Recently I was honoured to host the inaugural TEDxHawkesbury event at the Richmond School Of Arts.
All the videos from the presenters are now online through the TEDx Global YouTube Channel and if you weren’t able to attend the event, I commend them to you. Included in this post are my introductory remarks. Below is the link to all the talks.
In my roles as a Councillor and as a local high school teacher I have learned that innovation, connection, and meeting to share and debate good ideas are at the heart of fixing the problems we have in our community and the broader world.
This event has presented to a Hawkesbury audience wisdom about things as diverse as Artificial Intelligence, mental health, community service, trauma, ecology, disaster resilience, critical thinking and leadership. Having our speakers present from the same stage that once hosted debates about Australian Federation is a big thrill. I was specially proud to introduce two of my own students who gave well-received talks.
We heard from nine wonderful speakers which included Scott Hinks – Hawkesbury
of the local Lions club, and Dr Michelle Ryan of the Hawkesbury Nepean Platypus Project.
I certainly hope this sold-out event indicates we’ve started something that will continue.
All the talks are available at this playlist:
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