TEDxMelbourne

Our first event in 2012 was also our first ever purely social event with no speakers, performances or videos – just an opportunity for the TEDxMelbourne community to get together. The evening proved to be an inspiring way to ‘leap’ into the year, with attendees enjoying the view from The Deck at Mercantile Place as they shared their big [...]

How does the collective power of social media help spread ideas worth spreading? Oh, only in like, a hundred different ways! In fact, the simple act of you taking a couple of minutes to read this blog is contributing towards the online buzz around TEDxMelbourne. And because of people like you, we’re thrilled to report [...]

Monique is a co-founder of Flexicar and led the business as CEO from its early days through to its sale to Hertz in December 2010. She grew up in the Mallee (northern Victoria), where her family still lives. Graduating with honours from the University of Melbourne in both Engineering and Arts, Monique previously worked as [...]

Annalie Killian is Catalyst for Magic at AMP. She brings creativity and innovation to business by cultivating a culture of collaboration, championing the exploration of trends, and fostering experimentation with new ideas and emerging technologies. Annalie founded AMP’s crowd-sourcing innovation programme for employees, which grew from a grassroots movement in 2003 to a company-wide programme by [...]

Technology entrepreneur Evan Thornley is Chief Executive of electric car network Better Place Australia. The former Victorian MP also co-founded and served as chairman and CEO of internet search advertising company LookSmart Ltd, one of the few Australian technology companies to be taken public on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Evan has worked as a management [...]

Liza Boston is a passionate digital media entrepreneur at the forefront of the new economy. Throughout her global career, Liza has inspired brands as diverse as PWC, NAB, ANZ, Big Day Out, Westpac, Starbucks, Formula One and Zoos Victoria to understand social business and to respond to the emerging challenges of the digital economy. Liza [...]

Peter Williams is recognised as a global thought leader on innovation and the use of online technologies, and is one of Australia’s most sought after guest speakers on social media and digital strategy. Recognised as one of Australia’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the area of innovation, technology commercialisation and all things web as well [...]

Dr Amantha Imber is a creativity and innovation psychologist, and founder of the award-winning innovation consultancy Inventium. She gives her audiences practical, science-based tools that they can use to immediately get their brain unstuck, get creative juices flowing and uncover great ideas that will lead to business growth – all delivered in a way that [...]

Roger La Salle is professional engineer, a director of a number of companies and a successful business entrepreneur. Roger developed and documented his special way of thinking, now referred to as Matrix Thinking, in the four books he has now written based on this simple but effective approach. Matrix Thinking is now licensed in more [...]

Simon Griffiths is engineer and economist turned social entrepreneur. A passion for hands-on learning and a motivation to create change has led Simon to found three companies to date, all focussed on revolutionising the philanthropy market. Most recently, Simon has been working on Shebeen, a not-for-profit bar, and Who Gives A Crap, a toilet paper [...]