Amy Firth
Amy Firth is an Interfaith Minister, workshop facilitator, funeral director, and ceremony designer living on Dharug and Gundungurra Country. With over 20 years’ experience in theatre, music, and the arts, she brings creativity and connection to every aspect of her work. Passionate about reimagining death care and helping families ‘do death differently,’ Amy specialises in crafting bespoke, beautiful funerals in stunning and unexpected places. She also hosts the Blue Mountains Death Cafés and Grief In Motion workshops, creating spaces for community to gather, reflect, and explore life’s impermanence as a portal to deeper living, creativity, and connection.
Sunrise Sessions
Imagine your startup solved the ultimate problem: eternal youth and endless life. You've hacked biology and now you get an infinite number of weekends to fill. Great—right? But what would we even do with forever? This playful, existential panel brings together an eclectic mix: a longevity entrepreneur promising eternal youth, a death doula crafting rituals for life's biggest moments, a youth advocate passionate about meaningful careers, and an expert questioning our obsession with youthful beauty. Together, they'll grapple with provocative questions about immortality, meaning, and why startups and society chase eternal youth. Are technologists just scared of dying? Would endless life make us bored—or brilliant? How do other cultures view ageing and death differently from ours? And what meaningful innovations could emerge if we embraced our mortality, rather than tried to escape it? Join us to explore what happens when the friction of finite human existence meets the seductive promise of eternity.
In an era where knowledge is abundant, how do you truly stand out? If anyone can acquire tactical skills quickly, what gives you a lasting competitive edge? This session explores radically different ways of learning, beyond textbooks, degrees, or even online courses. We’ll delve into learning through immersion, intuition, altered states, constraints, indigenous wisdom and self-experimentation, approaches that unlock deeper insights and personal transformation. Featuring a diverse panel of individuals who have hacked the way they learn, from mystics to cognitive scientists, this discussion will challenge traditional education models and inspire new ways to develop rare knowledge, originality, and personal distinctiveness.