GIBTALKS 2026

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 31^st 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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