RGS Explore Weekend speakers and facilitators
Meet the world-leading experts who generously share insights and advice from their deep involvement in geographical exploration.
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Zack Coleman
Zack is an Army Reservist who has extensive experience leading military adventurous training expeditions.
Aleks Vladimirov
Dr Aleks Vladimirov leads Adapt Inc. Research Labs. The lab focuses on decision-making research, exploring the interactions between people, places, and technology.
Alex Keefe
Alex is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer-director, aspiring expedition leader and adventure motorcyclist. Alex has a passion for storytelling, science communication and understanding the impact of adventure on mental well-being.
Alexander McMaster
Alexander is a writer, ecologist and professional diver. His work focuses on the intersection of humankind with marine environments.
Amelia Hope-Hawkins
Amelia is a history undergraduate at Lincoln College, Oxford University, currently researching women in the French Resistance. She has spent the last two years in the Oxford UOTC.
Anna (Ania) Sawko
Anna is a conservationist whose work bridges ecology, ethnobotany, and environmental justice to promote ethical, collaborative approaches to conservation.
Anna Shekhdar
Anna is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, fullfilling her passion for skiing and mountains through her role as Medical Director for Endeavour Medical.
Ash Bhardwaj
Ash is one of the country’s top travel writers and broadcasters, co-host of the First Mile podcast, and winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Best Broadcast Programme of the Year.
Beki Henderson
Beki is a BAFTA-nominated TV Producer and Director with over a decade of experience capturing stories from the world’s most remote and extreme locations.
Belinda Kirk
Belinda is an explorer, author and speaker. Her book “Adventure Mind: Transform your wellbeing by choosing challenge” was the first to explain why adventure is essential to our mental health. She established AdventureMind which is a conference series and an international research collaborative. She’s led dozens of international expeditions.
Ben Warnick
Ben Warnick is an experienced sailor and expedition leader whose adventures have taken him across oceans and continents.
Callum Munday
Callum is a climate scientist at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. His research focuses on African and tropical climate dynamics and climate change.
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