Patrice Gordon's passion for people and helping them realize their full potential led her to a career in coaching.

A principal engineer at Intel, Maria Bezaitis focuses on how constellations of personal data can form new business models.

Noeline Kirabo self-educated her way out of the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Now she helps vulnerable youth gain skills to turn their passions into profitable businesses.

Shlomo Benartzi uses behavioral economics to study how and why we plan well for the future (or fail to), and uses that to develop new programs to encourage saving for retirement.

Achenyo Idachaba is the head of MitiMeth, a Nigeria-based company that makes handicrafts from aquatic weeds and other agro-waste.

TED Fellow Larry Irvin is the chief executive officer for Brothers Empowered to Teach (BE2T), where he ensures the overall vision and culture for BE2T and is the chief fundraiser.

As the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, Rick Doblin crusades for the safe and legal use of psychedelics in therapy.

Annie Murphy Paul investigates how life in the womb shapes who we become.

Writing on urban development, sexual and reproductive rights, gender and queerness, OluTimehin Adegbeye resists marginalization by reminding her audiences of the validity of every human experience.

A human resources activist, Morgana Bailey wants to see the diversity of society reflected in the workplace, and employees of all walks of life feel comfortable being open about who they are.

Victor Rios seeks to uncover how to best support the lives of young people who experience poverty, stigma and social exclusion.

Talithia Williams builds statistical models that study the spatial and temporal structure of data.

When MIT-trained mechanical engineer Jamie Heywood discovered that his younger brother was diagnosed with the terminal illness ALS, he focused all his energy on founding revolutionary healthcare initiatives to help his brother and others like him.

One of the true luminaries of personal computing, Alan Kay conceived of laptops and graphical interfaces years before they were realized. At XeroxPARC, Apple, HP and Disney, he has developed tools for improving the mind.

In her work, Clemantine Wamariya is learning and sharing how remembering our life experiences in story form guides us to make sense and appreciate our present moments.

Sara Jones creates global diversity and inclusion strategies to elevate inclusive work cultures.

Poppy Crum builds technologies that best leverage human physiology to enhance our experiences and how we interact with the world.

Ole Scheeren designs buildings that generate both functional and social spaces.

Muhammed Idris wants to improve social services delivery through collective and artificial intelligence.

Maternal health innovator

Timothy Ihrig advocates for an approach to healthcare that prioritizes a patient's personal values.

Artist

Open manufacturing evangelist

Global women empowerment activist

Farmer + technologist

Inventor