There’s a saying that goes “do one thing every day that scares you”. Should you? Our speakers share their disparate experiences of, and approaches to, fear. In 2022, New Zealand rally driver Emma Gilmour became the first-ever woman driver for McLaren Racing and was the first woman to win a round of the New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC). A professional skier on The North Face Global team, Sam Smoothy has spent 20 years following winter, moving through victories on the Freeride World Tour to filmmaking in the wildest locations. Now focused on ski mountaineering, Sam has partnered with Will Rowntree on the first attempt to climb and ski all 24 of New Zealand's 3000-metre peaks. Leader of roots band The Eastern, Adam McGrath has navigated long tours, late nights and health scares on his way to becoming one of the country’s most beloved folk singers, and what NZ Herald called “NZ's toughest-minded songwriter”.