The lineup
Who spoke at TED 2015?
- AHAaron Horowitz Co-Founder & CEO, Sproutel | Designing Therapeutic Robots for Children, Sproutel
- ADAbe Davis Video Technology Researcher | Revealing Hidden Properties Through Advanced Imaging
- ADAdam Driver Actor | Acclaimed for 'Marriage Story' and 'Star Wars'
- AMAlaa Murabit Human Rights Advocate | Women's Empowerment and Global Security, The Voice of Libyan Women
- ABAlice Bows-Larkin Climate Scientist | Bridging Science & Policy, University of Manchester
- AGAlice Goffman Sociologist | Investigating Police Brutality and Criminal Justice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anand Giridharadas Author & Cultural Critic | Emerging Technology Impacts- AFAnders Fjellberg Journalist & Photographer | Stories from the Refugee Crisis, Dagbladet
- AMAnn Morgan Bestselling Author | Psychology of Reading & Creativity
Aomawa Shields Astrobiologist | Exploring Habitable Exoplanets, University of California, Irvine- ABAspen Baker Founder & CEO | Planned Parenthood Innovator, Exhale
- ACAudrey Choi Chief Sustainability Officer | Investing in a Sustainable Future, Morgan Stanley
Benedetta Berti CEO & Conflict Expert | Emerging Technology Shaping Society, Emerging Technologies for Conflict Analysis Institute- BGBill Gates Microsoft Co-founder | Co-chair of the Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation
Bill Gross Idealab Founder | Incubating New Inventions & Businesses, Idealab- BJBill T. Jones Acclaimed Choreographer | Bridging Dance, History & Social Justice
- BMBJ Miller Palliative Care Physician | Redefining the End-of-Life Experience, Zen Hospice Project
- CHCesar Harada Environmental Inventor | Designing Sustainable Innovations, Protei
- CHCharly Haversat | TED speaker on perfectionism and performance, Duke University
- CSChelsea Shields Religious Reform Advocate | Working for Progressive Change Within Traditional Faith Communities
- CAChieko Asakawa IBM Accessibility Researcher | Pioneering Innovations for the Blind, IBM
Chip Kidd Legendary book cover designer | Created the Jurassic Park logo, 35+ years at Knopf, Alfred A. Knopf
Chris Burkard Adventure Photographer | Redefining Surf Imagery
Chris Milk Virtual reality artist and speaker | Creating empathy through immersive experiences
Christine Sun Kim Sound Artist | Translating Silence into Captivating Performance
Christopher Soghoian Privacy Advocate | Exposing Government Surveillance Tools- CSClint Smith Award-Winning Poet | Exploring Racial Identity & Social Justice, The Atlantic
Dame Ellen MacArthur Fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe | Circular economy champion- DSDame Stephanie Shirley Pioneering Tech Entrepreneur | Philanthropist & Autism Advocate
Dan Ariely Duke Professor | Behavioral Economics & Bestselling Author, Duke University
Daniel Kish Visually Impaired Innovator | Echolocation Expert, World Access for the Blind- DLDaniel Levitin Neuroscientist & Author | How the Brain Works & Musical Expertise, McGill University
- DIDave Isay StoryCorps Founder | Six-time Peabody Award-winning radio producer
David Eagleman Neuroscientist, Author & Entrepreneur | Exploring the Brain's Untapped Potential, Stanford University
David Rothkopf Author & Foreign Policy Expert | National Security & Geopolitics- DLDawn Landes Award-Winning Musician | Blending Folk, Jazz and Classical
- DSDena Simmons Educational Equity Advocate | Anti-Bias & Social-Emotional Learning
- DHDonald Hoffman Professor of Cognitive Sciences | Evolutionary Origins of Consciousness, University of California, Irvine
- DRDorothy Roberts Legal Scholar | Race, Gender & the Law, University of Pennsylvania
- ECEd Cage
- ELElizabeth Lev Art Historian | Bringing Rome's Eternal City to Life, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
- ENElizabeth Nyamayaro Humanitarian Leader | UN Women's Empowerment Advocate, United Nations
- EBEmma Bridgewater Ceramics Designer | Founder of Emma Bridgewater
- ENEsther Ndichu Food Systems Expert | Reframing Global Hunger as a Distribution Challenge
Esther Perel Psychotherapist & relationships expert | 30M+ TED views, host of Where Should We Begin?, Esther Perel Global Media- FLFei-Fei Li Stanford AI Lab Co-Director | Pioneer of Deep Learning Revolution, Stanford AI Lab
- FLFrances Larson Historian | Lessons from the Most Intriguing Figures of the Past, University of Durham
- FSFrancesco Sauro Geologist & Cave Explorer | Pushing the Boundaries of Human Exploration
Gary Haugen Founder, International Justice Mission | Tackling Global Violence Against the Poor, International Justice Mission
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Journalist and author | Women in conflict and entrepreneurship
Greg Gage TED Senior Fellow | Brain Science Made Accessible Through Live Experiments, Backyard Brains
Harald Haas Entrepreneur | Li-Fi Wireless Communications Pioneer, University of Edinburgh- HCHarry Cliff Particle Physicist | Science Storyteller & CERN Explorer, CERN
- HGHector Garcia Author and Psychologist | Exploring the Science of Human Connection
- HCHilary Cottam Social Innovator | Transforming Communities with Technology, Participle
- IWIsabel Wijsen
- JLJack Levis Director of Process Management | Logistics Innovation at UPS, UPS
- JBJamie Bartlett Motivational Speaker | Inspiring Teams & Individuals
- JRJamila Raqib Executive Director | Nonviolence Advocacy & Peace Education, Albert Einstein Institution
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Jane Fonda Academy Award-Winning Actor | Climate Justice Activist and Advocate for Women's Rights
From the stage
Sessions worth replaying
The sessions from this edition we found on video.
Session
"Rollercoaster"
Sara Ramirez
Session
4 powerful poems about Parkinson's and growing older
Robin Morgan
Panel
A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo
Ed Cage
Panel
A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo
Nicole Paris
Panel
A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo
Nicole Paris and Ed Cage
Session
A better way to talk about abortion
Aspen Baker
Frequently asked
- Who spoke at TED 2015?
- 159 speakers, including Aaron Horowitz, Abe Davis, Adam Driver, Alaa Murabit, and Alice Bows-Larkin.
- What did TED 2015 cover?
- Topics include Social Justice & Equity, Emerging Tech, Journalism & Nonfiction, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biotech & Health Tech, and Climate Action & Net Zero.
- When and where was TED 2015?
- Mar 16-20, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada.
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