Echoes of What's Next
Ideas That Resonate. Futures That Emerge.
What is TEDxSurreyUniversity?
TEDxSurreyUniversity is a community-driven TEDx event licensed by TED, bringing together thinkers, builders, and creators to share ideas worth spreading. Expect a full day of inspiring talks, live performances, and meaningful connections.
Echoes of What’s Next
Speakers
Dr Chris Macdonald
How virtual reality can cure your fear of public speaking
Dr Chris Macdonald is a scientist and founder based at the University of Cambridge. He has a diverse portfolio of professional experience, including work as a c...
Emily Gill
Humans Skills in a World of AI
Emily Gill is the Co-Founder of LEVRA, an award-winning EdTech company solving Human Skills gaps for businesses by using psychometrics, and AI to measure and de...
Dr Noelia Noel
Preserving the Night Sky: Rethinking Satellites for a Sustainable Future
Dr Noelia Noël is an astrophysicist and director of employability within Physics at the University of Surrey. With over 120 publications, Noelia’s work bridges ...
Dr Sarita Sharma
Skin Ageing Is Inevitable But Decline Is Optional
Dr Sarita Sharma is a multi–award-winning skin expert, dentist (qualifying from King’s College London in 1998) and founder of Essex Sanctuary, recognised as the...
Dr Georgia Bowers
How Theatre Heals the Shame Behind Ageism
Dr Georgia Bowers is a Creative Ageing specialist, theatre practitioner, and academic who uses theatre to lobby and advocate for the rights of older adults. Her...
Dr Dabo Guan
The Next Chapter of Climate Action: Finding Opportunity in Crisis
Professor Dabo Guan is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of Climate Change at Tsinghua University and University College London, and Deputy Director of the Ts...
Ali Borhani
The Hidden CO₂ of Forever Wars: Exposing the Carbon Shadow of Conflict
Ali Borhani is a geopolitical strategist and Managing Director of 3Sixty Strategic Advisors. He advises blue-chip boardrooms, family enterprises, and UHNWIs, he...
Kerry-Lyn Stanton-Downes
The Future Exists – Between Us
Kerry-Lyn Stanton-Downes is a relationship psychotherapist, speaker and author. Her work centres on a simple truth: what happens between us matters most. She h...
Dr Nayanee Silva
Beyond ESG: Seven Dimensions of Business Sustainability
Dr Nayanee Silva is a founder, business consultant and researcher. She serves as a Senior Advisor at CIFAL/UNITAR Surrey for UN-certified training and is an As...
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