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Chris Gerdes | TED Speaker

An autonomous car may seem like a thing of the distant future, but mechanical engineer Chris Gerdes is racing to make it a reality today.
Mechanical engineer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/chris_gerdes

Kang Lee | TED Speaker

Kang Lee has devoted his career to understanding the development of social cognition and behavior.
Developmental researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kang_lee

Christopher McDougall | TED Speaker

Christopher McDougall is the author of "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen."
Journalist, runner
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christopher_mcdougall

Colette Pichon Battle | TED Speaker

A Louisiana native, Colette Pichon Battle fights to advance human rights for communities on the frontline of the struggle against climate change.
Climate justice and human rights lawyer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/colette_pichon_battle

Matt Ridley | TED Speaker

Matt Ridley argues that, through history, the engine of human progress and prosperity has been, and is, "ideas having sex with each other."
Rational optimist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matt_ridley

Drew Philp | TED Speaker

Drew Philp is the author of "A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City," a memoir of rebuilding a former abandoned home while finding his place in his city, country, race and generation.
Journalist, screenwriter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/drew_philp

Ronald S Sullivan Jr. | TED Speaker

Ronald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory.
Clinical professor of law
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ronald_sullivan

Erik Brynjolfsson | TED Speaker

Erik Brynjolfsson examines the effects of information technologies on business strategy, productivity and employment.
Innovation researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/erik_brynjolfsson

Janet Stovall | TED Speaker

UPS's Janet Stovall has developed a business approach that addresses corporate racism head-on -- and has created methods to help dismantle it.
Inclusion advocate, speechwriter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/janet_stovall

Kathryn Kolbert | TED Speaker

Kathryn Kolbert is a pioneer for reproductive freedom.
Reproductive rights attorney
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kathryn_kolbert

Andreas Raptopoulos | TED Speaker

Andreas Raptopoulos and his colleagues are building the flying internet of things, using drones to carry essential goods to otherwise inaccessible areas.
Airborne logistics activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andreas_raptopoulos

William "Sandy" Darity | TED Speaker

William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr. is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University.
Economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/william_sandy_darity

Casey Gerald | TED Speaker

In his memoir, "There Will Be No Miracles Here," Casey Gerald reimagines what it means to truly live and succeed in our society.
Writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/casey_gerald

Eric Liu | TED Speaker

As CEO of Citizen University, Eric Liu is working to spark a civic revival in the US and beyond.
Civic evangelist, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/eric_liu

Kelli Jean Drinkwater | TED Speaker

Kelli Jean Drinkwater is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist recognized for her creative practice and voice in radical body politics.
Artist, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kelli_jean_drinkwater

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

Fred Krupp | TED Speaker

Fred Krupp is a leading voice on climate change, energy and sustainability, and a champion for harnessing the power of the marketplace to protect our environment.
Environmentalist, lawyer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/fred_krupp

Peter van Manen | TED Speaker

Peter van Manen is the Managing Director of McLaren Electronics, which provides data systems to major motorsports series.
Electronic systems expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/peter_van_manen

Malcolm Gladwell | TED Speaker

Detective of fads and emerging subcultures, chronicler of jobs-you-never-knew-existed, Malcolm Gladwell's work is toppling the popular understanding of bias, crime, food, marketing, race, consumers and intelligence.
Writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/malcolm_gladwell

Jon Gray | TED Speaker

Culinary evangelist Jon Gray is the voice of Ghetto Gastro, a cooking advocacy collective that ignites conversations about race, class and inclusion via the medium of food.
Food enthusiast, dishwasher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jon_gray

Dambisa Moyo | TED Speaker

Dambisa Moyo is an international economist who analyzes the macroeconomy and global affairs.
Global economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dambisa_moyo

Stephen Hawking | TED Speaker

Stephen Hawking's scientific investigations shed light on the origins of the cosmos, the nature of time and the ultimate fate of the universe. His bestselling books for a general audience have given an appreciation of physics to millions.
Theoretical physicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/stephen_hawking

Brittney Cooper | TED Speaker

With scholarship and incisive commentary that exposes the marginalized narratives hidden within "mainstream" history, Brittney Cooper writes at the vanguard of cultural criticism.
Cultural theorist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/brittney_cooper

Valerie Purdie-Greenaway | TED Speaker

Dr. Valerie Purdie-Greenaway teaches, conducts research and consults with global leaders to help them develop and foster diverse and inclusive work.
Social psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/valerie_purdie_greenaway

Roger Ebert | TED Speaker

After losing the power to speak, legendary film critic Roger Ebert went on to write about creativity, race, politics and culture -- and film, just as brilliantly as ever.
Film critic and blogger
https://www.ted.com/speakers/roger_ebert

Amanda Williams | TED Speaker

Amanda Williams blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities.
Visual artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/amanda_williams

Jeff Smith | TED Speaker

Once an up-and-coming star in the Missouri State Senate, Jeff Smith went to prison for covering up an election law violation. Since his release, he's created a new space for himself as a professor, writer, political commentator and advocate for those he was locked up with.
Recovering politician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jeff_smith

Jennifer Granholm | TED Speaker

A former two-term governor of Michigan, Jennifer M. Granholm makes the case for empowering states to create jobs through a Clean Energy Jobs Race to the Top.
Former governor of Michigan
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jennifer_granholm

Woody Norris | TED Speaker

Woody Norris is a serial inventor of electronics, tools and cutting-edge sonic equipment -- such as the LRAD acoustic cannon.
Inventor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/woody_norris

Darrick Hamilton | TED Speaker

Darrick Hamilton crafts and implements innovative routes and policies that break down social hierarchy and move society towards greater equity, inclusion and civic participation.
Stratification economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/darrick_hamilton
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