Speaker Lineup
Al Seckel
Pioneer in visual illusions research | Co-founder of Southern California Skeptics
"Visual illusions that show how we (mis)think"
Chris Anderson
TED's curator and author | Revealing the art of world-class speaking
"Technology's long tail"
Dan Gilbert
Co-founder of Rocket Mortgage | Founder of Rock Ventures | Revolutionized the mortgage industry
"The surprising science of happiness"
Daniel Gilbert
Professor of Psychology | Happiness, Decision-Making, and the Illusion of Free Will
"The surprising science of happiness"
Dean Ornish
President of Preventive Medicine Research Institute | Proved lifestyle changes reverse heart disease
"Healing through diet"
Eve Ensler
Creator of The Vagina Monologues | Playwright and activist
"Happiness in body and soul"
Golan Levin
New media artist and creative technologist | Pioneering interactive art and human expression
"Software (as) art"
James Howard Kunstler
"The ghastly tragedy of the suburbs"
Jennifer Lin
Award-Winning Pianist & Composer | UCLA Music Innovator
"Improvising on piano, aged 14"
Joseph Pine
Bestselling Author | The Experience Economy & Economic Transformation
"What consumers want"
Keith Barry
Brain Hacker & Author | Transforming Mindsets Through Psychological Performance
"Brain magic"
Malcolm Gladwell
The New Yorker Staff Writer | Bestselling Author of 'Outliers' & 'Blink'
"Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce"
Martin Seligman
"The new era of positive psychology"
Matthieu Ricard
"The habits of happiness"
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Pioneering Psychologist | Flow State & Happiness
"Flow, the secret to happiness"
Paul Moller
Aerospace Pioneer | Developing Next-Gen Flying Cars
"My dream of a flying car"
Rachelle Garniez
Musical Storyteller | Genre-Blending Performer and Creative Innovator
""La Vie en Rose""
Sergey Brin
Co-founder of Google | Former president of Alphabet Inc.
"The genesis of Google"
Sheila Patek
Biomechanics researcher at Duke University | Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Experimental Biology
"The shrimp with a kick!"
Stefan Sagmeister
Award-winning Graphic Designer | Expert on Happiness and Creative Time Off
"Happiness by design"
Steven Levitt
Freakonomics Author | University of Chicago Professor & Award-Winning Economist
"The freakonomics of crack dealing"
Steven Strogatz
Applied Mathematician | Insights at the Intersection of Math & Biology
"The science of sync"
Stewart Brand
American Writer | Pioneer of Digital Culture and Ecological Thinking
"The Long Now"
Susan Savage-Rumbaugh
Renowned primatologist | Revolutionary research on bonobo language and communication
"The gentle genius of bonobos"
Virginia Postrel
Author & Columnist | The Substance of Style & Visionary Ideas
"On glamour"
Woody Norris
Inventor & Entrepreneur | Pioneering Ultrasound & Audio Technology
"Hypersonic sound and other inventions"
Ze Frank
Internet Performance Artist | Digital Comedy & Creative Innovation
"Nerdcore comedy"
Sessions with video
Brain magic
Keith Barry
Flow, the secret to happiness
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Healing through diet
Dean Ornish
Hypersonic sound and other inventions
Woody Norris
My dream of a flying car
Paul Moller
On glamour
Virginia Postrel
The Long Now
Stewart Brand
The genesis of Google
Sergey Brin
The ghastly tragedy of the suburbs
James Howard Kunstler
The habits of happiness
Matthieu Ricard
The new era of positive psychology
Martin Seligman
The science of sync
Steven Strogatz