Theme: Cause and Affect

On February 13, TEDx is making a return to the Northern Rivers communities after a four-year drought. It seems the past four years should have been the most crucial time to fulfill TED's motto of 'ideas worth spreading'... Yet here we are having gone through hell and back of 2020 and still feeling more lost than ever as we proceed to enter the Age of Misinformation.

Luckily, as TEDxRosebank makes its debut entrance into the world, we have the ability to spread worthy ideas surrounding the theme of 'Cause and Affect'. As a personification of the typical 'Cause and Effect', the theme focuses on questions like; What is our purpose? How do we act upon our purpose? What is change and where does it come from? How can we affect others in a positive way? What is the significance of the effect? Answering them through an array of speakers each with their own cause in the world, such as; education, humanitarianism, mental health, drug addiction in youth, music and many others.

Repentance Creek Hall
475 Repentance Creek Road
Rosebank, New South Wales, 2480
Australia

Angus McDonald

Artist

Angus McDonald is a contemporary artist, human rights advocate and filmmaker, whose recent Archibald portrait of former Manus refugee, Behrouz Boochani, was selected for the People's Choice Award. Angus brings into question what our very rights as humans are and how we can protect them.

Aunty Mary's Second Divorce

Band

A young and upcoming band, Aunty Mary's Second Divorce are all young locals of the Byron Hinterland keen to make an unforgettable performance on the day

Caroline Campbell

Researcher on the importance of Authenticity

What if we were to set a personal goal that both deeply fulfils our own needs and services the needs of society? It would be incredible, wouldn't it? As a doctoral researcher on authenticity, Caroline Campbell is investigating how we meet our needs through cause-related events and how our authentic selves can lead to having greater social impact.

John Stewart

Conductor of Living School

Being inspired is about breathing in - thinking differently - and finding wonder and awe. This is not about being awesome - we want to be awe-full. The focus on learning must be to engage, to challenge and to connect. After all, schooling is a social situation. John Stewart will discuss the need for schools to answer one simple question - every day: Is Learning Life-Worthy?

Lissie Turner

Speaker and Therapist

Lissie Turner is a Yoga Therapist, writer, speaker and former ABC broadcaster. Lissie specialises in liberation from addiction and the dissolution of any patterns that cause harm. She is the creator of the renowned Dissolving Patterns Program, co-owner and creator of Living Hormoniously and the creator of triple j's Like A Version and The Producer Series.

Mary O'Brien

The Saffron Heart

Mary has over 30 years of experience working with people to fulfil their potential by changing how they see themselves and to be at cause in their lives. She is on the Australasian and Global council for the 2021 Transformation Festival and has worked with executive leadership teams and individuals from all walks of life around the world. She uses a unique combination of frameworks and concepts which change fixed paradigms to unlock new potential and create change.

Oliver Costello

Director of the Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation

Oliver Costello is from Bundjalung Jagun (country) on the Northern Rivers of NSW. Oliver initiated the Firesticks initiative in 2009 and incorporated it in 2018 as an Indigenous organisation. Oliver is a founding director of the Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and Community Management at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Combining a broad range of experiences in Indigenous Natural Cultural Resource management and Indigenous governance Oliver seeks to empower communities, organisations and stakeholders to develop a range of collaborative approaches to support Indigenous leadership and recognition of cultural practices through community mentorship on country.

Volver a soñar

Musical conferences

All the way from Mexico, Volver a soñar are Latin American based group who use music to give conferences to spread their message. Consciously and unconsciously we maintain a constant dialogue in our mind which is capable of saving us or taking us to labyrinths where we fall more and more. This musical TEDx talk is a musical journey through those voices and an invitation to take control of them.

Zac Zinn

Gap-yearer

I was on my gap year after finishing high school and wondered about what project I could achieve in all my spare time. Lord knows how I came up with the idea to host a TEDx event and even thought I had the ability to do so, yet here I am. It's been a strange time but growthful time at that.