Theme: Towards Tomorrow

TEDx GlasshouseChristianCollege is the inaugural TEDx event for our community.

What will the future be like?

How will we work in the future?

What can young people achieve in the future?

What will society look like in the future?

How can we live better and do better?

We seek to peer into the world of tomorrow to imagine ideas that can change the world for the better.

Glasshouse Christian College
58 Roberts Road
Beerwah, Queensland, 4519
Australia

Aaron Lerch

Student Researcher

Aaron is a young man who is passionate about helping people. He hopes to enter the medical field and has an interest in surgery. His research experience with the University of the Sunshine Coast has given him a renewed interest in Science and the possibilities that a scientific career creates.

Daniel Mitchell

Student researcher

Dan is a keen, bright and inquisitive student from the Sunshine Coast. He is passionate about native Australian marine life and marine conservation. Dan sees himself working as a marine biologist and especially working towards the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef in his future.

Joshua Coumi

Student Researcher

Joshua has been inspired to pursue a career in the field of Science whilst taking part in a research project with the University of the Sunshine Coast. His inquisitive nature and passion drives him to pursue his dreams. He is truly thankful for the opportunity that has changed his perspectives and potentially the direction of his life.

Keeley Thomas

Student Researcher

Keeley is an energetic, inquisitive student who is starting to leave her mark in the realm of innovative education through engagement in a research opportunity with the University of the Sunshine Coast. She is passionate about native Australian animals and sees herself working with native wildlife as a veterinary surgeon in the future.

Lachlan Smart

Adventurer. Circumnavigator of the Globe.

Queensland teenage pilot Lachlan Smart has become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo in a single-engine plane.

Lauren Paul

Student Researcher

Lauren is a driven and inquisitive young woman. Born in Sri Lanka, she moved to Australia at the age of 7. Since then Lauren has been striving for the best. This project with the University of the Sunshine Coast has given her great amounts of insight into the realm of behaviour. Lauren aspires to be a psychologist in the future and has gained great amounts of insight into the science of behaviour, a key element in this particular field.

Moale James

School Captain

Moale James is a young woman who seeks to speak out against social inequality, she stands by her belief that minority groups and everyone across the world should be allowed the opportunity to achieve their greatest quality of life. As a headstrong, confident Christian she has published a number of articles about injustice, sharing her own experiences, whilst participating in performances and events that bring politically ’taboo’ issues to public eye.

Navdeep Pasricha

CEO@ IYOUTH

Navdeep Pasricha is a 19 year old social entrepreneur who is passionate about young people. After serving as a youth coach for 3 years, he founded iYouth to make an impact on a bigger scale. Committed to the mental health of Australia’s young people , iYouth currently works with schools and youth organisations. Their work, based on empirical research, helps people achieve their full potential. Navdeep has won several awards in his endeavours.

Rob Steffler

Dean of Studies, Glasshouse Christian College

Rob is the Dean of Studies at Glasshouse Christian College, who has long had a passion for innovative curriculum. As the instigator of the DeLorean Project, he is the one we have to thank for finding and collating all the supporting data and research that tells us we are onto a great thing. In a plan that began in 2014, Rob put out the call for teachers of a similar mind, to share in his vision for a mighty student negotiated learning project. Destined to be something new, innovative, inspirational and, most of all, to provide authentic, engaging learning opportunities for our Year 10 students, the DeLorean Project was born, and launched in 2016. Rob has afforded the Year 10 cohort of 2016 a truly unique occasion to have ownership over their learning, to impact their community and to follow their own passions. The DeLorean Project is a truly rare bird, with few other schools nationally offering anything akin to it.

Robi Sonderegger

Cinical Psychologist, CEO, Consultant

Dr Robi Sonderegger completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Griffith University (in the area of transcultural mental health). Dr Robi serves as a policy adviser to international humanitarian agencies around the world and is an expert consultant in trauma associated with war, child-exploitation and natural disaster. Dr Robi is well known as a keynote presenter at diverse conferences on topics pertaining to mental health and relationships.