SXSW London Adds Mel B, Berners-Lee, Youth Mental Health Hub
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- SXSW London added Mel B, Jacob Collier, Padma Lakshmi, Natalie Dormer, Ant and Dec, Chelsea Clinton, Hasan Piker, former U.K. chancellor George Osborne, psychotherapist Esther Perel, internet inventor Tim Berners-Lee, Legora CEO Max Junestrand, and LEGO executives Julia Goldin and Federico Begher to its speaker lineup.
- SXSW London will host its inaugural Youth Mental Health Hub, a week-long program convened by the Child Mind Institute in partnership with Wellcome, running alongside the main conference.
- The Youth Mental Health Hub will bring together contributors from clinical care, science, technology, policy and media, including Miranda Wolpert and Catherine Sebastian (Wellcome), Margaret Laws (Hopelab), Mark Jordans (War Child/King's College London), Marcia Brophy (UNICEF), former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and Chelsea Clinton.
- Katarina Sherling, head of conference at SXSW London, said the new speakers reflect the range of conversations being programmed, adding that initiatives like the Youth Mental Health Hub demonstrate how cross-sector collaboration can 'drive meaningful change.'
- SXSW London runs June 1-6 in Shoreditch, East London.
Why it matters: The inaugural Youth Mental Health Hub pairs SXSW London's entertainment-industry draw with public-health stakeholders including UNICEF, Wellcome, Hopelab, and former Australian PM Julia Gillard, giving the Shoreditch event a cross-sector angle beyond its typical tech-and-culture programming. For the 6-day conference's attendees, it creates direct access to clinical, policy, and tech leaders tackling adolescent mental health in a single room.
