Dianna Cowern is the creator and host of the viral “Physics Girl” web series with over 1.7 million subscribers, which is a resource for fun physics videos and other materials about physics and topics related to physics. Her videos total over 125 million views. She is an MIT graduate and an Astrophysicist and in her own words Dianna says: “I love how physics can explain the weird quirks of our universe.” She will be engaging us with exciting experiments that can be done in the home to explain real world science whilst having fun!

Chris Turner is an award-winning British comedian and freestyle rapper. He is a founding member of Racing Minds, one of the most respected improv troupes in the UK and a sell out show at the Edinburgh Fringe. He will entertain us with his quick wit and his lyrical genius as he creates hilarious freestyle raps using suggestions from our audience. He will reveal his secrets and discuss how his techniques can be used to improve working memory and increase confidence when public speaking.

Alice Chiaverini and Marc Parodi are Kiz! A French band who specialise in creating contemporary music with everyday sounds. They will compose a song in real-time during the Future Learning Summit from sounds captured from everyday objects submitted by the audience. They will demonstrate how they layer sounds, create beats and loops to produce a unique composition. The FLS theme song will be played out live at the end of the Summit.