Name: Taken to the Edge
Start: 2018-04-18T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2018-04-18T20:30:00-04:00
Location: WeWork Aldwych House

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Join the conversation on March 8.

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Wednesday

4/18

6:30pm —

8:30pm

WeWork Aldwych

71-91 Aldwych, London WC2B 4HN

About the Event

Disruption of space is what has made On the fastest growing running brand on the planet. With a premium Swiss design and high-performance technology, On has become a favourite not just among some of the world’s best athletes, but with masters taking their craft to the edge. On wants to support this philosophy by creating a space that inspires creators who push the limits of innovation. Come learn from a few of our favourites who inspire us and the world around them. Enjoy light food and drinks to start the evening.

Schedule

April 17th

Anna McNuff & Mark Beaumont

April 18th

David Rowan & Ruby Steel

She Leads

On Thursday March 8, 2018, WeWork is celebrating International Women's Day with the launch of an exciting global initiative. We're proud to announce She Leads, our new event series with a mission to advance gender equality in the workplace by supporting women at any level to break through their own glass ceiling.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17th

Anna is an endurance athlete, adventurer, and mischief maker. Named by the Guardian as one of the top female adventurers of our time, Condé Nast Traveller has recently included her in a list of the 50 most influential travelers in the world. She is the UK ambassador for Girl Guiding and has cycled over 20,000 miles in Europe and the Americas, including through all 50 states of the USA. She has also run the length of New Zealand and has a penchant for rollerblading.

Mark Beaumont has become a household name through his documentaries about ultra endurance and adventure. Having smashed the circumnavigation cycling World Record twice in his career, he now holds this 18,000 mile title in a time of 78 days and 14 hours, averaging 240 miles a day. His epic documentaries have taken viewers to over 100 countries, into the Arctic, the high mountains and around the Commonwealth, also surviving capsize in the mid-Atlantic.

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OUR SPECIAL GUESTS:

From augmented reality, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to drones, nanotechnology and the genomic revolution, David Rowan is one of the world's foremost experts on how technology is reshaping the world around us. He is founding Editor-in-chief and now Editor-at-large of WIRED’s UK edition and technology columnist for The [UK] Sunday Times. He’s taken 125 flights in the past year to investigate the companies and entrepreneurs changing our world, recently spending time with the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen.

Ruby Steel is a trailblazer in inclusive design. She is also a “fixer” on the BBC2 show Big Life Fix, the show that involves a team of inventors creating new and life-changing solutions for people in need. Ruby always puts the people and their stories at the core. She is currently Senior Design Strategist at Smart Design, a design consultancy whose ethos is to design with meaning.

With more than ten years of experience in user-centered research, co-creation, and product, service and experience design, Ruby’s passion for creating a positive impact on individuals that live with a more challenging circumstance remains unshaken.

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David Rowan

RUBY STEEL

Meet Tina Brown

Founder, Women in the World & Author, The Vanity Fair Diaries

Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, and founder of the Women in the World summits. Between 1979 and 2001, she was editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and authored the 2007 best-selling biography of the Princess of Wales, The Diana Chronicles. In 2000, she was awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen for her services to journalism. In 2007 she was inducted into the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame.

In October 2008 Brown launched and edited the digital news site The Daily Beast, which won the news website of the year award in 2012 and 2013. She launched Tina Brown Live Media in 2014 to expand Women in the World internationally with summits in London and Delhi and with smaller salons throughout the United States. Last year, she published The Vanity Fair Diaries which was chosen as one of the best books of 2017 by Time, People, Amazon, The Guardian, The Economist, Entertainment Weekly, & Vogue.

Tina Brown is married to editor, publisher, and historian Sir Harold Evans and lives in New York City.

Meet tina

^{Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, and founder of the Women in the World summits. Between 1979 and 2001, she was editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and authored the 2007 best-selling biography of the Princess of Wales, The Diana Chronicles. In 2000, she was awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen for her services to journalism. In 2007 she was inducted into the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame.}

^{In October 2008 Brown launched and edited the digital news site The Daily Beast, which won the news website of the year award in 2012 and 2013. She launched Tina Brown Live Media in 2014 to expand Women in the World internationally with summits in London and Delhi and with smaller salons throughout the United States. Last year, she published The Vanity Fair Diaries which was chosen as one of the best books of 2017 by Time, People, Amazon, The Guardian, The Economist, Entertainment Weekly, & Vogue.}

^{Tina Brown is married to editor, publisher, and historian Sir Harold Evans and lives in New York City.}

Tuesday 17th of April at WeWork Shoreditch Mark Square

or

Wednesday 18th of April at WeWork Aldwych House

Disruption of space is what has made On the fastest growing running brand on the planet. With a premium Swiss-design and high performance technology, On has become a favorite not just among some of the world’s best athletes, but with masters taking their craft to the edge. On wants to support this philosophy by creating a space that shares and inspires creators who push the limits of innovation.

With On's new, very limited edition launch of its latest icon, the Cloud Edge, WeWork locations in NYC, London, Tokyo, and Frankfurt will become a temporary 'pop-up' space to exhibit a selection of crafters from around the globe.

Join us Tuesday 17th of April or Wednesday 18th of April, as Anne McNuff and Mark Beaumont take the stage to interact with sell-out crowds and inspire the audience to take their own-selves to the edge.

David and Judith - for Wed

Anna of Mark - for Tuesday

Don't forget to RSVP - via the button below - chosing one of the date or attending both.

more speakers to come...

Speakers

Women In The World

Women in the World convenes women leaders, activists & change-makers to share stories for a better life for women & girls.

Tuesday 17th of April at WeWork Shoreditch Mark Square

or

Wednesday 18th of April at WeWork Aldwych House

Disruption of space is what has made On the fastest growing running brand on the planet. With a premium Swiss-design and high performance technology, On has become a favorite not just among some of the world’s best athletes, but with masters taking their craft to the edge. On wants to support this philosophy by creating a space that shares and inspires creators who push the limits of innovation.

With On's new, very limited edition launch of its latest icon, the Cloud Edge, WeWork locations in NYC, London, Tokyo, and Frankfurt will become a temporary 'pop-up' space to exhibit a selection of crafters from around the globe.

Join us Tuesday 17th of April or Wednesday 18th of April, as Anne McNuff and Mark Beaumont take the stage to interact with sell-out crowds and inspire the audience to take their own-selves to the edge.

David and Judith - for Wed

Anna of Mark - for Tuesday

Don't forget to RSVP - via the button below - chosing one of the date or attending both.

Meet tina, more speakers to come...

Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

Tuesday 17th of April at WeWork Shoreditch Mark Square

or

Wednesday 18th of April at WeWork Aldwych House

Disruption of space is what has made On the fastest growing running brand on the planet. With a premium Swiss-design and high performance technology, On has become a favorite not just among some of the world’s best athletes, but with masters taking their craft to the edge. On wants to support this philosophy by creating a space that shares and inspires creators who push the limits of innovation.

With On's new, very limited edition launch of its latest icon, the Cloud Edge, WeWork locations in NYC, London, Tokyo, and Frankfurt will become a temporary 'pop-up' space to exhibit a selection of crafters from around the globe.

Join us Tuesday 17th of April or Wednesday 18th of April, as Anne McNuff and Mark Beaumont take the stage to interact with sell-out crowds and inspire the audience to take their own-selves to the edge.

David and Judith - for Wed

Anna of Mark - for Tuesday

Don't forget to RSVP - via the button below - chosing one of the date or attending both.

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