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Pico Iyer | TED Speaker

Novelist and nonfiction author Pico Iyer writes on subjects ranging from the Cuban Revolution to Islamic mysticism, from Graham Greene to forgotten nations and the 21st-century global order.
Author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/pico_iyer

Tony Porter | TED Speaker

Tony Porter is an educator and activist who is internationally recognized for his effort to end violence against women.
Author, educator, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tony_porter

ShaoLan Hsueh | TED Speaker

ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West.
Technologist, entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shaolan_hsueh

Susan Cain | TED Speaker

With her viral talk from TED2012 and her bestseller "Quiet," Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us. Now, she's back to explore the surprising lessons sorrow and longing teach us about creativity, connection and love.
Author, explorer of hidden superpowers
https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_cain

Dan Pallotta | TED Speaker

Dan Pallotta is on a focused mission to change the way the donating public things about giving.
Author, activist, entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_pallotta

Tom Rielly | TED Speaker

Traditionally, Tom Rielly closes the TED Conference with a merciless 18-minute monologue, skewering all the speakers with his deadpan delivery, spot-on satire and boundary-less performance (complete with PowerPoint, pratfalls and partial nudity).
Satirist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tom_rielly

Sir Ken Robinson | TED Speaker

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenged the way we educate our children, championing a radical rethink of how our school systems cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
Author, educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson

Andreas Schleicher | TED Speaker

What makes a great school system? To find out, Andreas Schleicher administers a test to compare student performance around the world.
Education surveyor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andreas_schleicker

Julie Lythcott-Haims | TED Speaker

Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood -- the subject of her book, "How to Raise an Adult."
Academic, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/julie_lythcott_haims

Richard Dawkins | TED Speaker

Oxford professor Richard Dawkins has helped steer evolutionary science into the 21st century, and his concept of the "meme" contextualized the spread of ideas in the information age. In recent years, his devastating critique of religion has made him a leading figure in the New Atheism.
Evolutionary biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/richard_dawkins

Cady Coleman | TED Speaker

Cady Coleman draws from her time at NASA and her missions on the International Space Station to share insights about team building, leadership and innovation.
Astronaut
https://www.ted.com/speakers/cady_coleman
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