Pam Warhurst
Pam Warhurst A Community Cultivator @warhurstpamela Incredible Edible Pamela Warhurst originally spoke at Thinking Digital in 2012! Her fiery Northern spirit proved to be a huge hit with our audience as she discussed her work to convert wasted public spaces into community gardens. Her organisation, Incredible Edible, has since gone on to create hundreds of... Bio Details →
Ben McKenzie
Ben McKenzie A TV Star Turned Crypto Critic @ben_mckenzie ben-mckenzie.com Not So Easy Money Ben McKenzie joins us from New York to discuss his unlikely journey from TV series wunderkind into becoming one of the most prominent critics of cryptocurrencies. We'll be talking about the research he conducted alongside journalist & author Jacob Silverman on... Bio Details →
Linda Yueh
Linda Yueh A Banking System Stress Tester @lindayueh lindayueh.com The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them Since the Wall Street Crash in 1929, financial meltdowns have repeatedly sent shockwaves through our world. From the currency crises of the 1980s and 1990s, to Japan's housing crash, the dot com boom and... Bio Details →
Andrew Pontzen
Andrew Pontzen A Supercomputing Cosmologist @apontzen pontzen.co.uk What is a simulation – and do we live in one? Professor Andrew Pontzen introduces how computer simulations have revolutionised our understanding of the universe, delivering astounding insights into the origin of galaxies, stars, black holes, planets and life. Drawing on themes in his non-specialist book The Universe... Bio Details →
Helen Czerski
Helen Czerski An Oceanic Physicist @helenczerski helenczerski.net How the Ocean Shapes Our World Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself: what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influenced animals,... Bio Details →
Mitali Bhasin
Mitali Bhasin A Meta Product Designer @littlebigtalk mitalibhasin.com Can Your Craft Change Who You Are? When Life Imitates Art Typically most people dream about how they’ll leave their own personal imprint on their field or industry. Instead Mitali will speak about her unexpected journey into design, technology and product development and how it changed her... Bio Details →
John Beamson
John Beamson A Leadership Drill Sergeant LinkedIn The Unexpected Power of Finding Your Discomfort Zone Born & bred in North East England, John Beamson's began his professional life in the military where he served in forward-position assignments in Iraq, Afghanistan & other conflict zones. Upon his return to the civilian life, he began to realise... Bio Details →
Mhairi Aitken
Mhairi Aitken An Artificial Intelligence Ethicist @mhairi_aitken Alan Turing Institute What We're Getting Wrong About the Real Threats of AI Mhairi Aitken understands why so much of the current conversation on AI is dominated by the fanciful notion that this emerging technology represents an existential threat to humanity. In a world dominated by for-profit media,... Bio Details →
