TEDx St Hilda's 2011

As a computer science student at Stanford, Kayvon co-founded Terriblyclever Design. Starting with a few buddies, they developed an iPhone app called "iStanford", and the rest as they say is history. Now running Blackboard Mobile, a team of passionate and hard-working folks dedicated to crafting beautiful, elegant and powerful educational apps on mobile devices, they are a team of 100+, working with close to a thousand customers, and millions of users enjoying their applications. Kayvon will share his journey, and also announce some very big news for the St Hilda's iPhone users. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Russell will speak about an animal fodder production system. Russell is Chairman of Dynamic Agri Tech Ltd, an agricultural products and services enterprise currently listing on the ASX. The key product line of the company is the fodder production system, which represents the central idea of Mr Manfield's TEDx presentation. He is the key designer and active promoter of the system around the world. Mr Manfield is a Vincent Fairfax Fellow through the St James Ethics Centre, holds a Bachelor Mechanical Engineering degree and is completing his Doctor of Philosophy with the University of Queensland Business School." In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Michael Zavros is one of Australia's leading contemporary artists. He is best known as a painter though his practice moves across drawing, sculpture, photography and most recently film. His work has been shown in major public museums both in Australia and internationally. He was won numerous prizes including the 2010 Doug Moran Prize for portraiture. In September this year he will take up a three month Australia Council residency in Barcelona. Michael will speak about where he finds inspiration and describe his life and practice more broadly. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Waverley Stanley is the Founding Director of Yalari. Waverley will speak on the Indigenous Education Scholarship Program. Yalari offers Indigenous children from regional, rural and remote communities and towns across Australia the opportunity for a first-class secondary education. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Professor Michael Good is a NHMRC Australia Fellow at Griffith University, the past Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, a past President of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes, and a past Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology. In 2006 he was appointed as Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. In 2008 he was a Steering Committee member and Co-Chair of the "long-term national health strategy" of the 2020 Summit. Also in 2008 he was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to medical research and contributions to education. In 2009 he won the Australian Museum CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science. In 2010 he was named a "Queensland Great" by the Queensland Premier. He graduated MD PhD DSc from the University of Queensland and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. His interests are in the field of immunity and immunopathogenesis to malaria and group A streptococcus/rheumatic fever, with particular relevance to the development of vaccines. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are

St Hilda's School is situated on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Year 11 student Tori Bailey takes the audience on a Creative Music Journey. Tori is one of the stars of Disney drama series As the Bell Rings, she plays teen folk guitarist called Mia. Tori was nominated for Best New Talent in the ASTRA Awards in Sydney. Tori is a very talented musician and composer. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Associate Professor and the Dean (Research) of the Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology Group at Griffith University where he previously served as Head of the School of Information and Communication Technology. Michael is a nationally and internationally recognised expert in the areas of automated Pattern Recognition, Handwriting Recognition, Document Analysis and Artificial Intelligence. He has published over 90 papers in refereed conferences and journals. His research spans numerous projects applying Artificial Intelligence to the fields of Engineering, Environmental Science, Neurobiology and Coastal Management. Michael has secured numerous internal/nationally competitive research grants to undertake these projects with funds over $3.5 Million. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Professor Griffiths is a medical researcher who has been studying the genes involved in common human disorders for nearly two decades. Her expertise is in the field of human gene mapping and molecular genetics. The role of Genetics in Personalised Medicine" Professor Griffiths speaks about the current new technology will make much more genetic information available and accessible. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Robert Alexander is a musician and co-founder of the non-profit organisation, Music For Trees. Since its establishment in 2010, and with the help of some of Australia's finest artists, Music For Trees has funded the planting of over 60, 000 trees through several music events held in Sydney, the most recent of which celebrated UN World Environment Day with Dr Jane Goodall. Robert will be talking about music and its capacity to inspire change and the emerging community-driven business-for good revolution. He may even play some tunes. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Executive Director Administration, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University. In February 2000 Mark returned to Griffith University to establish the Institute for Glycomics. Professor von Itzstein will speak to the big idea of coping with infectious diseases in the 21st Century, and will discuss novel approaches to innovative drug discovery and vaccine development. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Lindsay Brown is Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Southern Queensland. His recent research has been in the area of chronic human diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis where his research group seeks to determine whether anti-inflammatory compounds, either natural compounds or synthetic chemicals, can prevent or reverse organ damage. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Phoebee Gahan is a Year 11 student at St Hilda's School on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. Phoebee gives a presentation on Expanding Your Horizons. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Lauren McLeish is a Year 8 student at St Hilda's School on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Lauren is a boarder at St Hilda's and comes from a farming community in rural Karara, Queensland. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Jane Andrews, Clare McMath and Meaghan McLeod are Year 6 students at St Hilda's School on the Gold Coast Queensland, Australia. Each student spoke on their selected topics. Jane - How Robots Can Save the Planet. Clare - The Use of Good Manners to Improve the Way People Treat Each Other Around the World. Meaghan - The Use of Technology to Improve Education in Third World Countries. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Harriet Nash is a Year 12 student at St Hilda's School on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Harriet gives a very entertaining talk on 'Ginge Day'. What is Ginge Day? The answer lies in watching this video by a very inspiring young lady. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Founding Director and CEO 40K Foundation Australia (40K executes tangible projects designed to address poverty-related communities in the developing world based on our core pillars of adventure, interactivity and science). Clary is a young social entrepreneur who will be speaking about the role of westerners in reducing international poverty from his experiences of building a school for poverty-stricken children outside Bangalore, India. Clary set up the 40K Foundation Australia when he was a university student in 2005, and the organisation takes on cost-effective poverty reducing education projects which empower people to realise their right to social and economic development. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Dr Tim Hawkes is a leading authority on educating boys, and is Headmaster of one of Australia's most well-known and respected boys' schools, The King's School, Parramatta. Dr Hawkes has been a strong contributor to educational debate and is frequently called upon as a conference speaker both nationally and internationally. He is Chairman of the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA), Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference of New South Wales. He has written Duty of Care, a certificate course in residential care. He is the author of Boy oh Boy, a popular book on how to raise and educate boys, and has resulted in Dr Hawkes taking a leading role in promoting ideas on how best to meet the pastoral and academic needs of boys. Dr Hawkes has recently written a series of four books on Learning Leadership. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Assistant Professor Clinical Anatomy Bond University. Dr Stirling joined Bond University in 2007 to teach clinically applied anatomy to the medical and science students. Prior to joining Bond, Allan was working as a surgeon in the UK and here in Australia. His passion is using technology to aid in his teaching and developing new ways of stimulating curiosity in his learners." In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Amy is a Professor of Management and the Director of the Bond University Centre for Applied Research in Learning, Engagement, Andragogy and Pedagogy (LEAP) at Bond University. In her TEDx talk, she describes the "One Goal, One Community: Moving beyond bullying and empowering for life" program, housed at Bond, as an example of leveraging the power and potential of service-learning as a teaching tool. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Associate Professor Communication and Media Bond University. Dr Jeffrey Brand speaks about Facebook, training/grooming tool for knowledge in the middle 21st century. Dr Brand has spent a decade developing a career focused on exploring the cognitive and behavioural effects of electronic media on young audiences. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Claire Coppins - Fashion Designer. If indeed attitude could kill, Tighttigers would have you all running for your lives. However, before you start running off, say hello to Claire. Claire Coppins is the founder and El Presidente of Tighttigers and the fearless leader has got one goal for this fierce fashion label: world domination. The label was launched mid 2010 and has already managed to drum up three collections and three fashion shows with the label kicking off their Spring/Summer in the United Kingdom earlier this year. The TT crew design their threads around one thing - fun and their short films, photo shoots reflect exactly that. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Cassidy Warner, Elena Liang and Laura Steinert are Year 11 students from St Hilda's School on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Their TEDx presentation is about What Art Adds to Science. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)