Mel B, the former Spice Girl and a judge on “America’s Got Talent,” musician Jacob Collier, TV host Padma Lakshmi, actor Natalie Dormer, best known for “Game of Thrones,” U.K. TV hosts Ant and Dec, and Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, are among the latest star names to be added as speakers at SXSW London.
Other new speakers announced Friday include Hasan Piker, political commentator and broadcaster, George Osborne, a former leading U.K. politician and now managing director and head of Open AI for Countries, Esther Perel, psychotherapist and author, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet and CTO and co-founder of Inrupt, Max Junestrand, CEO and co-founder of Legora, Julia Goldin, chief product and marketing officer of LEGO, and Federico Begher, global head of product at LEGO.
In addition to the new speakers, SXSW London revealed it will host the inaugural Youth Mental Health Hub, bringing together leaders from clinical care, science, technology, policy and media to “accelerate a more coordinated response.”
Convened by the Child Mind Institute in partnership with Wellcome, the week-long program will unite contributors including Miranda Wolpert and Catherine Sebastian (Wellcome), Margaret Laws (Hopelab), Mark Jordans (War Child/King’s College London), Marcia Brophy (UNICEF), Julia Gillard (chair of Wellcome, former Prime Minister of Australia) and Chelsea Clinton, alongside U.K.-based voices including Maggie Aderin, Dean Perryman (Empty Chairs) and Victoria Hornby (Mental Health Innovations), as well as a U.K. government minister.
Katarina Sherling, head of conference at SXSW London, said: “This latest group of speakers truly reflects the range of conversations we’re programming as we get closer to June. SXSW London is about platforming different perspectives, converging in one unique space. These additions reflect that promise. Initiatives like the Youth Mental Health Hub are a great example of how this thinking translates into real-world impact, bringing together voices from different sectors to tackle challenges that no single industry can solve alone, to drive meaningful change. This is what makes SXSW London such a powerful agent for change.”
The event runs in Shoreditch, East London, from June 1-6.
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