Josette Sheeran

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

Karen Tse

Human Rights Defender & Social Entrepreneur; Founder of International Bridges of Justice

Pamela Meyer

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

Rebecca MacKinnon

Founding Director of Ranking Digital Rights

Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

Yang Lan

Co-Founder & Chairperson of the Sun Media Group & Sun Culture Foundation; Called the 'Oprah of China'

Anna Dietrich

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

Julia Bacha

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Creative Director at Just Vision

Bunker Roy

Founder of Barefoot College

Lucianne Walkowicz

Astronomer, Movement Artist & Educator

Sonaar Luthra

Sonaar Luthra is the creator of Water Canary, a water-testing device that collects real-time water-quality data from the field.

Ben Goldacre

Physician; Best-Selling Academic & Science Writer

Cynthia Kenyon

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

Harald Haas

Communications Technology Innovator & Chair of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh

Thandie Newton

Actress known for "Westworld"

Elizabeth Murchison

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

Justin Hall-Tipping

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

Amy Lockwood

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

Monika Bulaj

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

Marco Tempest

Cyber-Illusionist

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.

Geoffrey West

Theoretical Physicist, Distinguished Professor & Past President of Santa Fe Institute

Mike Biddle

Co-founder, MBA Polymers

Richard Wilkinson

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

Yasheng Huang

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

Mikko Hypponen

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

If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable

Nathalie Miebach

The Intersection of Art and Science

Alex Steffen

Author of "Carbon Zero: Imagining Cities That Can Save the Planet"

Misha Glenny

Award-Winning Journalist, Author; Expert on Cybersecurity, Global Organized Crime & Geopolitics

Misha Glenny Speaker Showreel

Paul Snelgrove

Paul Snelgrove led the group that pulled together the findings of the Census of Marine Life -- synthesizing 10 years and 540 expeditions into a book of wonders.