Theme: Standing on a Turning Point

We can’t wait for you to be part of TEDxSPJainSydney on 9th April 2022!

As humans, we find ourselves at crossroads to make the right, ethical, and socially responsible decisions. We have been through highs and lows over the year given the pandemic. In the space between change, we welcome new ideas worth spreading that stimulate our existence as we transition through different walks of life.

And so we thought it appropriate to talk about "Standing on a turning Point" through our event!

In every subject, decision or thought. If you think about it, time itself is a constant turning point and all of us are always standing on it. The question is which turn do we take? How do we decide? And the most intense question of all, how do we know that we are standing on a turning point? So this edition, we look forward to speakers from an international community with backgrounds in Humanities, Neuroscience, Business, Sports, and Social Entrepreneurship.

Our team comprises of undergrad and postgraduate business students from SP Jain School of Global Management Sydney campus who are striving to create an atmosphere, albeit virtually, where we come together from diverse communities, cultures, backgrounds, beliefs, interests, and talents to discuss ideas built upon the fundamental thread that ties humanity together: curiosity.

TEDxSPJainSydney
Virtually
Sydney, New South Wales, 00000
Australia

Abhay Rangan

Founder of One Good

Abhay Rangan has been a champion of animal rights in India since the age of 16. After running a successful non-profit focused on veganism throughout his teen years, he launched One Good in 2016 with a mission of making affordable cruelty-free dairy alternatives. Rangan originally created each One Good product with his mother in their home kitchen, but their plant-based foods now reach thousands of families across the country.

Ara Kusuma

Change Maker, Ashoka Foundation, Founder of Aha project

At the age of 11, Ara Kusuma was recognised as an Ashoka Youth Venturer and started with Project Moo. Ara has gone on to launch a number of organisations including Aha! The project, is a scheme to improve the access to study resources for children during the pandemic. A Changemaker in every sense, Ara is dedicated to correcting the problems she sees in the world.

Nicolas Hamelin

Dr. Nicolas Hamelin, Associate Prof. of Marketing, & NeuroScience lab Director at SP Jain School of Global Management Sydney M.Sc (France & UK), D.Phil (Sussex Uni), PhD (East London Uni).

Nicolas is a keen innovator and researcher with 10+ years of hands-on business development, management, and marketing experience. Highly-skilled researcher with experience securing grants and leading global research teams. He is a passionate entrepreneur dedicated to fostering start-up operations and promoting long-term success. He is also an innovative professional with experience working with multinational corporations and universities to research highly specialized topics relating to neuro-finance, neuromarketing, social marketing, consumer behaviour, entrepreneurship, and marketing strategies. Moreover, he is a cross-functional marketing leader with experience as a journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Parth Mulay

Student, Young Creative Wizard

Parth Mulay is a hilarious, strange, and constantly curious guy. If there is one word to describe it, it would be a storyteller. He enjoys telling, creating, and being a part of various stories. His ideas are beyond anyone's imagination; he sees the world through the eyes of a child: extremely naïve and free of preconceived notions. This is what separates him from the rest of us: his courage to be himself without fear of being judged. His interests are as quirk as he himself, from trying out different flavours of kombuchas to practising Tai Chi (Chinese martial arts). However, what defines him is his perspective, which has a childlike simplicity to it, something the world absolutely requires at this time.

Raunak Damle

Skip Rope Champion

Meet Raunak Damle! The fun, quirky and ever joyous individual who has an OCD with Excel, started his Corporate journey with Ernst and Young India (EY) as a Tax Consultant. He is purely into various sports which always pushes him to run the extra mile. He is an avid book reader, who truly believes in optimum utilization of every element around him. In his spare time, he ensures to chalk out every place in his bucket list. But what really stands him apart, is the positivity and optimistic behavior which he carries with him.

Tulika Tripathi

Founder & CEO, Snaphunt

Tulika Tripathi is the founder and CEO of SnapHunt, an AI-enabled hiring platform that helps the world’s largest companies hire talent. With over 20 years of experience in leading teams across multiple geographies. In the course of her career, she has coached thousands of job seekers as well as members of her own teams on how to successfully navigate their careers. She has also partnered with numerous organizations across industries to help them optimize the way they hire talent. She is the author of the personal development book ‘Alice in Corporateland’.

Warwick Aubin

State Manager, Opportunity Australia

Warwick Aubin is the NSW State Manager Opportunity International and the director at Urbuntu. He has leveraged a 28-year career in global derivatives markets and experience gained whilst holding director-level positions in companies such as HSBC. He started his career in development in 2010 and worked pro bono for 6 years. He has worked in fundraising and innovative finance for World Vision, VisionFund and now Opportunity International.