Theme: Identity - reshaping our assumptions

As a community, whether we mean to or not, we make assumptions about people based on what we see and what we hear using our own frames of reference...

We make assumptions about others and ourselves... Assumptions about who we are, where we belong and what is possible to achieve.

The 2022 TEDxMandurah speakers are focused on presenting ideas that help us to challenge our assumptions around 'Identity'... our personal identity, our community identity, and our planet's identity.

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre - Boardwalk Theatre
9 Ormsby Tce
Mandurah, Western Australia, 6210
Australia

Angela Tomlinson

Speaker, Author, Coach, Educator

Angela Tomlinson Speaker, Author, Coach, Educator, lives to add value to every endeavour she pursues and to the lives of each person she meets. Holding a BA in Comparative Literature and a DipEd, Angela has been an educator for over twenty years. She is an experienced public speaker and founder of Angela Tomlinson: Speakers. In addition to this, Angela has a passion for the support and growth of women in business and has joined forces with her friend, Laura Bovell, to bring to fruition the Womepreneur Tribe. A published author, Angela has penned The Seven Stories We Tell Ourselves. It is her first book, but she warns there will be many more.

Belle Lockerby

Change management advocate and author

Belle Lockerby is a speaker, best selling author and founder of rise365 where she designed and delivered change programs for women that rebuilt their confidence, and generated multiple 7 figures and hundreds of jobs within Mandurah and surrounds. Holding a Post Grad in Change Management and as Australia's first Certified Clifton Strengthsfinder coach she is, primarily, a transformation expert with 20+ years experience in the field & has been featured on international podcasts & in digital and traditional news media outlets in Australia. Belle's helps women rediscover their self worth in their words so they can have hard conversations with ease and speak confidently (including with that voice inside their own heads that holds them back). She knows words we speak to ourselves and each other are the key to confidently creating value - in business and life.

Clare Gibellini

Disability employment and human rights leader.

Clare Gibellini (pronouns she/her) has worked in the disability sector for 16 years. She has experience in disability rights, policy campaigns and supporting others to advocate for themselves. She is a skilled trainer in person first practices and developing resources for people with disability. She has also developed programs to support people to become self-employed or to run their own small business, informed by her experience in the intersection of employment and disability. Clare works for an organisation that has a Peer Support project and volunteers for the South West Autism Network, Outback Academy Australia and the Red Dust Heelers. Clare is passionate about protecting the rights of disabled people in all areas and helping to grow opportunities for disabled leadership so that we are part of the decision-making process.

Dr Brett Dellar

Founder of The moMENtum Revolution

Brett is the Founder of "The moMENtum Revolution". Having suffered from Depression for 30years as a result of emotional traumas & events both as a child and an adult, he found his way out of those dark shadows to now help, inspire & empower other Men. These traumatic life experiences shaped & controlled Brett’s life more than he realised. The “ManMask” he wore hid his pain and suffering from his family, friends and the rest of the world. He now speaks publicly to about the stigma around mental health, society’s mindset around Men and how they are expected to act and behave and the challenges Men face in today’s world. Brett runs programs for Men to help them deal with their issues, reclaim their life back and step into their power.

Dr. Jacinta Delhaize

Astronomer and science communicator

Dr Jacinta Delhaize is an astronomer and science communicator at the University of Cape Town. Originally from Mandurah, Western Australia, she obtained her PhD in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of Western Australia. She completed postdoctoral research fellowships at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and then at the University of Cape Town in South Africa where she now has a lectureship. Her research focuses on the study of galaxy evolution using radio telescopes. She primarily works with data from the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa. She is also a passionate science communicator and is a creator, producer and host of The Cosmic Savannah Podcast, bringing Afro-centric astronomy to the international public.

Jamie Wilkinson

Digital communicator / Cyber Security Champion

Jamie Wilkinson is a digital communicator. A former BBC broadcaster, Jamie’s spent the last 8 years helping organisations transform their communications marketing for the digital era. Following the national rise in cyber incidents and data breaches, he developed an interest in crisis response and data communications, an area that led him to research the origins of data breaches and cyber security. He currently manages the communications and marketing function at the Shire of Murray.

Jo Abraham

Cultural advocate

Born in Fremantle Western Australia and adopted soon after Jo grew up knowing that she was chosen, loved and adored. After completing a degree in engineering at the WA School of Mines Jo worked as an engineer in Western Australia's mining industry for most of her early career. In 2005 a brother, also removed at birth, found Jo and she uncovered her Aboriginality leading her to confront her own biases, and societal norms.

Kagan Ryder

Personal development coach connected to the environment.

Kagan Ryder is driven by his aspiration to help people find and realise their true potential and take control of their life. Kagan has spent 6 years as a Personal Trainer and Personal Development Coach and through this medium he has helped many people make the changes they have been looking for. An experienced Toastmaster of 3 years, and with 10 years of involvement in business management Kagan has a unique insight into the world and his thoughts explore a wide range of topics making him a speaker worth listening to.

Noelle Martin

Award-winning activist, law reform campaigner, lawyer, and researcher

Noelle Martin is an award-winning activist, law reform campaigner, lawyer, and researcher. She is currently conducting joint research into Meta's multibillion-dollar plans to build the metaverse with Associate Professor Julia Powles at the Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab at UWA Law School. Her talk will detail what the metaverse means, what is at stake for billions of people, and why we ought to respond to Meta's move to replicate exact copies of people, places, and the planet in its metaverse pursuit. Noelle was awarded Young Western Australian of the Year in 2019, and listed as an honouree on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List.

Rudson Barcoma

Nurse / Community Service Advocate / Mental Health Champion

Everything is, was, and will be you. Rudson believes that everyone is fabulous because of what has happened and what they chose to happen. Coming from a strong cultural and religious background, Rudson was in constant fear of persecution, rejection, and abandonment because of his sexuality. From childhood, he created an elaborate plan to make an alter-ego to keep that fear of persecution at bay. Until those two alter-worlds are heading at each other for a head-on-collision. Rudson Al Barcoma BSN RN MSN CMLS ADLM is a Community Servant, a Nurse registered in the Philippines, US, and Australia, holding a Master of Science in Nursing Major in Leadership and Management, a Post Grad: Advanced Diploma in Leadership and Management and is a Certified Medical Language Specialist.

Sarah James

Neuro-diverse inclusivity leader and author

Sarah James is a dynamic and energetic author, innovator and Principal and Section Lead with Jacobs. Sarah has over 20 years of delivery excellence and experience in Analytics, AI, IoT and Data and their use within technology and engineering. Sarah has worked all over the world, monitoring volcanoes in Hawaii, analysing traffic data in Sydney, petrol stations in Romania, Flood Mapping in the UK and Mining data for Optimisation in Perth, Western Australia. Sarah is also the co-founder of Jacaranda Hill Farm - an award-winning off-grid, sustainable farm in the Darling Ranges that is using IoT and tech innovations to be WA's first tech-focused Holistic permaculture farm open to visitors and campers. Sarah is also the author of “Are you Ready to change the world? - Technology leadership for the future.” A book that inspires people to be more, do more and make a difference."

Vicki Bowden

Mental health advocate

Vicki Bowden is a neurofeedback provider working in Mandurah, Western Australia. A former high school teacher, Vicki trained as a neurofeedback provider with a local psychologist, who is also a family friend. Coming to neurofeedback through her own health journey (auto-immune disease) and a friend’s family tragedy and cancer battle she trained on the program and found it helped her to move from under the black Crohn’s cloud. Suddenly, Vicki was able to enjoy life so much more fully. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Vicki is grateful for her personal difficulties leading her to neurofeedback as it has enabled her to help clients with anxiety, depression, stress, vertigo, ADHD and a range of other issues. Vicki is now on a mission to help others to live happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives.