Rob Legato creates surprising and creative visual illusions for movies.

Unapologetic vaudevillians Barry Friedman and Dan Holzman -- the Raspyni Brothers -- have been international juggling champions, Guinness record holders, recurring guests on "The Tonight Show" and, recently, preeminent entertainers on the corporate seminar circuit.

Larry Page is the CEO and cofounder of Google, making him one of the ruling minds of the web.

Benjamin Wallace is a journalist and author of The Billionaire's Vinegar, the true story of the world's most expensive bottle of (possibly phony?) wine. He's been a contributor to GQ, Details, Salon and The Washington Post.

Discarded plastic, too often, ends up buried or burned, not recycled (it's just too complicated). But Mike Biddle has found a way to close the loop.

José Antonio Abreu founded El Sistema in 1975 to help Venezuelan kids learn to play musical instruments and be part of an orchestra. The TED Prize winner's bold idea has seeded hundreds of youth orchestras -- and many happy lives.

A writer and stand-up comedian, Aparna Nancherla is one of the most exciting new voices to hit the comedy scene.

Jon Boogz is a movement artist, choreographer and director who seeks to push the evolution of dance.

Black Label Movement is an explosively physical Minneapolis dance company.

Actress + playwright

For Steven Allison, it’s no longer sufficient to just study the natural world -- we must make sure our world stays ecologically sound for generations to come.

Carol Fishman Cohen documents successful transitions back into the workforce after career breaks.

A billion people around the world lack access to health care because they live too far from a clinic. 2017 TED Prize winner Raj Panjabi aims to extend health services to the last mile.

A branding expert and one of the leading authorities on business communication, Alan Siegel wants to put plain English into legal documents for government and business.

John Marshall is changing the way people talk about climate change so that we can better understand and act against it.

Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness.

Author and entrepreneur Rob Reid writes speculative fiction for Random House.

David Brenner is developing a unique type of light to kill viruses safely.

Writing is only his day job: Dave Eggers moonlights as a publisher, philanthropist and advocate for students and teachers.

Mobile health entrepreneur

Infrastructure Development Consultant

To combat climate change, Varun Sivaram seeks to scale up clean energy technologies and cultivate innovation ecosystems spanning industry, academia and government.

David Andrew Quist is a mushroom researcher and restauranteur. His current work combines both his passion for gastronomy and science; by exploring the culinary potential of fungal mycelium as an innovative new category of food -- nutritious, delicious and sustainable. Should the future be fungal? At TEDxOsloMet 2021, David will take us on a journey through the amazing world of fungi and their potential as innovative, next-generation sustainable technologies. As we collectively navigate an uncertain future, learning from fungi can provide us with new mental models and metaphors on what it means to be an individual, our relationship with the natural world, and our place in it.

Doctor + author + global women's health specialist

Former Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams made history in 2018 when she earned the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia.

Culture curator

Violinist

Dessa is an internationally touring rapper, singer and writer who built a career by defying genre conventions and audience expectations.

A Tony Award winner, theater producer David Binder is interested in taking performances off the stage.