Category: Content
Discover the Boundless Potential Within: “Impossible is Nothing” with Professor John Fraser at TEDxUQ.
Success is frequently defined as moving from failure to failure with undiminished enthusiasm In an enlightening talk at TEDxUQ 2019, John Fraser, a renowned medical doctor, delivered a compelling talk titled “Impossible is Nothing,” where he details his journey to develop a new method for delivering life-saving drugs which was inspired by a personal experience…
TEDxUQ 2013: 10 Years Later
On 23 March 2013, TEDxUQ held their inaugural TED-style conference. Since then, the event has grown from its humble beginnings as a small, 100-person event in the University’s Physiology Building to one of the University’s premier avenues for sharing game-changing research and innovations. The inaugural event featured six speakers from diverse backgrounds, under the theme:…
How Composting Could Combat Climate Change
Composting isn’t glamorous but neither is climate change – and compost has the potential to play a major role in combating climate change. But firstly, what is compost? Compost is the controlled decomposition of organic waste into a natural fertiliser. Given time, all organic materials decompose, as various microorganisms consume and break them down into…
Navigating Sustainability: Kristen Lyons On Aiding Effective Environmental Change
Kristen Lyons, like many of us, is eagerly looking towards a sustainable future that avoids the looming climate emergency, but she is particularly determined to ensure no human rights are overlooked in the process. In 2018, Kristen Lyons addressed the TEDxUQ crowd about a topic of increasing global concern: our changing climate. In her talk…
Peter Greste’s Fight for Press Freedom in Australia: One Year On
Since Professor Peter Greste addressed TEDxUQ about the state of press freedom in Australia the world has truly been tipped upside down and shaken with force, yet his concerns remain prescient today.
The Books on Simon Cleary’s Bedside Table
A year ago, when Simon Cleary addressed the TEDxUQ crowd about the importance of storytelling, who could have anticipated the stories we would be reading and writing just twelve months later?
