Pamela Meyer

Founder & CEO of Calibrate; Author of "Liespotting;" TED Speaker

Pavan Sukhdev

President, WWF International; Environmental Economist

Thandie Newton

Actress known for "Westworld"

Richard Wilkinson

Studied the Social Effects of Income Inequality and How Social Forces Affect Health

Svante Paabo

Max Planck Institute Director, Department of Genetics

Rebecca MacKinnon

Founding Director of Ranking Digital Rights

Yves Rossy

Military-Trained Pilot & Aviation Enthusiast

Yasheng Huang

Yasheng Huang asks us to rethink our ideas about China and other large emerging economies.

Anna Dietrich

‎Entrepreneur; Consultant; Speaker; COO & Co-Founder of Terrafugia, Inc.

Daniel Wolpert

A neuroscientist and engineer, Daniel Wolpert studies how the brain controls the body.

Elizabeth Murchison

Elizabeth Murchison studies a mysterious (and contagious) cancer that threatens to wipe out Tasmanian devils.

Jeremy Gilley

Actor, Filmmaker & Founder of the Peace One Day Non-Profit

Julia Bacha

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Creative Director at Just Vision

Peter Fankhauser

Peter Fankhauser is the leader of a team of students working on Rezero, a robot that balances on a single sphere.

Jae Rhim Lee

Artist and TED Fellow Jae Rhim Lee Re-Imagines the Relationships Between the Body and the World

Mikko Hypponen

Computer Security Expert; Chief Research Officer at WithSecure & Principal Research Advisor at F-Secure

If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable

Justin Hall-Tipping

The Energy Evangelist, Justin Hall-Tipping works on nano-energy startups -- mastering the electron to create power.

Robin Ince

The rational-minded Robin Ince conducts live experiments in comedy.

Todd Kuiken

Biomedical Engineering Manager at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Markus Fischer

Markus Fischer led the team at Festo that developed the first ultralight artificial bird capable of flying like a real bird.