Cities designed like families can last for generations. Skeptical? Look to master architect Liu Thai Ker, who transformed Singapore into a modern marvel with his unique approach to sustainable urban design. Liu shares creative wisdom and perspective on how marrying a humanist heart, a scientific mind and an artistic eye creates a resilient marri...

With fantastic new maps that show interactive, visual representations of urban fragility, Robert Muggah articulates an ancient but resurging idea: cities shouldn't just be the center of economics -- they should also be the foundation of our political lives. Looking around the world, from Syria to Singapore to Seoul and beyond, Muggah submits six...

Aaron Maniam is a policy planner, poet and youth activist enthusiast interested in the intersection between government and technology.

Damian Palin is developing a way to use bacteria to biologically "mine" minerals from water -- specifically, out of the brine left over from the desalinization process.

BCG's Amane Dannouni explores how technology impacts established business models and how digital enablers can unlock greater economic and social value.

"If we can unlock the full potential of our cities, we can minimize the price the planet pays for hosting us in our growing numbers," says Marvin Rees, the Mayor of Bristol, UK, who understands deeply how cities can help (or hurt) the environment. Rees notes that while sustainable infrastructure already exists in many parts of the world -- like ...

Almost everything we own and use, at some point, travels to us by container ship, through a vast network of ocean routes and ports that most of us know almost nothing about. Journalist Rose George tours us through the world of shipping, the underpinning of consumer civilization.

Different hospitals produce different results on different procedures. Only, patients don’t know that data, making choosing a surgeon a high-stakes guessing game. Stefan Larsson looks at what happens when doctors measure and share their outcomes on hip replacement surgery, for example, to see which techniques are proving the most effective. Coul...

You might not expect the chief operating officer of a major global corporation to look too far beyond either the balance sheet or the bottom line. But Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever, makes a passionate argument that doing so to include value, purpose and sustainability in top-level decision-making is not just savvy, it's the only way to run a 2...

Niki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity.

Through his books, diplomatic work and research, Kishore Mahbubani reenvisions global power dynamics through the lens of rising Asian economies.

TED Senior Fellow Yana Buhrer Tavanier explores human rights innovation at the intersection of activism, art, tech and science — and its potential to instigate change.

Harish Manwani joined Unilever as a management trainee in 1976; he is now the company's chief operating officer.

Farish Ahmad-Noor believes that we can never truly escape history but we need not be victims of it either.

With simple lines and pointed jokes that skewer injustice, Patrick Chappatte's editorial cartoons view the tragic, the farcical and the absurd through a lens of unfettered humor.

It’s called second-skilling: developing your skills for a new job while you’re still working. The Asian city-state is investing in its citizens so they can stay flexible and employed, says online learning advocate Barbara Oakley. In 1965, unemployment in Singapore was in the double digits. Workforce literacy was 57 percent. Singapore could have...

Martin Jacques is the author of "When China Rules the World," and a columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman. He was a co-founder of the think tank Demos.

Carlo Ratti directs the MIT SENSEable City Lab, which explores the "real-time city" by studying the way sensors and electronics relate to the built environment.

TED Fellow Sonali Prasad is an artist who bends traditional and creative media practices to build narratives fit for our age.

Honor Harger explores the cultural impact of scientific ideas and how technology shapes society.

Through exploratory and human-centered research, Niti Bhan discovers and makes tangible pragmatic opportunities for sustainable and inclusive value creation.

About this event: TEDxYouth@Singapore brings youth in Singapore together to express their ideas, talents and work towards a better future. Every year in November, youth in Singapore participate in global TEDxYouthDay is part of a series of numerous TEDx events happening all around the world on Universal Children's Day, designed to empower and inspire young peo...

Sarah Kay is a writer, performer and educator from New York City.

MORROW's founding chairman Liu Thai Ker is widely recognized as the "architect of modern Singapore" for his extensive contributions to the country’s housing and urban landscape.

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

Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, of Handspring Puppet Company, bring the emotional complexity of animals to the stage with their life-size puppets. Their latest triumph: "War Horse."

About this event: TEDxYouth@Singapore was TEDxSingapore's 7th idea event. For the first time ever, over a span of 24 hours, TEDx organisers in over 60 cities, town and villages all around the world organised global TEDx idea events for and about young people and our future. All our events shared a common vision and purpose: To inspire curiousity, ignite ne...

Imagine a place for the elderly that’s also filled with the sounds of kids playing. Marc Freedman goes to Singapore to investigate a new model for intergenerational living. Sister Geraldine Tan, an energetic woman in her 60s, speaks rapidly and is given to sweeping gestures. She wears the flowing white robes of the Canossian Daughters of Charit...

BCG’s Lana Mazahreh wants individuals, companies and countries to take action against the fast-growing water crisis.

Stuart Oda is an indoor urban farmer with a passion for innovation and sustainability. His goal: democratize access to fresh and nutritious food by democratizing the means and knowledge of production.