About The Speaker
Tom Middleton
Sound Designer + Sleep Coach, Creative Technologist at White Mirror
Co-founder of White Mirror, a wellness innovation consultancy, Tom is an award-winning expert in music, sound design, sensory innovation and sleep. With a diverse 3 decade background in music and broadcasting, he co-founded Global Communication and Jedi Knights and later pursued a solo career as Cosmos. Not only a musician, but he also displayed a keen ear for discovering talented artists, helping to bring recognition to names like The Aphex Twin, Matthew Herbert, Beardyman, Ulrich Schnauss, and Jon Hopkins early in their careers.
He has toured the world, performed to millions and observed the positive therapeutic effects of music. After experiencing extreme burnout, Tom shifted his career towards mental health and well-being and is certified in sleep science and stress management coaching and Mental Health First Aid.
Re-evaluating his mission to serve with high impact sensory solutions to today’s key human problems. Trusted by brands such as Apple, Calm, Nissan, Sleep Cycle, Pepsi and Universal, they partner with leading academic institutions and create lab tested solutions that help millions to mitigate burnout, reduce anxiety and pain, improve sleep, and enhance happiness and performance leveraging sensory science, transformative technologies, biophilic, ontological and salutogenic design principles.