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Solitaire Townsend | TED Speaker

Cofounder and chief solutionist of global agency Futerra, Solitaire Townsend argues that the creative industries can’t be neutral in the face of the climate crisis.
Sustainability solution seeker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/solitaire_townsend

Caitlin Doughty | TED Speaker

Caitlin Doughty asks: What if we re-designed the funeral industry for an eco-friendly end of life?
Progressive mortician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/caitlin_doughty

George Dyson | TED Speaker

In telling stories of technologies and the individuals who created them, George Dyson takes a clear-eyed view of our scientific past -- while illuminating what lies ahead.
Historian of science
https://www.ted.com/speakers/george_dyson

Oliver Sacks | TED Speaker

Since "Awakenings" stormed the bestseller lists (and the silver screen), Oliver Sacks has become an unlikely household name, single-handedly inventing the genre of neurological anthropology.
Neurological anthropologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/oliver_sacks

Nir Eyal | TED Speaker

Dr. Nir Eyal is an international authority in population-level bioethics with research in health inequalities, health promotion and research ethics, especially in resource-poor settings.
Bioethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nir_eyal

Jarrett J. Krosoczka | TED Speaker

An author and illustrator of many children's books and graphic novels, Jarrett J. Krosoczka creates stories with humor, heart and deep respect for young readers.
Author, illustrator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jarrett_j_krosoczka

Amy Cuddy | TED Speaker

Amy Cuddy’s research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perceptions — and perhaps even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions.
Social psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_cuddy

Bruce Aylward | TED Speaker

As the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization’s Polio and Emergencies Cluster, Bruce Aylward works to ensure that polio stays under control and that the world is prepared to respond to health crises.
Epidemiologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bruce_aylward

Jamie Drummond | TED Speaker

Jamie Drummond co-founded the advocacy organization ONE, whose central themes are ending extreme poverty and fighting the AIDS pandemic.
Anti-poverty activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jamie_drummond

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton | TED Speaker

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton is CEO and co-founder of Zipline, building drone delivery for global public health customers. (He's also co-founder of Romotive, makers of the tiny robot, Romo.)
Robotics entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/keller_rinaudo

Gail Reed | TED Speaker

American journalist and Havana resident Gail Reed spotlights a Cuban medical school that trains doctors from low-income countries who pledge to serve communities like their own.
Cuban health care expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gail_reed

Lee Cronin | TED Speaker

A professor of chemistry, nanoscience and chemical complexity, Lee Cronin and his research group investigate how chemistry can revolutionize modern technology and even create life.
Chemist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lee_cronin

David R. Williams | TED Speaker

David R. Williams asks: What if we decided to tackle the striking levels of early death and poor health that are due to the color of one's skin?
Public health sociologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_r_williams

Daria van den Bercken | TED Speaker

Daria van den Bercken has played piano with major Dutch orchestras, and performed many a recital in her country’s famed concert halls. But her larger vision is to bring classical music to the masses.
Pianist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daria_van_den_bercken

Aparna Pallavi | TED Speaker

Aparna Pallavi researches and writes about uncultivated foods available in India's forest, Indigenous people's knowledge and culture around them.
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/aparna_pallavi

Michael Pawlyn | TED Speaker

Michael Pawlyn takes cues from nature to make new, sustainable architectural environments.
Architect
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_pawlyn

James Nachtwey | TED Speaker

Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries.
Photojournalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/james_nachtwey

Abigail Disney | TED Speaker

Abigail Disney advocates for real changes to the way capitalism operates in today's world.
Filmmaker, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/abigail_e_disney

Dave Meslin | TED Speaker

Dave Meslin is a "professional rabble-rouser." Based in Toronto, he works to make local issues engaging and even fun to get involved in.
Artist and organizer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dave_meslin

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED Speaker

Inspired by Nigerian history and tragedies all but forgotten by recent generations of westerners, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novels and stories are jewels in the crown of diasporan literature.
Novelist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie

Aakash Odedra | TED Speaker

Aakash Odedra sets raw ancient dance forms from India within the modern global context.
Choreographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/aakash_odedra

His Holiness Pope Francis | TED Speaker

Pope Francis is the head of the Roman Catholic Church and a strong advocate of global action against climate change, to which he has devoted his powerful 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si'."
Bishop of Rome
https://www.ted.com/speakers/pope_francis

Charles Moore | TED Speaker

Charles Moore is founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. He captains the foundation's research vessel, the Alguita, documenting the great expanses of plastic waste that now litter our oceans.
Oceanographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/charles_moore

Kristie Overstreet | TED Speaker

Kristie Overstreet works with individuals to help strengthen their relationship with themselves and others.
Clinical sexologist and psychotherapist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kristie_overstreet

Joshua Silver | TED Speaker

Atomic physicist Joshua Silver invented liquid-filled optical lenses to produce low-cost, adjustable glasses, giving sight to millions without access to an optometrist.
Optical innovator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/joshua_silver

Daniel Kraft | TED Speaker

Daniel Kraft explores the impact and potential of rapidly developing technologies as applied to health and medicine.
Physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_kraft

Willie Smits | TED Speaker

Willie Smits has devoted his life to saving the forest habitat of orangutans, the "thinkers of the jungle." As towns, farms and wars encroach on native forests, Smits works to save what is left.
Conservationist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/willie_smits

Kiran Bedi | TED Speaker

Kiran Bedi was one of India's top cops -- tough, innovative and committed to social change. Now retired from the national police force, Bedi runs two NGOs that benefit rural and urban poor.
Corrections pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kiran_bedhi

Daniel Levitin | TED Speaker

Daniel Levitin incorporates findings from neuroscience into everyday life.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_levitin

Christiane Amanpour | TED Speaker

TV news legend Christiane Amanpour is known for her uncompromising approach to reporting and interviewing.
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christiane_amanpour
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