Theme: From Acorns

TEDxCanton is a specially curated event that promotes ideas worth spreading by bringing unique and inspiring speakers to Canton.

Curated and organised by James Karran of St Canna’s Alehouse, Hannah Johnson of We Are Cardiff and Sara Williams alongside a team of volunteers, TEDxCanton is designed to bring people together to hear and discuss inspiring, exciting and positive ideas.

Speakers include a firefighter who changed the way emergency services make decisions, and a man who believes trees can solve social problems. The talks aim to challenge, inspire and motivate the audience, and give them ideas to improve their lives and the world they live in.

Only 30 tickets will be available for the main event in local micropub St Canna’s, and there will be a viewing party down the road in the Printhaus with some extra community-led events. The talks will also be streamed online.

St Canna’s Ale House
42 Llandaff Road
Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, The, CF11 9NJ
United Kingdom

Becca Clark

Becca is the director of Green City, a community of local green experts who are passionate about sustainable living and the environment, which offers fun, affordable and practical workshops, events and activities.

John Parker

John is the chair of the London Tree Officers Association, and an arboriculture and landscape manager. He promotes urban forests and the benefits of green spaces, from better social cohesion to improved child development.

Josh Doughty

Josh is a kora player, which is a 21-string lute-bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa. He started learning the instrument from age 8, and was spotted by the Master Kora musician, Toumani Diabate. In 2007 Josh was invited to Bamako, the capital of Mali, to study under Toumani in his home. During this time Toumani became Josh’s teacher, mentor and friend. Josh would spend hours playing Kora with him, improving his skills and immersing himself in Mali culture.

Lia Moutselou

Lia is a self-taught chef and the director of Lia's Kitchen, running pop-up food events, cooking classes and social enterprise projects around the world.

Matt Callanan

Matt is a former worldwide DJ and music producer turned filmmaker. He is also the founder of kindness project We Make Good Happen. The project started after meeting Bill Murray in George Clooney's house (yep), and now he hides £10 notes in public places (#Tenner4Good), encouraging people to use the money for a random act of kindness.

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

Sabrina is an experimental psychologist and deputy assistant commissioner in the London Fire Brigade. Her unique perspective allowed her to research decision-making in places where most psychologists can't - actual emergency incidents - from the viewpoint of the operational commander. Sabrina's work included fitting helmet-mounted cameras to capture incidents from commanders’ point of view, followed by cognitive debriefs afterwards to analyse their decision-making process. Her findings changed the way that rescuers respond to incidents.

Stepheni Kays

Stepheni is an integration officer for the Swansea City of Sanctuary project. After leaving her home country in 2008, she was granted asylum and began studying a degree alongside her full-time job. She graduated in 2016, and began a Master's in human rights shortly after. Stepheni passionately believes that the effective integration of refugees and asylum seekers can make communities better for everyone, not just for new residents.