Theme: Ideas to Action

This event will feature speakers and TEDTalks with ideas that are actionable. Hence the theme: Ideas to Action.

Pyatt Hall
843 Seymour Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 3L4
Canada

Brad Gorski

Brad Gorski is a 30 year-old Vancouver resident who enjoys taking in the city and spending time with his family and friends. Email: bgorski35@hotmail.com

Daphne Bramham

Daphne Bramham is an award-winning journalist and author based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

David Knapp-Fisher

David Knapp-Fisher is a father, husband and writer. He has three passions: family, world travel and sharing his story. Email: davidknappfisher@gmail.com

Grace Pastine

Grace Pastine is a lawyer and the Litigation Director for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to defending civil liberties and human rights. Email: grace@bccla.org

Homayoun Najjaran

Dr. Homayoun Najjaran is an Associate Professor at the University Of British Columbia, Canada. He has extensively researched aerial, ground and underwater vehicles. His research has enabled many studies that rely on robots for data collection. Email: h.najjaran@ubc.ca

Jacky Yenga

Jacky Yenga was originally from Cameroon, Central Africa. She knows firsthand that friendship, togetherness and belonging are vital ingredients in the recipe for happiness and that material possessions and self-sufficiency are not. Email: jayenga@jackyyenga.com

Jason Waugh

Blink Acro performers display stunning symmetry and grace, evolving in mid-air on a cube-shaped frame. Email: info@blinkacro.com

John Nieuwenburg

John Nieuwenburg is an award winning business coach who works with business owners to get more profit and life! Email: john@w5coaching.com

Marta Guarna

Dr. Marta Guarna is a scientist working on translational research in honey bee and human health projects in Vancouver, Canada. Marta received a doctoral degree from New York University. Email: Marta.Guarna@agr.gc.ca

Matt Young

Matt Young is a lifelong health and fitness proponent and founder of Innovative Fitness. He is an advocate of physical literacy in the home, at school and throughout society. Email: matt@innovativefitness.com

Peter Legge

Peter Legge is Chairman and CEO of Canada Wide Media Limited. He is a living legacy of one of Canada’s true entrepreneurial success stories. Email: hchristie@canadawide.com

Rumana Monzur

Rumana Monzur is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is a single mother and a first year law student at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Email: rumanamonzur@gmail.com

Teesha Morgan

Dr. Teesha Morgan is a Sex Therapist and Couples Counsellor, author, sexual educator and co-founder of The Westland Academy of Clinical Sex Therapy. Email: connect@teeshamorgan.com

Zale Zeviar

Zale Zeviar is the CEO and founder of WhoZaGood Inc. - North America's first corporate integrity rating machine. He is also a transformational coach, meditation and consciousness teacher. Email: zale@whozagood.com