Meet the speakers

Emma Lawton

About Emma Lawton

Emma Lawton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the age of 29. Making it her mission to raise awareness about the condition and continue her life as planned, Emma began campaigning and sharing her story on social media.

In 2017, Emma wrote and published a book on life with Parkinson’s and in 2018 she video blogged for 365 days. In 2015 Emma won the CharityComms Inspiring Communicator award, she is also one of MT’s 35 women under 35 and has been dubbed ‘One to Watch’ by Wired Magazine.

Emma is also the co-founder of More Human, a start-up to help companies flourish.

Parkinson’s was too big to hack and felt unsolvable but the thing that helped me is that it’s actually just a composite problem made up of lots of tiny things that can be fixed or hacked or brushed under the carpet.