I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the country: the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and elders both past and present. All my life, I’ve been …
I could never have imagined that a 19-year-old suicide bomber would actually teach me a valuable lesson. But he did. He taught me to never presume anything about anyone …
Julian Burnside – Australian barrister I don’t know what to say, thank you for that, or not. Probably not. I want to talk about fairness. Fairness is a very profound …
Tom Uglow – Designer I’d like to start by asking you all to go to your happy place, please. Yes, your happy place, I know you’ve got one even if …
Clara Vuletich – Sustainability strategist and designer Fashion and sustainability. These are two very different things. Fashion is sexy, addictive, exclusive, and very fast-moving. Sustainability, on the other …
Palani Mohan – Freelance photographer This is a story of how I came to be on the edge of the world, frozen, and on the trail of men who …
Jordan Raskopoulos – Australian comedian Wooh! Come on yes! Yes! Rock and roll! Come on Sidney, let’s make some noise! (Audience cheering) Awesome, yeah! All right, yes! Now, make …
Suzanne Simard – ecologist Imagine you’re walking through a forest. I’m guessing you’re thinking of a collection of trees, what we foresters call a stand, with their rugged stems and …
Joshua Konowe – marketing expert “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust someone.” Ernest Hemingway said that. And we wouldn’t be a …
Hi. Thank you. So, five years ago, this was me. I was a PhD student at Harvard, and I loved to travel. I had just gotten engaged to marry …
