Description

Alastair Humphreys is a British Adventurer, Author and Film Maker. Inspired by heroes such as explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger, Alastair has been on expeditions all over the world.  He spent 4 years cycling round the world, he has walked across southern India, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, run six marathons through the Sahara desert, completed a crossing of Iceland, and participated in an expedition in the Arctic, close to the magnetic North Pole.

Alastair also trekked across the Empty Quarter desert from Salalah to Dubai on a journey into the Middle East inspired by Wilfred Thesiger.  Alastair was named as one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the year for 2012.

Alastair’s talks entertain audiences and deliver powerful messages around self-belief, creative thinking, innovation, change, finding opportunities within constraints, personal and team development, as well as facing challenge, staying motivated and setting small targets to achieve outrageous goals.
All of his talks demonstrate the power of positive thinking and deliver the motivation and practical steps required to get started, make a change and focus on important goals no matter what they may be.

Alastair Humphreys' book Grand Adventures will be available for sale.

A cocktail reception will take place prior to the keynote lecture from 5:00 p.m.

The screening of "Into the Empty Quarter" will follow the lecture.

Nannie services are available for children from 3 to 8 years old. To register click here.