
GibTalks 2026 - SPEAKERS AND SCHEDULE
Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS), working alongside playwright, actor, director and teacher, Julian Felice, will be holding the GibTalks event on Saturday 31st January 2026 at the John Mackintosh Hall. The idea is styled on the very successful TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) series of talks (www.ted.com).
GibTalks will see a range of local guest speakers deliver fifteen-minute talks on a broad spectrum of subjects with the aim of focusing on the anecdotal, the personal, and the light-hearted.
The organisers are pleased to announce the following speakers who represent a cross-section of the community and will help make up a rich and varied programme as follows:
Morning Session
10:00 – 10:10 Introduction - Julian Felices - Let's Keep Talking
10:15 – 10:30 Nadine Collado - From Boardrooms to Brushstrokes: Reinventing Identity through Art
10:35 – 10:50 Mark Montovio - The heart of parenthood
10:55 – 11:10 Naomi Duarte - Art, Understanding, and the Joy of Paying Attention
11:10 – 11:30 BREAK
11:30 – 11:45 Melissa Bosano - The Road Not Taken
11:50 – 12:05 Richard Buttigieg - Serendipity: When accidents meet tenacity
12:10 – 12:25 Isobel Ellul MBE - The Men in my Life: The Audacity of Choice
12:30 – 12:45 Peter Montegriffo KC - Where are we going?
Afternoon Session
14:00 – 14:15 Liam Byrne - My Journey
14:20 – 14:35 Dr Kat Aguilera - Before They Break: Why Early Intervention Matters in Military and Frontline Trauma
14:40 – 15:05 The Hon Giovanni Origo MP - Making Room at the Table
15:10 – 15:25 Defending the defenceless - Children’s privacy rights in a digital world
15:25 – 15:45 AFTERNOON BREAK
15:45 – 16:00 Sir Joe Bossano MP - Who I am
16:05 – 16:20 Louise Busto - Turning Pain Into Purpose
16:25 – 16:40 John Manuel Enrilles - Mind Your Language!

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