Rupert Whitaker is an activist, health scientist and advocate for patients in medicine. He is the co-founder of Europe’s first HIV charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust, and is the founder of the Tuke Institute.

Bethany Handley is a prize-winning writer, poet and disability activist from South Wales, who campaigns for Disabled people’s rights. Her first book of poetry, Cling Film, published with Seren in 2025.

Katie Hodgetts is an award-winning climate and youth campaigner, keynote speaker and founder of The Resilience Project

Pippa Stacey is a disabled writer and speaker based in Yorkshire.

Kajal Odedra is an activist and the global communications director of change.org.

Award-winning environmentalist, author, speaker and founder of City to Sea.

Seyi Akiwowo is a keynote speaker, author, Founder and Chief Executive of Glitch - Europe’s leading not-for-profit on tech, harms and gender.

Renowned writer on contemporary attitudes to birth, pregnancy and womanhood