An evening of live speakers and videos at Sexey's School, held in conjunction with TED's TEDxYouth Weekend - a global project of speakers and live performances which aims to empower and inspire young people and create interesting and motivating conversation about a range of subject areas.

This is a student led, free event, so please come along and show your interest and enthusiasm. Please also check out the official TEDx playlist of other locally organised, community events: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/

Speaking live we have James Brickell, an Old Sexian who is known for making nature documentaries and films at the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol - his main work now focuses on the digital and social media due to changing audiences from TV and hopes to talk about the future of wildlife film making. We also have Professor Sophien Kamoun who works at the Sainsbury Laboratory and his work involves research into plant disease and pathogens.

We also have 3 pre-recorded official TED talks in the fields of education, public health and disease.

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James Brickell

Head of Digital Production at BBC Natural History Unit

James Brickell has a passion for wild animals and has directed some of the most highly regarded UK presenters in wildlife filming. His TV filming career has included the Really Wild Show, Wildlife on One, Big Cat Diary and the ground-breaking, highly acclaimed series with Sir David Attenborough: Life in Cold Blood (2008). This series won the prestigious best of festival award ‘The Golden Panda’ at Wildscreen (the wildlife film equivalent of the Oscars). James Brickell is a wildlife filmmaker at the prestigious BBC Natural History Unit. His work includes some genuine world-firsts in wildlife filming and currently focuses on the digital media and 360 VR.

Sarah Carson

Sarah Carson leads the women’s rights campaign at Action Aid and has worked in the charity sector for several years including at Save the Children and smaller grassroots organisations. Her talk focusses on violence against women and girls and how Action Aid is helping to change their lives for good.

Sophien Kamoun

Professor of Biology, University of East Anglia, UK

Professor Sophien Kamoun and his group at the Sainsbury Laboratory are passionate about plant pathogens, effectors, genomics, and evolution. The group studies how filamentous plant pathogens, such as the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans, infect plants, and the plant processes that are modulated by these pathogens. They aim to exploit state of the art findings on pathogen genomics and effector biology to develop novel disease resistant crop