Speaker Lineup
AJ Jacobs
Author & Journalist | Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
"The world's largest family reunion ... we're all invited!"
Alejandro Aravena
Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect | Designer of Social Housing That Dignifies Communities
"My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process"
Alessandra Orofino
Social Entrepreneur | Empowering Civic Engagement
"It’s our city. Let’s fix it"
Alexander McLean
Founder | Prison Reform Advocate & Human Rights Activist
"Restoring hope and dignity to the justice system"
Alison Killing
Pulitzer Prize architect | Exposed Xinjiang camps using satellite analysis
"There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help"
Alison Sander
Leadership Futurist | Emerging Technology Strategies
"Megatrends -- 5 tips on the art and science of trend tracking"
Allan Adams
Theoretical Physicist | Pioneering Fluid Dynamics & Quantum Theory
"The discovery that could rewrite physics"
Anastasia Taylor-Lind
Photojournalist | Documenting Conflict and Social Change
"Fighters and mourners of the Ukrainian revolution"
Andrew Bastawrous
Eye Surgeon & Social Entrepreneur | Delivering Eye Care to the Developing World
"Get your next eye exam on a smartphone"
Andrew Solomon
Author & Psychologist | Mental Health and Cultural Identity
"How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are"
Andrew Winston
Global Sustainability Expert | #3 Thinkers50 Management Thought Leader
"The Big Pivot"
Andrés Ruzo
Geothermal Scientist | Discovering the Amazon's Hidden Rivers
"The boiling river of the Amazon"
Andy Yen
Founder | Proton Mail & Internet Privacy Advocate
"Think your email's private? Think again"
Angelo Vermeulen
Crew Commander | Artistic Explorer of Space & Technology
"How to go to space, without having to go to space"
Anil Raj
Futurist & Technologist | Predicting the Next Decade of Innovation
"Micro-power plants to bring electricity to millions"
Antonella Mei-Pochtler
Senior Advisor to Austrian Chancellor | Digital Transformation & Public Policy
"How better transportation can reinvigorate a city"
Anu Sridharan
Co-founder of NextDrop | Solving Urban Water Crises
"When will I get my water next?"
Asha de Vos
Marine Biologist | Pioneering Blue Whale Research
"Why you should care about whale poo"
Avi Reichental
Former Exec at 3D Systems | The Future of 3D Printing & Manufacturing
"What's next in 3D printing"
Aziz Abu Sarah
Peacebuilder & Intercultural Entrepreneur | Bridging Divides
"For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism?"
Barry Schwartz
Psychologist & Decision Expert | The Paradox of Choice in Modern Life
"The way we think about work is broken"
Bassam Tariq
Filmmaker & Entrepreneur | Celebrating Humanity Through Diverse Pursuits
"The beauty and diversity of Muslim life"
Bel Pesce
Author & Entrepreneur | Inspiring Audiences Worldwide
"5 ways to kill your dreams"
Ben Saunders
Arctic Explorer | TED Speaker Pushing Human Limits in Extreme Environments
"To the South Pole and back — the hardest 105 days of my life"
Billy Collins
"Two poems about what dogs think (probably)"
Boniface Mwangi
Kenyan Activist & Photographer | Social Impact Changemaker
"The day I stood up alone"
Carey Kolaja
Chief Product Officer | Emerging Technology & Customer Experience
"A vision for truly secure and seamless transactions"
Charmian Gooch
Global Witness Co-Founder | Exposing Natural Resource Corruption
"My wish: To launch a new era of openness in business"
Chris Hadfield
Former ISS Commander | Lessons in Leadership from Space
"What I learned from going blind in space"
Chris Kluwe
Former NFL Player | LGBTQ Advocacy & Social Justice
"How augmented reality will change sports ... and build empathy"
Clint Smith
Award-Winning Poet | Exploring Racial Identity & Social Justice
"The danger of silence"
Cynthia Ma Shwe Sin Win
Stanford Professor | Behavioral Science & Financial Decision-Making
"Not good with names: Local name customs in a global village"
Dan Gilbert
Co-founder of Rocket Mortgage | Founder of Rock Ventures | Revolutionized the mortgage industry
"The psychology of your future self"
Daniel Gilbert
Professor of Psychology | Happiness, Decision-Making, and the Illusion of Free Will
"The psychology of your future self"
Daniele Quercia
Urban Experience Designer | Mapping Happiness Through Data
"Happy maps"
Daria van den Bercken
Classical Pianist | Bridging Music and Technology
"Why I take the piano on the road ... and in the air"
Dave Troy
Social Entrepreneur | Understanding Polarization and Social Networks
"Social maps that reveal a city's intersections — and separations"
David Brooks
NYT columnist | Author of The Road to Character and How to Know a Person
"Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?"
David Chalmers
Philosopher of Mind | Exploring the Hard Problem of Consciousness
"How do you explain consciousness?"
David Epstein
Award-Winning Author | The Science of Athletic Performance
"Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?"
David Sengeh
Chief Innovation Officer, Sierra Leone | Designing Solutions for the Developing World
"The sore problem of prosthetic limbs"
Deborah Gordon
Ant Colony Researcher | Insights on Collective Intelligence
"What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet"
Debra Jarvis
Hospital Chaplain | Athletic Performance & Emerging Tech
"Yes, I survived cancer. But that doesn't define me"
Del Harvey
Safety & Security Director | Defining Policy for Modern Social Media
"Protecting Twitter users (sometimes from themselves)"
Edward Snowden
NSA whistleblower and digital privacy advocate | Changed global surveillance debate
"Here's how we take back the Internet"
Elizabeth Gilbert
Bestselling Author of Eat Pray Love | Transformative Storytelling Expert
"Success, failure and the drive to keep creating"
Eman Mohammed
Photojournalist | Empowering Women Through Visual Storytelling
"The courage to tell a hidden story"
Erin McKean
Wordnik Co-Founder | Redefining Language in the Digital Age
"Go ahead, make up new words!"
Ethan Nadelmann
Drug Policy Reformist | Legalization Advocacy Leader
"Why we need to end the War on Drugs"
Fabien Cousteau
Grandson of Jacques Cousteau | Co-Founder of PROTEUS | Building "International Space Station of the Ocean"
"What I learned from spending 31 days underwater"
Florian Pinel
AI Scientist | Reinventing Computer Vision & Natural Language
"How IBM's Watson is redefining the future of cooking"
Frans Lanting
National Geographic Photographer | Environmental Storyteller Revealing Global Ecosystems
"Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom"
Fred Swaniker
Founder, African Leadership Academy | Educating the Next Generation of African Leaders
"The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it"
Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly
Former US Congresswoman & Astronaut Husband | Resilience & Civic Engagement
"Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best."
Gavin Schmidt
"The emergent patterns of climate change"
Glenn Greenwald
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist | Exposing Corruption and Surveillance Abuses
"Why privacy matters"
Harry Baker
Environmental Scientist | Pioneering Sustainable Solutions
"The power of self-acceptance"
Helder Guimarães
Illusionist | Mastering Deception and the Art of Storytelling
"A magical search for a coincidence"
Hubertus Knabe
Historian | Exposing East German Oppression
"The dark secrets of a surveillance state"
Hugh Herr
MIT Professor | Pioneering Bionic Limbs and Enhancing Human Mobility
"The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance"
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Sessions with video
3 ways to speak English
Jamila Lyiscott
4 lessons I learned from taking a stand against drugs and gun violence
Ilona Szabó de Carvalho
5 ways to kill your dreams
Bel Pesce
A 30-year history of the future
Nicholas Negroponte
A Magna Carta for the web
Tim Berners-Lee
A glimpse of life on the road
Kitra Cahana
A magical search for a coincidence
Helder Guimarães
A millennial's proposal for a happy multigenerational workplace
Patrice Thompson
A neural portrait of the human mind
Nancy Kanwisher
A vision for truly secure and seamless transactions
Carey Kolaja
An engineer's vision for tiny forests, everywhere
Shubhendu Sharma
And for my next trick, a robot
Marco Tempest