Theme: Embracing Madness

TEDxKCL 2016 will be the second consecutive time an inspiring group of students have come together to create an unforgettable event to impact the community and beyond.

Under the headline of 'Embracing Madness' the audience will have the opportunity to heard from people who have gone to pursue ideas or beliefs that at the time might have even seemed like 'madness' but have turned out to be admirable pursuits and life-changing initiatives.

We are keeping the specific names of our speakers a secret for now, but are eager to share them with you when the time comes.

This will be a full-day event with 4 sessions of talks, the usual coffee and networking breaks, workshops and inspiration.

Keep a eye on our Facebook, Twitter and Webpage for updates.

Contact us on: tedxkclgeneral@gmail.com

King's College
Strand
London, London, City of, WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom

Ms Barbara Njau and Ms Kudakwashe Kamupira

Barbara Njau and Kudakwashe Kamupira are the co-founders of Bahati Books, which is an award-winning digital publishing house that publishes, promotes and markets African literature written by authors of African origin.

Ambrose Cooke

Mr Ambrose Cooke, is a 22 year old entrepreneur. He is currently on a journey to live his life to its full potential and make an impact in the world. Over the past three years, He has created and grown his own advertising business, "Fanbytes".

Emma Mitchell

Emma started rowing at Marlow Rowing Club aged 16 and has since rowed for England at the Home International Regatta, and for Marlow and Bristol Rowing Clubs nationally and internationally. Whilst studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, she also competed in the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

Jay Roberts

Jay Roberts is the author of the ground-breaking new book The Debox Revolution. From intense personal experience and struggle, Jay Discovered that he had a natural ability to remove his emotional baggage and psychologically self-heal.

Jenny Garrett

Jenny Garrett is an Award Winning Coach with over 10 years experience of running a Global Business. Her mission is to transform the world, one empowered woman at a time. She use’s her years of experience in coaching and leadership to inspire and motivate people, working with them to deliver career and life changing results beyond expectation. Jenny has written an Amazon Bestselling Book ‘Rocking Your Role’, on the taboo subject of female breadwinners.

Jo Hunter

Jo Hunter is the Co-Founder and Director of 64 Million Artists, which aims to unlock human potential through creativity. She works as an Associate of the New Citizenship Project, is a Clore Leadership Fellow and a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar.

Kenny Ewan

Kenny is the CEO and founder of WeFarm, the world’s first SMS network for smallholder farmers without internet. Kenny has led WeFarm to win the MEFFY Innovation Award for Technology in 2015 and 2nd Prize in Chivas' The Venture.

Kevin Dutton

Dr Kevin Dutton is a psychologist in the University of Oxford. His controversial and iconic bestseller The Wisdom of Psychopaths – Lessons in Life from Saints, Spies and Serial Killers shoved the clinical psychology world off its axis.

Mark Calleja

Mark ‘MrC’ Calleja is the co-founder and Headteacher at HackLab and oversees the curriculum development across all courses. Mark was recognized by Ofsted as an ‘Outstanding’ classroom teacher in 2014, and is a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator.

Mel Young

Mel Young is recognized as one of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. He is a Schwab Fellow of the World Economic Forum and he was named a Senior Fellow by Ashoka in 2014.He is the President of the Homeless World Cup, which he co-founded in 2003. Under his leadership, the organisation and its partners expanded globally, working in 74 countries and touching the lives of over 100,000 homeless people per year.

Stephanie Seege

Ms Seege is the founder of Helpings, which she set up in 2014 after self-publishing her first cookbook with recipes for people with food allergies and intolerance. She is passionate about helping others, as she grew up with various chronic diseases that she managed to cure by a radical change in diet and lifestyle.

Stuart Armstrong

Dr. Stuart Armstrong's researcher at the Future of Humanity Institute centers on formal decision theory, general existential risk, the risks and possibilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), assessing expertise and predictions, and anthropic (self-locating) probability.

Susana Silva

Susana arrived into London under tough circumstances. She had nothing but a bridge for a roof. Miraculously, the gift of a two string guitar, saved her life. She began to perform on the South bank, which quickly built her a fan base and provided her with the funds to invest in better and better equipment (as well as a six string guitar). She has now found her home in this city,... Spreading smiles to the world.