Emmett G. Price

Musician, African American Music Expert & Author

Tariq Nasheed

Author, Film Producer Known for "Hidden Colors" Series

DJ Drama

America's Top Hip-Hop DJ

David Gray

David Gray is an English singer-songwriter known for his breakthrough album "White Ladder."

David Carson

Graphic Designer & Creator of Ray Gun Magazine

David Carson

Jim Toomey

For the past 13 years, Jim Toomey has been writing and drawing the daily comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon.

Allan Jones

As CEO of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Allan Jones leads an ambitious project to build an open, online, interactive atlas of the human brain.

Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

Danielle de Niese

Her voice described as a sweet gleaming soprano, Danielle de Niese breathes new life into opera, astonishing critics and making audiences sit up and listen.

Cynthia Kenyon

Molecular Biologist & Biogerontologist; Vice President of Aging Research at Calico

Josette Sheeran

President and CEO of the Asia Society; Former Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

Pamela Meyer

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

Rebecca MacKinnon

Founding Director of Ranking Digital Rights

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.

Elizabeth Murchison

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

Julia Bacha

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Creative Director at Just Vision

Markus Fischer

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

Lucianne Walkowicz

Astronomer, Movement Artist & Educator

Amy Lockwood

Deputy Director of Stanford's Center for Innovation in Global Health

Aparna Rao

A part of the Bangalore-based artist duo Pors & Rao, Aparna Rao works with electro-mechanical systems and interactive installations.

Monika Bulaj

Monika Bulaj’s stunning, painting-like photographs blur religious and cultural divisions, exploding stereotypes. She is a TED Fellow.

Steven Tyler

Aerosmith Lead Singer & Former 'American Idol' Judge

Dinosaur Jr.

Musician

Will Bakke

Director of "Beware of Christians" and "One Nation Under God"

Michael B. Allen

Co-Producer of Beware of Christians and One Nation Under God

Karim Rashid

Renowned Cultural & Industrial Designer, Creativity & Innovation Expert, TV Host

Alex Carroll

Co-Founder of Riot Studios and Producer of "Beware of Christians"

Richard Hight

Turning possibilities into masterpieces, Richard Hight combines fine arts, music and the spoken word to ignite and inspires audiences.

Wayne Messmer

"Chicago's most well-known voice of the National Anthem"