Lisa Canny
Music Performer
Lisa Canny
“Disgrace to the tradition”
Lisa Canny is seven-time All Ireland champion on harp and banjo turned award-winning alternative singer-songwriter. Mixing her roots in folk with her love for pop, hip-hop, RnB and electronica, Lisa’s unique sound is like nothing you’ve heard before. Named “best of 2021” by Sofar Sounds, Lisa is set to release her debut EP FOLK+ this year alongside a sell-out Irish, UK and European tour.
An intimate performance
Lisa Canny delights us with an intimate set of her eclectic music, mixing her roots in folk with her love for pop, hip-hop, RnB and electronica “Disgrace to the tradition” Lisa Canny is seven-time All Ireland champion on harp and banjo turned award-winning alternative singer-songwriter. Mixing her roots in folk with her love for pop, hip-hop, RnB and electronica, Lisa’s unique sound is like nothing you’ve heard before. Named “best of 2021” by Sofar Sounds, Lisa is set to release her debut EP FOLK+ this year alongside a sell-out Irish, UK and European tour.
Mixing Irish traditional themes with contemporary music
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Julie Lindahl
Speaker
Julie Lindahl
"Who Has the Right to History?"
Julie Lindahl is a multi-national author, educator, and democracy activist living in Sweden. Following a six-year journey in Europe and Latin America in which she discovered her grandparents’ role in the Third Reich, her memoir, The Pendulum: A Granddaughter’s Search for Her Family’s Forbidden Nazi Past (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), was published and earned wide critical acclaim in the US and in Sweden. Her work has been featured several times by National Public Radio, the BBC World Service, and German and Swedish national television, and demonstrates how facing dark historical truths and taking responsibility for them, whether at a family or national level, can lead to a brighter future.
She has worked hands-on to strengthen democracy and human rights as an activist in local communities in Sweden, and as an educator in schools and other academic institutions in Europe and the US. She often collaborates closely with Holocaust survivors and their descendants, frequently as a partner in public conversations.
Julie holds a B.A. in English Literature from Wellesley College, an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Frankfurt, Germany. Raised in ten countries on three continents, she worked globally as a consultant in the developing world.
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Who has the right to history?
Julie takes us through her journey of discovering and facing her family's history with the Third Reich. Julie Lindahl is a multi-national author, educator, and democracy activist living in Sweden. Following a six-year journey in Europe and Latin America in which she discovered her grandparents' role in the Third Reich, her memoir, The Pendulum: A Granddaughter’s Search for Her Family’s Forbidden Nazi Past (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), was published and earned wide critical acclaim in the US and in Sweden. Her work has been featured by National Public Radio, the BBC World Service, and German and Swedish national television, and demonstrates how facing dark historical truths and taking responsibility for them, whether at a family or national level, can lead to a brighter future.
She has worked hands-on to strengthen democracy and human rights as an activist in local communities in Sweden, and as an educator in Europe and the US. She often collaborates closely with Holocaust survivors and their descendants, frequently as a partner in public conversations.
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Sir Ronald Cohen
SPEAKER AT TEDXLONDONBUSINESSSCHOOL 2022
Sir Ronald Cohen
"The Impact Revolution."
Sir Ronald Cohen is a preeminent international philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator, who is driving forward the global impact revolution. He is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust, among other world-leading organizations. Each of the initiatives he leads today aims to shift the allocation of resources to creating positive impact. He invests in profit-with-purpose companies and is an active global philanthropist, tackling issues ranging from peacebuilding to humanities and the arts. Each day, he strives to live by a simple principle:
Do Good, Do Well!
The impact revolution
Where is our world heading? The founder of impact investing tells us how investors are now focusing on societal and environmental impact and not just economic profits Sir Ronald Cohen is is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, The Portland Trust and the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative at Harvard Business School. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital.
For nearly two decades, Sir Ronald’s pioneering initiatives in driving impact investment have catalyzed a number of global efforts, each focused on driving private capital to serve social and environmental good. These efforts are leading the global impact investment movement towards an Impact Revolution.