Richard Logie owns and operate a credit clearing system called The Business Exchange (TBEx) in Aberdeen, established in 1995.
Richard became aware of complimentary currency systems and engaged and collaborated with various systems in the UK, Europe and the US.
Richard will be exploring the past, present and future of complimentary currencies, particularly how they’re are evolving right before our eyes, how technology is enabling business and communities to grasping their benefits.
Lee’s isn’t a “celebrity” speaker, he’s never bungee jumped (while playing the nose flute!) from the summit of Everest, he’s doesn’t have an Olympic gold medal – in fact he doesn’t even like camping very much!
But, you’ll be glad to know that he is a great speaker with original content. People warm to him, laugh with him and understand his messages. But more importantly if they put it into action the content Lee brings, it does make a big difference to their lives and their workplace.
A lot of his work is still with, and about the world of young people. After all with twenty years experience in this field it has been a big part of his life.
Find out more at Lee’s website…
Tris Dyson is The Executive Director of Spice – a non-profit organisation that develops time credits for public services, based in London and Wales. Tris is Chairperson of Timebanking Wales and a Non-Executive Director of 3rdMinds.
Spice has taken the idea of timebanking – and applied rigorous thinking to develop very successful applications for engaging ‘service users’ as active participants in public services. Spice’s time credits acknowledge ‘active time’ given by service users to the public service, these credits are then redeemable for equivalent time in local leisure and recreational services. These credits have been highly successful at engaging the many rather than the few, thereby empowering ‘service users’ as community assets and so easing pressure on front-line services.
Read more about Tris’ work on time credits over at The Guardian.
Ela Kagel is an independent cultural producer and curator, with a focus on free culture & the open web.
Ela is the creator and founder of the Free Culture Incubator, a model for the cultural enterprises of the future. The incubator explores the realm of free culture and the open web – with a focus on new forms of authorship, economics and legal ownership.
Launched at the transmediale.10 festival, the incubator explored a broad range of topics and formats based on questions such as the price and value of cultural work, the identity of cultural enterprises, creativity as an economic resource and new forms of cultural organisation.
You can find out more about Ela at FutureEverything…
Dorron joined Leeds Business School in 1989 where he developed a range of economics modules and was active in curriculum development, academic management and Learning Teaching and Assessment approaches.
Having served as an Associate Dean and Head of the School of Economics and HRM, Dorron joined the International Faculty to establish the new curriculum areas for the University in Development Studies, international relations and Peace studies and to lead in the creation of the Applied Global Ethics subject group.
Dorron has always been actively involved in the promotion of economic awareness in higher education. His particular academic interest lies in the political economy of globalisation in relation to the developing world and the ethical implications of economic policy.
At TEDxLeeds2012, Dorron will be speaking about how money is created, Money: the Great Confidence Trick?
Find out more about Dorron’s career over at the Leeds Met website…