Our 2023 Speakers

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Our 2023 speakers & sessions

Mountain, rock & snow

All our speakers from the worlds of mountaineering, climbing, ski and snowboarding...

Carlos Casas

The North Face and Petzl Climb Session (Presenter)

Patagonia Human Powered Adventure Session (Presenter)

Dave MacLeod

The Mountain Equipment Risk Session Blue

Dennis Ranalter

Nidecker Snowboards Snow Night

The North Face & Ellis Brigham present a film trilogy with Elsey Davis, Fay Manners and Dennis Ranalter

Dr Rebecca Williams

The Mountain Equipment Risk Session Red (Presenter) - SOLD OUT

The Mountain Equipment Risk Session Blue (Presenter)

The Mountain Equipment Risk Session Green (Presenter)

Fay Manners

The North Face and Petzl Climb Session

Faye Latham

Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature

Freja Shannon

The Mountain Equipment Risk Session Red - SOLD OUT

Graham Zimmerman

Graham Zimmerman - A Fine Line

Hari Budha Magar

Montane presents Below Zero

Helen Mort

Wilderness Tracks with Helen Mort

Robert Macfarlane - Mountains Of The Mind 20th Anniversary (Presenter) - SOLD OUT

James McHaffie

Adra - World Premiere Presented by Pertex

Jerry Moffat

The Future of Hard Bouldering with Will Bosi and special guests

John Porter

John Porter - A Path Of Shadows

Kaori Terabayshi

Nidecker Snowboards Snow Night

Kristin Harila

Osprey presents Kristin Harila - She Moves Mountains - SOLD OUT

Krister Kopola

Nidecker Snowboards Snow Night

Lauren MacCallum

Nidecker Snowboards Snow Night

Leo Houlding

Berghaus presents 25 years of Adventure with Leo Houlding - SOLD OUT

Majka Burhardt

Motherhood and Child-free Adventures with Majka Burhardt and Maria Coffey

Merryn Glover

Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature

Oliver Vick

Spirit of Discovery - Presented by the Alpine Club and the Mount Everest Foundation

Niall Grimes

BMC Breakfast Club

Paul Ramsden

Spirit of Discovery - Presented by the Alpine Club and the Mount Everest Foundation

Sasha Doyle

Spirit of Discovery - Presented by the Alpine Club and the Mount Everest Foundation

Séb Berthe

Patagonia Human Powered Adventure Session

Shauna Coxsey

The Future of Hard Bouldering with Will Bosi and special guests

Stefano Ghisolfi

The North Face and Petzl Climb Session

Tom Livingstone

Spirit of Discovery - Presented by the Alpine Club and the Mount Everest Foundation

The Mountain Equipment Risk Session Green

Will Bosi

The Future of Hard Bouldering with Will Bosi and special guests

Adventure & Exploration

Speakers who journey to the highest peaks and wildest lands across our planet. Where will you join them on your next adventure...

Aldo Kane

The Mountain Equipment Risk Session Red - SOLD OUT

Athena Mellor

Fjällräven Slow Adventure Session

Beatrice Searle

Beatrice Searle - Stone Will Answer: A Journey Guided by Craft, Myth and Geology

Becky Surridge

Fjällräven Slow Adventure Session

Darren Edwards

Berghaus presents Unsupported: Ed Jackson, Darren Edwards and Niall McCann

Dwayne Fields

WeTwo - Phoebe Smith and Dwayne Fields presented by Craghoppers

Ed Jackson

Berghaus presents Unsupported: Ed Jackson, Darren Edwards and Niall McCann

Frank Pearson

Petzl Underground Session

Helen Skelton

Helen Skelton - In My Stride

Imogen Furlong

Petzl Underground Session

John Blashford-Snell

John Blashford-Snell - My life of exploration and adventure

Leon McCarron

Leon McCarron - The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation

Levison Wood

The Art of Exploration - With Levison Wood

Louise Minchin

Louise Minchin - Fearless - SOLD OUT

Lukas Irmler

Opening Parade / Light switch on

Maria Coffey

Motherhood and Child-free Adventures with Majka Burhardt and Maria Coffey

Matt Ewles

Petzl Underground Session

Niall McCann

Berghaus presents Unsupported: Ed Jackson, Darren Edwards and Niall McCann

Olly Pemberton

Aldo Kane & Guests - Adventures in Extreme Locations

Phoebe Smith

WeTwo - Phoebe Smith and Dwayne Fields presented by Craghoppers

Sara Wheeler

Sara Wheeler - Glowing Still: A Woman's Life On The Road

Steph Dwyer

Petzl Underground Session

Run & Hike

Fells, roads, fields and trails - here are our speakers from the world of run and hike...

Charlotte Lee

adidas TERREX Running Session

Christian Lewis

Christian Lewis - Finding Hildasay

Dan Duxbury

adidas TERREX Running Session - Presenter

Danielle Ledbury

adidas TERREX Running Session

Elsey Davis

The North Face & Ellis Brigham present a film trilogy with Elsey Davis, Fay Manners and Dennis Ranalter

Fredi Chohan

Patagonia Human Powered Adventure Session

Frit Tam

Patagonia Human Powered Adventure Session

Haroon Mota

inov-8 Endurance Session

James Gibson

inov-8 Endurance Session

Jamie Aarons

inov-8 Endurance Session

Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn

adidas TERREX Running Session

Lesley Malarkey

adidas TERREX Running Session

Nina Kuypers

inov-8 Endurance Session

Renee McGregor

inov-8 Endurance Session - PresenterMore Fuel You

Richard Askwith

Richard Askwith - The Race Against Time

Sabrina Pace-Humphreys

adidas TERREX Running Session - Presenter

Sean Conway

inov-8 Endurance Session

Steph Davis

adidas TERREX Running Session

Zukie Tandathu

adidas TERREX Running Session

Bike

Speakers from the two wheeled world...

Sir Bradley Wiggins

Sir Bradley Wiggins & Ben Wiggins - In Conversation

Ben Dowman

Cycling Session presented by British Cycling and Restrap(Presenter)

Ben Wiggins

Sir Bradley Wiggins & Ben Wiggins - In Conversation

Ed Clancy

Cycling Session presented by British Cycling and Restrap

Elsie Hughes

Cycling Session presented by British Cycling and Restrap

Emily Chappell

Cycling Session presented by British Cycling and Restrap (Presenter)

Jenny Graham

Cycling Around the World with Mark Beaumont and Jenny Graham

Trek Bike Night (Presenter)

Kate Rawles

Kate Rawles - The Life Cycle: 8,000 Miles in the Andes by Bamboo Bike

John Blashford-Snell - My life of exploration and adventure (Presenter)

Laura Massey-Pugh & Stevie Massey

Cycling Session presented by British Cycling and Restrap

Lee Craigie

Lee Craigie - Other Ways To Win

Leo Smith

Trek Bike Night

Lizzie Deignan

Cycling Session presented by British Cycling and Restrap

Mark Beaumont

Cycling Around the World with Mark Beaumont and Jenny Graham

Millie Cass

Cycling Session presented by British Cycling and Restrap

Water

Speakers who celebrate the water that flows through our lives - rivers, lakes and oceans...

Cal Major

Patagonia Human Powered Adventure Session

Ella Foote

Outdoor Swimming Session presented by Voited

Hector Pardoe

Outdoor Swimming Session presented by Voited

Katie Carr

Katie Carr - Moderate Becoming Good Later: Sea Kayaking The Shipping Forecast

Yvette Tetteh

Outdoor Swimming Session presented by Voited

Nature & Environment

Discover speakers who nurture our environment and care for the natural world around us.

Ben Goldsmith

Rewilding The World: Ben Goldsmith in conversation with Lee Schofield

Clive Oppenheimer

Clive Oppenheimer - Mountains of Fire

Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

Elizabeth-Jane Burnett - Twelve Words for Moss

Gloria Dickie

Gloria Dickie - Eight Bears

Jasmine Donahaye

Jasmine Donahaye - Birdsplaining

Lee Schofield

Rewilding The World: Ben Goldsmith in conversation with Lee Schofield - Presenter

Marchelle Farrell

Marchelle Farrell - Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside

Noreen Masud

Noreen Masud - A Flat Place

Penn Allen

Penn Allen - The lost Garden of Loughrigg

Polly Atkin

Polly Atkin - Some of Us Just Fall

Marchelle Farrell - Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside - Presenter

Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane - Mountains Of The Mind 20th Anniversary - SOLD OUT

Music On Nature feat. Sam Lee, Robert Macfarlane, Simon Armitage, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett & Hayden Thorpe - SOLD OUT

What is it That Will Last? Julie Brook in conversation with Robert Macfarlane - Presenter - SOLD OUT

Taran Khan

Taran Khan - Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul

Tristan Gooley

Tristan Gooley - How To Read A Tree - SOLD OUT

Music, Art, Photography & Poetry

Hayden Thorpe

Music On Nature feat. Sam Lee, Robert Macfarlane, Simon Armitage, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett & Hayden Thorpe - SOLD OUT

Jenny Sturgeon

Jenny Sturgeon - The Living Mountain Trio - Live Music

Jessica Emsley

Wild Drawing Workshops - SOLD OUT

Julie Brook

What is it That Will Last? Julie Brook in conversation with Robert Macfarlane - SOLD OUT

Sam Lee

Music On Nature feat. Sam Lee, Robert Macfarlane, Simon Armitage, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett & Hayden Thorpe - SOLD OUT

Simon Armitage

Music On Nature feat. Sam Lee, Robert Macfarlane, Simon Armitage, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett & Hayden Thorpe - SOLD OUT

Tom McNally

Petzl Underground Session

Tom McNally - Beneath The Fells Photography Exhibition (Free - Brewery Arts Centre Sugarstore)

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