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Keynote Speakers Gitanjali Rao
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Scientist, Inventor & Time Magazine’s first ever “Kid of the Year” Social Change Through Innovation Gitanjali Rao was recognised as America’s Top Young Scientist and received an EPA Presidential award for inventing her device “Tethys”—an early lead detection tool. Gitanjali is also the inventor of “Epione”—a device for early diagnosis of prescription opioid addiction using genetic engineering and “Kindly”—an anti-cyberbullying service using AI and Natural Language processing.
Tuesday 4 May
She was honoured as Forbes “30 Under 30 in Science” in 2019 and TIME’s “Top Young Innovator” and “Kid of the Year” for her innovations and STEM workshops she conducts globally, which have inspired over 38,000 students in the last two years across four continents. In her sessions, she shares her own process of innovation that can be used by students all over the world. She is an experienced TED speaker and often presents in global and corporate forums on innovation and the importance of STEM. Gitanjali has her new book “Young Innovator’s Guide to STEM”, which was released in March 2021 which guides students, educators or teachers with a prescribed 5 step innovation process.
Michael Fox
CEO, Fable Food Co Reimagining our Food Future Michael grew up as a meat loving Australian. In 2015 he became vegetarian for health, environmental and ethical reasons. After a 10 year stint riding the startup rollercoaster as Co-Founder and CEO of fashion tech startup Shoes of Prey, in 2019 Michael co-founded Fable Food Co to help people reduce their meat consumption.
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Tuesday 4 May
Teaming up with a chef/mushroom scientist and a mushroom farmer, Michael and the team at Fable develop delicious meaty food made from mushrooms and all natural, minimally processed plant based ingredients. Launching in December 2019 in partnership with the 3 Michelin Star British chef Heston Blumenthal, Fable products are now available in Australia, the UK and Singapore at over 250 restaurants and cafes, 1,700 retail stores and through the meal kit subscription companies Marley Spoon and HelloFresh.
Simon Griffiths
Co-founder & CEO, Who Gives a Crap The Business of Making a Difference Simon is an engineer and economist turned social entrepreneur. In 2007, after turning down his dream job offer as a corporate high-flyer, he moved from Australia to South Africa to immerse himself in his true passion: development aid. There he discovered that the biggest problem faced by NGOs and social entrepreneurs is a lack of funding. Driven by a passion to use business to give back, in 2010, Simon had the idea to start a toilet paper company that builds toilets in the developing world. In 2012, he launched Who Gives A Crap with a crowdfunding campaign, agreeing to sit on a toilet on a live webfeed until he had pre-sold the first $50,000 of toilet rolls. The multi-award winning launch attracted global media attention and generated more than 2 million social media impressions. Since launching, Who Gives A Crap has grown at 2-3x year-on-year, primarily relying on word-of-mouth to fuel its growth. In just over six years, Who Gives A Crap has donated more than $8 million.
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Wednesday 5 May
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