I've been in hairy situations my whole life. But your differences are exactly what set you apart, and once you take a step back and look at the amount of growth you can achieve if you let yourself be who you are, you'll look back on the bad times with a smile on your face seeing how you found your place in the world.

Web developer, Sitara Emily Shah, shares her insight into the creative process behind coding. By sharing her artistic expertise and way looking at the world, Shah shows that coding can be creative.

Star From Ivy have developed a conceptual open-source album inspired by the Circular Economy. Circularity is the first of its kind; an opportunity to develop a relationship with a rock record by becoming a part of it! Being open source, anyone can take the music and re-mix or re-use it in their own creative projects rights-free. Inspired by the...

Here Sam Wood Stray performs "Hit the Ground" on Purple Music. Written by Anthony Romeno & Sam Stray Wood. Sam Wood is a Dj, songwriter, vocal producer & anti-cruelty lifestyle advocate from fashion to food, likes to make people move & think! Music has been all she knows, from backing dancer to signed artist, she has toured the worl...

In this talk Crystal Starr Szczepanski teaches us about one of the traditional indigenous languages of the pacific northwest. She shares her personal journey in helping revitalize and heal chinuk wawa.

I believe that Music gives comfort, joy and happiness to all people. Musical emotion is felt by children, adults and who knows by animals too. I love music as long as I can remember. I would like to motivate other children to use their singing voices too. How wonderful it would be one day to sing a worldwide canon together! So that we can all ex...

In 2005 he was named holder of a James McGill chair in Neuroscience. In 2006 he became the founding co-director of the international laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound research (BRAMS), a unique multi-university consortium with state-of-the art facilities dedicated to the cognitive neuroscience of music. In 2011 he was awarded the IPSEN foun...

Whenever we turn on the news, check-out the internet, or read a magazine, a particular thought seems inevitable: “It’s all getting worse!” No one wants to be pessimistic, but what else could we be in the face of the continuous onslaught of bad news? Well, we could be realistic for a start. Because, as it turns out, there’s a wide gap between ou...

Starr Chief Eagle performs a traditional Hoop Dance, which brings about positive messages of peace, unity, balance, and healing.

A colloquial and last minute speech on how to go with the flow! What does it even mean to take risks? Well, Saleem Haider aims to explain how he has gone through his high school career and the different things he has overcome. He offers an interesting perspective on a relate able topic by delivering his beliefs in a rather unusual, but entertai...

Life is never smooth. Sh*t happens. So what can help? Fiona Starr and Mike Solomon are Clinical Psychologists who have each experienced trauma in their personal lives. They open up about what they have learnt about being resilient, coping and thriving when times are tough.

The Worcester-based Gold Star Boulevard band will be performing three original Rock songs.

Marion Poitevin has three rules for success that have led her to break many barriers for women in high mountain professions in France. Her entertaining personal story of triumph is an inspiration.

The Worcester-based Car Ride Home band will be performing three original Rock songs.

Maya is a keen science and technology student who has explored the application of micro-computers and robotics to solving real-life problems. She has been particularly interested in developing technological solutions to natural disasters that can happen in the home. Ruby has a strong passion for robotics, exploring practical implementations of ...

Elise Luhr Dietrichson and Fatima Sator met at the School of Oriental Studies of London. While preparing their Master’s thesis, these two young researchers made a stunning discovery: the United Nations Charter, the closest thing to a world Constitution, could have left out half of humanity. But fortunately, four courageous South American delegat...