Dr Nic Crossley
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: NEURODIVERSITY – ADDRESSING BEHAVIOURS NOT LABELS In this plenary, Dr Nicola Crossley (CEO, Liberty Academy Trust) will will use her extensive experience in educating young […]
Professor Mireille Toledano
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACTS YOUNG PEOPLE’S WELLBEING In this plenary session, Professor Toledano will discuss findings from the SCAMP study (Study of Cognition, Adolescents and […]
Sarah Montague
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Keynote Interviewer: Mental wellbeing in schools: The policy challenges In this very exciting finale to the conference, Sarah Montague will interview Professor Michael Thomas, Chief Scientific […]
Jessica Grannatt
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACTS YOUNG PEOPLE’S WELLBEING During this session, Jessica will present information about three new BrainWaves lessons designed to help young people better […]
Gavin English
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: SPORT, WELLBEING AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND WELLBEING: BEYOND SIMPLE ASSUMPTIONS Is competitive sport a good or bad thing for mental wellbeing? Most schools use sport […]
Dr Bettina Hohnen
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: NEURODIVERSITY – ADDRESSING BEHAVIOURS NOT LABELS Led by Dr Hohnen, this practical workshop will explore the drivers of increased diagnoses in neurodiversity in young people […]
Dr Matthias Pierce
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: IS ADOLESCENT ANXIETY RISING OR ARE WE MEASURING IT DIFFERENTLY? As co-author of the 2025 Youth Futures Foundation report on “Understanding drivers of recent trends […]
Praveetha Patalay
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: INEQUALITIES IN ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH In this plenary, Praveetha will explore the data behind range of inequalities in adolescent mental health, including gender-based differences. About […]
Professor Ellen Townsend
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: SELF-HARM IN ADOLESCENCE – EMBRACING THE DIGITAL WORLD TO FIND NEW SUPPORT TOOLS In this session, Ellen will present her research into understanding the complexity […]
Dr Sunil Bhopa
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: ETHNICITY AND MENTAL HEALTH In this practical workshop, Dr Sunil Bhopa will present fascinating data on rates of mental health problems in adolescents by ethnicity, […]
Jules Gillard
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: FROM ATTENDANCE TO BELONGING In this session, Jules will be presenting BrainWaves data about the connections between attendance and belonging, and the interventions that have […]
Hannah Woods
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: Is adolescent anxiety rising or are we measuring it differently?” In this session, Hannah will join Professor Neil Humphrey to discuss anxiety rates in young […]
Professor Camilla Knight
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 speaker on: SPORT, WELLBEING AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND WELLBEING: BEYOND SIMPLE ASSUMPTIONS Is competitive sport a good or bad thing for mental wellbeing? Most schools use […]
Dr Morgane Kuenzi
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADOLESCENTS: DOES HOW THEY USE IT MATTER? In this session, Morgane joins colleague Dr James Lian to present the latest findings on […]
Dr James Lian
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADOLESCENTS: DOES HOW THEY USE IT MATTER? In this session, James joins colleague Dr Morgane Kuenzi to present the latest findings on […]
Professor Michael Thomas
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Keynote Speaker on “Mental wellbeing in schools: The policy challenges” In this exclusive keynote interview with the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Education, Professor […]
Professor Neil Humphrey
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: IS ADOLESCENT ANXIETY RISING OR ARE WE MEASURING IT DIFFERENTLY? In this panel discussion, Neil will introduce data from the BeeWell programme regarding rates in […]
Alex Yates
BrainWaves Living Well 2026 Speaker: FROM ATTENDANCE TO BELONGING In this session, Alex will introduce the innovative concept of “synchrony” to redefine how schools approach attendance and EBSA. Moving away […]