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Confirmed Speakers/Panelists

Esther Ghey

Sangita Mistry

Louise Thompson

Michelle Harris

Emma Mills

Dean Francis

Nicci Trounson

Dr Kelly Birtwell

Dr Tamara Russell

Uz Afzal

BAMBA

Chris Alekkou

Optional social walk around Manchester after the event!

This is a great opportunity to join Liz Lord and friends for a mindful walk around Manchester City Centre! This is always a very popular, free addition to the programme, lasting approximately 45 minutes.

More info to follow.

Previous Speakers include:

Prof Mark Williams, Dr Tamara Russell, Hycinth Taylor, Prof Willem Kuyken, Prof Rebecca Crane,

Prof Ruth Baer, Liz Lord, MiSP with Esther Ghey, The Mindfulness Initiative Awards 2024,

Dr Kelly Birtwell, Kalyana Bliss, BAMBA, Mind Salford, Dr Ken Lunn, Dr Phil Startin, Imani Sorhaindo,

Louise Haynes, PhD, Sue Tibbles, Chris Ruane, Kareen Griffiths, Nick Hammond, Lucy Keller, Lucy Woods, and many more Mindfulness experts!

Event Team

Founder of the Manchester Mindfulness Festival

Christoph Spiessens

MA in Teaching Mindfulness. Supervisor. BAMBA Registered. Committed to

Diversity, Equity, and Neuro-Inclusion.

Event Support Lead

Ed Cutler

Member of the event support team

MiSP Event Support

Faiy Rushton

Faiy is Education and Training Development Manager at MiSP. She is also a qualified secondary school teacher, BAMBA listed adult mindfulness teacher and Specialist Leader of Education for Wellbeing and Inclusion.

MiSP Event Support

Elinor Brown

Elinor Brown is a mindfulness trainer and Strategic Support Coordinator for MiSP. She is also a BAMBA listed adult mindfulness teacher and has worked as a Wellbeing Lead in Primary education.

MiSP Event Support

Ben Chalwin

Head of Education and Training at MiSP.

Event Support

Stassie King

MA Clinical Psychology, MA Research Methods, Organisational
Psychologist promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work; Qualified
Mindfulness MBSR and MBCT teacher; ACT practitioner

Event Support

Nick Hammond

Mindfulness Teacher, studying for a Master's in Mindfulness at Bangor University. Trustee (Deputy Chair) of The Mindfulness Network. Street Wizard and TED speaker at Street Wisdom.

Event Support

Liz Lord

MSt Tutor University of Oxford, OMF Teacher, mindfulness supervisor

Event Support

Louise Haynes

PhD, specialising in Mindfulness Contemplation and Digital Technology