fastbreak returns for 2016.

We’re kicking off this year of rapid-fire talks at 8am on Friday 27 May.

This month’s fastbreak tackles UNCERTAINTY. What regularly rises as a barrier to progress, or a stimulant for fear, is grappled by a selection of five niche experts curated especially for our audience. From across the fields of media, politics, arts and social commentary, this month we have Brittany Lee Waller, Emma Daniels, Shila Ghazanfar and Osman Faruqi (one more to be announced!)

BRITTANY LEE WALLER
“I like to think of myself as a storyteller, less bad dad jokes more witty, life of the party sort of raconteur. A girl can dream, right?”

Brittany Lee Waller is a freelance writer, editor and content producer. She has spent 8 years working across Gourmet Traveller, Peats Ridge Music Festival, Drinks World Asia, Rare Birds and Nine Network Australia. Brittany founded storytelling site Meet the People because she has always believed that people should be at the essence of everything we do. She likes short walks to the bar and prefers everything to come with a pop culture reference.

OSMAN FARUQI

Osman Faruqi is the co-founder of MetaPoll. He has worked closely with a number of research firms in Australia as a campaign strategist and political adviser for the Australian Greens. He also has an in-depth understanding of Australia’s media and political landscape as a result of his work as a political journalist, broadcaster and commentator. He likes politics, ice cream, Gossip Girl and nationalising things.

EMMA DANIELS

Emma Daniels founded Dear Pluto, a culture and lifestyle brand through which she runs small-scale events for and in support of young creatives. Based in Redfern, they ‘pop up’ at local bars, warehouses and art galleries with makers markets, vintage sales, workshops, exhibitions and dating parties. Emma loves match-making; getting people in touch with new skills, ethically sourced goods and likeminded people.

SHILA GHAZANFAR
Currently undertaking a PhD, Shila Ghazanfar is Postgraduate Teaching Fellow in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of Sydney, and holds a CSIRO OCE Top-Up Scholarship. She analyses laboratory sequence data to assess the likelihood of prescribing drugs for melanoma. She also likes going to Western Sydney Wanderers games and receiving cat-themed greeting cards.

fastbreak is a breakfast series of digestible five-minute talks from five speakers who lead a generational venture into entrepreneurship, innovation and changemaking. In collaboration with the Powerhouse Museum, our guests speak to a melting-pot audience of students, creatives and young corporates.

We eat words for breakfast. And good quiche.