TEDx Sydney to include scientists, philosophers and film makers, along with Paul Kelly and Daniel Johns

Tim Burrowes

April 7, 2011 8:59

The programme for this year’s TEDx Sydney includes singer songwriter Paul Kelly and former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns, Mumbrella can reveal.

TEDx Sydney, in its second year, takes place on May 28. The event is a spin-off from the global TED event. (TED stands for technology, entertainment and design).

The programme also includes a geneticist, a philosopher, a corporate anthropologist, a bird behaviourist, a poet, an inventor, a historian and several live performances.

The event is being curated by a team including executive producer Janne Ryan and The Chaser’s Julian Morrow.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.