Acknowledgement of Country
TEDxKings Park acknowledges the Wadjuk people of the Noongar Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which Kings Park, the city of Perth and the metropolitan region are located. We recognise their continuing connection to the land, waters and community of this area and pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging. It is an honour for us to be meeting here today.
On behalf of the Youth Panel,
We celebrate and encourage young people, like you and me, to share their ideas and dream big. Western Australian community. Our hope your journey.
We encourage you to be present, meet today.
whether or not you’re on our stage in the future, and I encourage you to go out into
Thank you for taking part in today’s amazing time.
Bethany Hunt
Welcome
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Session One 12.30
Session times may change on the day
Session Two 2.25
Session Three 3.55
Lunch 1.40 Break 3.20 End 5.00
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From The Commissioner
It is so fabulous to join you all here today
of children and young people are critical as the Commissioner for Children and groups and forums. We prepare reports
children and young people and to ensure children and young people are
I am also delighted to present the trophy to the Winner of today’s 30 Second Ideas where not only the amazing Finalists are here to present their ideas, but you will be
Jacqueline McGowan-Jones
TEDxKings Park Youth is delighted to welcome Jacqueline McGowan-Jones, the Commissioner for Children and Young People, to TEDxKings Park Youth.
Welcome to Country
Ingrid Cumming
Ingrid Cumming is a Whadjuk Balardong Noongar woman from Fremantle, Western Australia and a recognised young leader within the First Nations community.
Ingrid is the founder and principal consultant of Kart Koort Wiern consultancy, representing First Nations and Melbourne Business School. Ingrid was part of the establishment of the Indigenous Women in Business
a range of awards like NAIDOC Perth, Telstra Women in Business, Curtin Vice-Chancellor Awards, ‘Champion for Heritage Awards and Belmont Small Business Awards.
and conferences around the world in
and organisations, creating, facilitating to address issues and strengths.
at the UN Women Leaders Conference in Israel in 2013, TEDxPerth in 2014, including The Drum in 2021.
Ingrid is a strong ally of LGBTIQ, First stakeholders and organisations.
of Western Australia, where she is studying Law & Society, and German Studies. She was extremely fortunate to and semester exchange in Stuttgart and possible. She aims to pursue a career in criminal justice in the near future.
TEDxKings Park since its inception and
TEDxSingaporeWeekend 2022.
Gemma is a high school student, currently keen interest in Law and Commerce, she challenges of Opti-MINDS and Da Vinci Decathalon, Gemma recognises the importance of idea spreading to nurture participate in leadership opportunities within her school and external community, and was fortunate to be awarded the Leadership and Teamwork award in 2022. During her free time, Gemma enjoys reading, rock-climbing, playing netball and friends.
on pride, inner strength, resilience, and the Minderoo Foundation, Telethon Kids
WA, and is an ambassador for Carers WA, Carers Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation, Kalparrin, and the old sister Charlotte who was born with
He has also been instrumental in setting up SWAN Siblings. Josh was also
Bethany Hunt
Joshua Patrick
Gemma Casella
Keira is a senior student at a Montessori
Maya Best
Maya is a high school student
and she hopes to study international law
Youth Panel
Parliament, following her passion for creating change and encouraging
She started an online project in 2021 world, aiming to change the attitude
sharing their ideas and experiences in our community and has participated in the Perth Philosothon philosophy competition
Om Sharma
Om is a student passionate about authored multiple internationally-awardwinning short stories. He is a twice winner of the Australian Defence Force in 2022 won the AMPOL Best AllCurrently, Om works at the Department
Keira is passionate about getting people excited to expand that interest and learn something new with TEDxKings Park!
Maya enjoys participation and leadership opportunities in her school, sporting, and local community. In 2022, Maya Leadership and Teamwork Award.
socialising with friends, playing the piano, and netball.
Commerce at UWA, double majoring in Management and Communications. He aspires to use his skills to help the
Kevin Shah Mansouri
Mabel Abatania
Western Australia.
Mabel is an Injury Management Specialist with a background in mental health nursing, and enjoys making connections with new people.
that writing and public speaking are some
He is President of the UWA Chess St Catherine’s College. He hopes to help people pursue a life that is meaningful to
Mabel is particularly fascinated by the mind/body connection and how this humanity, and she’s constantly amazed by the people she comes across, both personally and professionally. Mabel welcomes this opportunity to bring wonderful, inspiring stories to light, which will propel us into the next chapter of our humanity.
Maggie Gordon
Maggie is a second year psychology
Australia and a graduate from Sacred Vinnies group, Vice Captain and Peer Mentor to younger students.
Your Curators
She is particularly focused on the interconnectedness of mental well-being being a multifaceted approach that
encourage curiosity in others as lifelong learners, with an interest in neuroscience, player and artist, the possibilities to learn are endless.
Opeyemi Idris
Opeyemi is a Digital Marketing Specialist at NGIS. His one aim is to meet interesting people and help them to
He is excited about the opportunity to help proliferate the big ideas that could help shape the next generation of our that young people emboldened with new ideas can be the change we need in the world.
He is experienced in creating engaging and hopes to bring those skills to bear with his work at TEDxKings Park.
Guerrero
is fresh from the Middle East with
Conferences as Secretary General of her debate team, a team which won debates at stores hunting down the next funko
in Perth.
Toni
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Today we come together to join a WA celebrate remarkable homegrown challenges we face. We recognize that actions always speak loudest. We change
to make a commitment, not just to think
Today is a great day to start.
do it proudly and do it publicly.
the same. We’ll get the future we need by changing the present we’re handed. Be kind, be brave and be the solution.
that things can be better.
Ideas worth spreading.
Change worth making.
The Y WA
We believe in the power of inspired young people
a mindful minute to slow down and colour in with the Y! Check inside your tote bag for something to help you colour.
Take
S P O R T S A R T S M U S I C L E A D E R S H I P
Drea
Drea is a talented singer from Perth
Jordan Anthony
anthems. Drea creates music about life’s ups and downs, connected to her own journey and personal stories.
Drea recently opened for international phenomenon Billy Ocean, New Zealand band Six60 and performed at the Perth Inaugural Bluesfest earlier this year.
Jordan and his band will play two original songs, written and composed by Jordan. Gold was written earlier this year in LA, inspired by that inexplicable feeling you
Higher is Jordan’s reminder to himself that the close-knit community of family and friends around him are part of his
lows. He says of this community and the
Jordan Anthony: Vocals; Carrig Plane: Keys; Zac Maslen: Guitar; Luke Manning:
www.jordananthonymusic.com
Performance
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Celebrating the next generation of young innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders!
With six categories to honour your 21st-century skills, this is an incredible opportunity to showcase your projects and ideas that are making a positive impact in the community.
If you’re an aspiring young innovator, entrepreneur, or leader, or know someone who is, check out the nomination categories!
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input. He added keyframes for camera motion throughout the generated world, manually synchronized to the beat, and particular moments.
Between Days
Between Days
A.I. Short Film
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Lucas Lane
At the age of 12, Lucas founded Glossy Boys, a nail polish brand aimed at empowering guys to freely express recognised that buying nail polish was unnecessarily unwelcoming and complicated, so he set out to make it better for lads like himself: a skater and creator.
By unapologetically creating a product
traditionally associated with women by his desire to support his friends and proudly displaying their Glossy Boys or other forms of self-expression outside of gender norms.
appearing nationally on Channel 7 Sunrise alongside Abbie Kelly, a fellow
Project. Together, they showcased Abbie’s important work while highlighting Lucas’s successful fundraising: He
rural Broken Hill to World Pride Sydney, amplifying her LGBTQIA+ Project’s
their friendship and support of each other,
the impact that two determined 13-yearolds can make.
In just nine months, Glossy Boys
Lucas’s dedication and business to making an impact.
Lucas embraces his entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to self-expression. With his contagious enthusiasm and their world unboring.
Alix Woolard
Dr Alix Woolard is a senior researcher and co-lead of the childhood trauma research program for Embrace at Telethon Kids Institute, Western
and young people ages 0-25. Alix was born in Newcastle, NSW, and completed her Bachelor of Psychology in the Brain and Mind Centre, before Western Australia.
help children, young people and their groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, autistic, and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as primary school teachers working with traumatised children.
children and young people in WA, as well histories of trauma.
hiking, and is the host of a new podcast Embracing the Mind
trauma, and she works with the most
Jordan Anthony
Jordan launched onto the Australian music scene when, aged 14, he became The Voice Australia and a passion for songwriting, he was then selected to represent Australia at the original song We Will Rise.
From Western Australia, the now 18-year-old continues to write and independently release his music, returning recently from LA where he
Worldwide’s MUSEXPO and collaborate with other talented artists and musicians.
insight into his experiences of bullying, release Broken Love is nearing 400,000 streams on Spotify and recent releases include Gold, Holding onto You and Higher, a track about his inner circle of family and friends.
continues to grow with him now focussed on sharing his music with the masses
TEDxKingsPark, in partnership with Curtin University, is proud to present seven West Australians aged 14 – 21 sharing their big ideas for change.
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY sharing their big ideas for change
Today, you’ll decide which Finalist will turn their 30 Second Idea into a TEDxYouth@KingsPark talk published by TED on their Youtube channel with 34 million subscribers.
Today, you’ll decide which Finalist will turn their with 38 million subscribers
When enough of us believe that change is possible,
How
Ethan Buzza
Chandrashekar
Your Finalists
from many entries, today’s
Daniel Allan
Selected
To Vote
Do
Amelia
Kaylee Jesnoewski
Ella Rigby
2
Mehwish Nasim
Dr Mehwish Nasim is a Computer
of social cybersecurity. Her research lies at the intersection of computer science, mathematical sciences, and sociology. Informed by sociological theories to combat the spread of misinformation on social media. She utilises large
Mehwish holds a PhD in Computer
Germany. Currently, she works as a Australia, where she teaches subjects Engineering, and Cybersecurity. She is dedicated to increasing the percentage of underrepresented particularly women with caring responsibilities.
Another fascinating aspect of her work the-art AI models that not only lead to a deeper understanding of online insights to policy-makers and decision-makers, helping them make well-informed decisions.
about her work is its interdisciplinary nature, which constantly helps her learn new theories and ideas from
For the past four years, she has been an
she has been a part of. Based on her own experience as a mother of a pre-schooler, Mehwish often expresses support for women working in academia.
Justyne Eades
Justyne Eades is a Menang/Koreng woman from the Noongar nation. Her family are from the Great Southern is a proud mother of three beautiful children and is also a foster carer. of Laws, Justyne has spent most of her career working within court and and the Department of Justice WA.
Following a short period working with the Commissioner for Children and Engagement and Collaboration. in the Perth Football League.
Dean Morris
ten years old to raise awareness and donations for animals in need. Ten years with businesses, legislators, hospitals, the community, and the media to gain support and donations and increase awareness for animal welfare issues.
Dean helps animal rescues and regional
hospitals with medical and surgical items, and homeless people and struggling families with pet care packages.
Dean studies a double major in Engineering and Management at UWA and works at Stantec in Project Controls. He is a Director at the Canning Vale Community Bank and a
scholarship to SpaceCamp USA.
Dean has been recognised widely for his
Judge on the panel for both awards the following year.
Saving The World – One Stray At A Time and crosses our State speaking at schools and libraries about youth their age, can change the world.
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Vlad Guz
As a student, Vlad was recognised at the challenge of working so, before graduation, he was already a Marketing and Communications Team Leader in an international holding. He’s passionate design team, promoting products, and his work. He is proud of his projects with Warner Bros. Entertainment, and WePlay AniMajor.
In 2022 he came out and now supports the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2022 Vlad
Ukrainian march as part of Pride WA’s Pride Parade, supporting LGBTQIA+ One of his dreams has come true: to be a TEDx speaker.
Lexy McDonald
Lexy created the mobile application HerHelp when she was just 17 after being bullied growing up. Since its launch Lexy has been able to help thousands of people across the world, with her app now a multi-million dollar company with hundreds of professional resources from
needs it, while also inspiring the people around her to make the change they can’t see around them.
Her mission is to make mental health and wellness support so much more
isn’t working on her app, she is working with her community to normalise good mental health and inspiring people to be
Ivor Houston
in the Blue Mountains, NSW, became the youngest person to walk across Australia solo and unsupported. This 4,000 kilometre journey from Perth to Sydney tested his spirit against the desolate antarctic winds.
an 18-month solo backpacking journey after school, which introduced him to
This added a humanitarian layer to his walk, inspiring him to raise funds for refugees and asylum seekers.
Houses in New Zealand. Away from his
a whim, in pursuit of rare ingredients to outshine his sister in a sibling cooking competition face-off.
family’s two-year experience hosting an asylum-seeker family.
which he used to document his journey across Australia.
has turned his attention towards inspiring others. Guided by his own experiences and the resilience of the asylum seekers he has come to know, he seeks to help
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From The Licensee
Rob Lines
“Experience necessary”.
Two words to cause a young jobhunter
you’re planning on open heart surgery, practising beforehand seems like a really good idea. But, too often, how
through the many, many made along the way.
about handing the reins to the young
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
who just wants someone like them Someone older.
I’m the TED Licensee for TEDxKings
less time to gain experience in fashioning a thoughtful and stimulating day of ideas.
problem, is the importance of trusting young people.
Important, and necessary.
Rob Lines
protect TED’s hard-won reputation for
realisation that experience can be
away, there are other ways to succeed: to be fresh, to be risk-taking, to challenge the status quo.
TED Licensee
From the CEO
It’s an extraordinary privilege to be part of the international TEDx community. I never cease to be in awe of the people who give freely of their ideas, energy and time to create TEDx events across the globe. We would not be here at all without the Their continuing commitment as Principal I thank them. Further, we thank the Fogarty notable contributions are making today the best it can be.
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Our Team
Gavin Buckley
Youth Panel
Bethany Hunt
Gemma Casella
Maya Best
Kiera Fuller
Joshua Patrick
Om Sharma
Curation and Coaching
Rob Lines
Licensee & Head of Curation
Gavin Buckley Speaker Coach
Lisa Evans
Lead Speaker Coach
Mabel Abatania Curator
Maggie Gordon Curator
Toni Guerrero Curator
Opeyemi Idris Curator
Monica Kander Curator
Operations
Lydia Setiadi
Head of Finance
Production
Blake Good
Head of Production
Alice Leggett
Head of Volunteering
Keira Fuller
Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
Andre Tabuteau
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Chair
Bethany Hunt Vice Chair
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Company Secretary
Lydia Setiadi Treasurer
Gavin Buckley Board Member
Natasha Hurley-Walker Board Member
Youth Engagement
Victoria Wisker
Kevin Shah Mansouri Curator
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