Top Inspiring Speakers for Schools & Young Audiences

1. Top Inspiring Speakers for Schools & Young Audiences With the rise of Social Media and Technology, this generation is proving to be one with unique challenges and one that is connected to the world around them in a way that we have yet to truly understand. From Mental Health and motivation to advocacy and innovation, the speakers below provide meaningful insight and inspiration to young audiences. To hear more about any of these speakers send us an enquiry here and we will be in touch within 24 hours to discuss your event in more detail. Julie Hirsch - Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Innovator & Advocate for Fairer Business Julie Hirsch is Co-Founder and COO of Eloments Natural Vitamin Tea, a world-first 100% natural vitamin tea and overnight success securing shelf space in 2000 stores across the globe in just over a year, and represents the 1% of businesses started by a female entrepreneur under 30. Julie was named Telstra’s Victorian Business Woman of the Year and listed in Forbes 30 Under 30. Julie is an engaging and interactive young leader who has a presentation specifically tailored to inspire the next young innovator, entrepreneur, and social impact leader, for VCE Year 11 / 12 Students in Business Management, or Secondary Students building their 21st Century Skills. Dr Jordan Nguyen - Thought leader on the intersection between technology & humanity Dr Jordan Nguyen is one of Australia’s most innovative engineers, who is committed to improving the lives of as many people as possible, and to help become a driving force behind both human and technological evolution as we move into the future.

2. An internationally renowned engineer for humanity, Jordan designs life-changing technologies to transform the lives of people with disabilities and the elderly through his role as founder of Psykinetic, a social business committed to bringing positive, sustainable and life-altering change and shares his adventures through documentaries across the world. Inspired by human endeavour, Jordan has big ambitions to see our world step consciously and creatively into a better future. Marita Cheng - Engineering visionary and 2012 Young Australian of the Year. Marita Cheng is founder and CEO of aubot and the founder of Robogals a student-run organisation that provides free engineering and technology workshops to encourage primary and secondary school girls.

3. Marita was named the 2012 Young Australian of the Year and in Marita was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to science and technology, particularly to robotics. her company aubot makes a telepresence robot, Teleport, for kids with cancer in hospital to attend school, people with a disability to attend work and to monitor and socialise with elderly people. As well as telepresence robots, Aubot does research and development in robotic arms, virtual reality and autonomous mapping and navigation. Adam McCurdie and Joshua Ross - Social entrepreneurs behind Humanitix Adam McCurdie and Joshua Ross are some of Australia’s most successful social entrepreneurs under the age of 30. They are the co-founders and co-managing directors of the social enterprise Humanitix, which is now selling in excess of $10m in tickets per annum, disrupting the online ticketing industry and redirecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in ‘annoying’ booking fees to help end global poverty and education gaps. Adam and Josh are engaging and insightful speakers who inspire audiences to challenge the status quo and are guaranteed to resonate with students around Australia. Read More..