TED2014 Speakers
I am pretty sure many of you still remember the fourth day in February 2013 when we heard that the influential TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference was coming to Vancouver! What a day and what a treat for those, like me, living in Vancouver.
Since the announcement though, we haven’t heard much. We understand the importance and impact the conference will have on our city and that the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Economic Commission work closely alongside to ensure that our community have access to this amazing and unique conference, but we wanted more. Last Thursday, TED finally announced the lineup of almost 50 speakers who, over four days, will deliver an agenda of talks to 1,200 registrants. Bill and Melinda Gates, Chris Hadfield and Sting are among those who will be participating and celebrating TED’s 30th anniversary under the banner “The Next Chapter”.
For many years now TED Conference has become a phenomenon and you will find below the full list of those who will be featured from March 17 to 21 2014.
Allan Adams: Theoretical physicist Kevin Briggs: Golden Gate guardian Amanda Burden: Urban planner Matthew Carter: Type designer, famous for the fonts Verdana, Galliard and Georgia David Chalmers: Philosopher and NYU professor Wendy Chung: Geneticist Andrew Connolly: Astronomer and developer of Google Sky Masarat Daud: Rural education campaigner Zak Ebrahim: Peace activist Keren Elazari: GigaOM analyst cybersecurity expert David Epstein: ProPublica sports science reporter, former Sports Iluustrated contributor Bran Ferren: Technology designer Melinda and Bill Gates: Philanthropists Deborah Gordon: Stanford ecologist Helder Guimarães: Magician Chris Hadfield: Astronaut Del Harvey: Director of security at Twitter Hugh Herr: Prostheticist at MIT Media Lab Mellody Hobson: Investment expert and chair of the board of DreamWorks Animation Jim Holt: Writer and philosopher Joi Ito: Director of the MIT Media Lab Sarah Jones: Tony Award winning-playwright and UNICEF ambassador Nancy Kanwisher: MIT brain researcher Chris Kluwe: Former Minnesota Vikings punter and author Rob Knight: Microbial ecologist Marc Kushner: Architect David Kwong: Crossword puzzle maker for the New York Times Michel Laberge: Plasma physicist Sara Lewis: Firefly specialist Will Marshall: Space scientist Jon Mooallem: Writer Randall Munroe: Cartoonist, responsible for xkcd Nicholas Negroponte: Founder of the MIT Media Lab, and the man behind One Laptop per Child Raspyni Brothers: Jugglers Avi Reichental: 3D printer Yoruba Richen: Documentary filmmaker Geena Rocero: Model and activist Mark Ronson: Music Producer and DJ Ben Saunders: Arctic explorer Gavin Schmidt: Climate scientist Jennifer Senior: Writer Simon Sinek: Leadership expert Andrew Solomon: Writer Margaret Gould Stewart: User experience master Sting: Composer, singer, author, actor, activist Julia Sweeney: Actor, comedian, playwright Marco Tempest: Techno-illusionist Jason Webley: Musician Ed Yong: Science writer
