Speaker Lineup
AJ Jacobs
Author & Journalist | Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
"How healthy living nearly killed me"
Adam Ostrow
Chief Digital Officer | Driving Business Growth Through Digital Transformation
"After your final status update"
Alain de Botton
Philosopher & Bestselling Author | Architecture & Design Storyteller
"Atheism 2.0"
Amit Sood
Director, Google Cultural Institute | Digitizing the World's Art and Culture
"Building a museum of museums on the web"
Amy Lockwood
Deputy Director, Center for Global Health Innovation | Public Health Pioneer
"Selling condoms in the Congo"
Anthony Atala
Regenerative Medicine Pioneer | Smithsonian Ingenuity Award Recipient
"Printing a human kidney"
Antonio Damasio
Neuroscientist & Author | The Neurology of Emotion & Decision-Making
"The quest to understand consciousness"
Aparna Rao
TED Senior Fellow | Interactive Installations and Emerging Technology
"High-tech art (with a sense of humor)"
Ben Goldacre
"Battling bad science"
Bill Doyle
Tech Entrepreneur | Revolutionizing Automation & AI
"Treating cancer with electric fields"
Bill Ford
Executive Chairman | Ford Motor Company Transformation
"A future beyond traffic gridlock"
Bill Gates
Microsoft Co-founder | Co-chair of the Gates Foundation
"How state budgets are breaking US schools"
Bruce Aylward
Former WHO Advisor | Mental Health & Public Health Leadership
"How we'll stop polio for good"
Bunker Roy
Founder, Barefoot College | Empowering Rural Communities Through Education
"Learning from a barefoot movement"
Camille Seaman
Photographer & Activist | Capturing the Impacts of Climate Change
"Haunting photos of polar ice"
Carlo Ratti
"Architecture that senses and responds"
Carvens Lissaint
Poet & Performer | Inspiring Audiences Through Creative Expression
""Put the financial aid in the bag""
Charles Hazlewood
Conductor & Music Producer | Passion for Empowering Artists
"Trusting the ensemble"
Cynthia Kenyon
Molecular Biologist | Longevity Research Pioneer
"Experiments that hint of longer lives"
Dale Dougherty
Maker Magazine Founder | Pioneering the DIY Movement
"We are makers"
Damon Horowitz
Professor | Technology Ethics & Entrepreneurship
"Philosophy in prison"
Dan Ariely
Duke Professor | Behavioral Economics & Bestselling Author
"Beware conflicts of interest"
Daniel Tammet
Cognitive Savant | Math, Language & Autistic Genius
"Different ways of knowing"
Daniel Wolpert
Professor of Neuroscience | Pioneering the Science of Motor Control
"The real reason for brains"
Danielle de Niese
Soprano Opera Star | Breathes New Life Into Classical Music
"A flirtatious aria"
David Brooks
NYT columnist | Author of The Road to Character and How to Know a Person
"The social animal"
Deb Roy
Language Development Researcher | Expert in How Words Are Born and Learned
"The birth of a word"
Dennis Hong
Robotics Professor | Creating Life-Changing Machines
"Making a car for blind drivers"
Diana Nyad
Endurance Swimmer | Achieving the Impossible
"Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish"
Ed Boyden
MIT Neuroscientist | Emerging Technology & Scientific Innovation
"A light switch for neurons"
Edith Widder
Ocean Explorer | Combatting Marine Degradation
"The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence"
Edward Tenner
Historian & Essayist | Unintended Consequences of Technology
"Unintended consequences"
Eli Pariser
Co-Founder, Upworthy | Leveraging Technology for Democracy
"Beware online "filter bubbles""
Elizabeth Murchison
Veterinary Scientist | Cancer Research & Animal Welfare
"Fighting a contagious cancer"
Elliot Krane
Pain Researcher | Unlocking the Mysteries of Chronic Pain
"The mystery of chronic pain"
Eric Whitacre
Grammy-winning composer | Creator of the Virtual Choir, 100M+ views
"A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong"
Erik Johansson
Visual Artist | Transforming Reality with Surreal Photographic Illusions
"Impossible photography"
Fiorenzo Omenetto
Dean of Tufts University | Innovative Materials Scientist
"Silk, the ancient material of the future"
Geoff Mulgan
Social Innovator & Policy Advisor | Transforming Systems for the Future
"A short intro to the Studio School"
Geoffrey West
Santa Fe Institute Physicist | Decoding Complexity in Science & Business
"The surprising math of cities and corporations"
Graham Hill
Founder of TreeHugger | Sustainable Design & Minimalist Living
"Less stuff, more happiness"
Harald Haas
Entrepreneur | Li-Fi Wireless Communications Pioneer
"Wireless data from every light bulb"
Hasan Elahi
Artist & Technologist | Surveillance, Identity & Media
"FBI, here I am!"
Hasan M. Elahi
Multidisciplinary Artist | Emerging Tech & Storytelling
"FBI, here I am!"
Homaro Cantu
Chef & Inventor | Culinary Innovation & Food Science
"Cooking as alchemy"
Honor Harger
Executive | Emerging Technology & Cultural Impact
"A history of the universe in sound"
Ian Ritchie
Pioneering Entrepreneur | Transforming Technology with Ingenuity
"The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee"
Isabel Behncke
Environmental Scientist | Emerging Tech & Product Innovation
"Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans"
Jack Horner
Paleontologist | Dinosaur Discovery and Evolution
"Building a dinosaur from a chicken"
Janet Echelman
Sculptor | Weaving Extraordinary Architectural Sculptures
"Taking imagination seriously"
Janna Levin
Astrophysicist | Black Holes and the Origins of the Universe
"The sound the universe makes"
Jarreth Merz
| Documenting democracy in Ghana
"Filming democracy in Ghana"
Jeremy Gilley
Filmmaker & Peacebuilder | From War Zones to Inspirational Stories
"One day of peace"
Jessi Arrington
Color & Creativity Advocate | Embracing Imperfection
"Wearing nothing new"
Jessica Green
Microbiologist | Harnessing Nature's Secrets for Sustainability
"Are we filtering the wrong microbes?"
Jonathan Drori
Author of Around the World in 80 Trees | Eden Project trustee, botanical storyteller
"The beautiful tricks of flowers"
Julia Bacha
Creative Director | Fostering Constructive Conversations Through Film
"Pay attention to nonviolence"
Kate Hartman
Wearable Communication Designer | Exploring Technology's Role in Human Expression
"The art of wearable communication"
Kevin Allocca
Head of Culture & Trends | YouTube's Insights on Video Virality
"Why videos go viral"
Leah Buechley
Interdisciplinary Designer | Innovating at the Intersection of Technology, Art, and Education
"How to "sketch" with electronics"
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Sessions with video
"Put the financial aid in the bag"
Carvens Lissaint
A Rosetta Stone for a lost language
Rajesh Rao
A cello with many voices
Maya Beiser
A census of the ocean
Paul Snelgrove
A flirtatious aria
Danielle de Niese
A future beyond traffic gridlock
Bill Ford
A global culture to fight extremism
Maajid Nawaz
A history of the universe in sound
Honor Harger
A light switch for neurons
Ed Boyden
A next-generation digital book
Mike Matas
A primer on 3D printing
Lisa Harouni
A prosthetic eye to treat blindness
Sheila Nirenberg