the West.

Julia Taranova

Julia worked for Open Government in Moscow, followed by which, she founded the Social Sciences Lab in 2017, a Moscow-based non-profit focused on designing and developing new educational programs in the social sciences.

Krish Joshi

Youth Worker

Krish Joshi is a youth worker who has the best job in the world- they get to work with young people all across the UK delivering a peer-to-peer violence reduction programme for the charity StreetDoctors. Krish's interests lie in tying feminist practice into their everyday work, and by feminist practice Krish means working to create a world where every living being is free from oppression and free to live a life full of love and joy.

Poojitha Tanjore

Author

Poojitha (Pooja) Tanjore is an international relations student, polyglot, and intercultural competency enthusiast at the University of St. Andrews. Having served as a Junior Ambassador for the United States to Germany, she has centered her career on female representation in politics and youth literacy. Having been featured in media from Scholastic Magazine to American news channels, Tanjore has had a six-year-long career as a public speaker, international summit chairwoman, presidential campaign organizer, and non-profit founder. After being offered a book deal at 19 years old, she took on the challenge of writing the fantasy novel Rules of the Red Book. She was signed with New Degree Press for the sequel of Rules of the Red Book, which will be published in late 2022.

Sophie Jama Malindi

Founder of TruVoice

Sophie Jama Malindi is an international keynote TEDx Speaker and women empowerment leader. After a 14 year career in the United Nations, Sophie began pursuing her individual calling: sharing her journey of being a young Ethiopian refugee, separated from her parents, integrating her own story within a narrative of change. Sophie aims to heal inter-generational wounds by speaking the ‘unspeakable’ and breaking the narrative of silence. Sophie has a broad experience in managing cause-driven programs for global humanitarian organizations. A motivating leader, she is passionate about creating a workplace culture where all team members have a voice, while championing impactful advocacy initiatives in the areas of women and youth empowerment. After spending a majority of her life feeling unseen and unheard, Sophie set up a company, TruVoice, a dedicated platform to amplifying voices of women and marginalized communities so that they are fully heard and seen as a fundamental human need.

Suhit Amin

Despite being diagnosed with Stage 2A Hodgin Lymphoma at 16, Suhit managed to excel at academics while being a successful entrepreneur.