We’re thrilled to announce the speaker lineup for TEDx Edmonton! Under the theme of “Cultivating the Creative Economy”, we sought out passionate entrepreneurs, innovators, thinkers, and creators across the city and beyond. We invited nine influential minds, each with some tie to Edmonton, to share their ideas and thoughts about their work and their outlook on driving the creative economy.

Tim Antoniuk – Industrial design professor, dedicated to creative-economic-emergence

Cameron Herold – Successful business leader passionate about raising kids to be entrepreneurs

Andrew Hessel - Genomic scientist and champion of open source biology

Theresa Howland – Western Canadian head of Canada’s 100% green electricity provider

Shafraaz Kaba – Local architect passionate about urban design, art and architecture

Shawna Pandya – Entrepreneur working on new start-up leveraging smartphones for disaster response at NASA-Ames

Grant Skinner – Internationally recognized leader in the field of rich interactive experiences

Sean Stewart – Influential pioneer who defined the alternate reality entertainment genre worldwide

Krystle Dos Santos – Award-winning soul and jazz singer-songwriter

Find out more about all our speakers here!