TED speakers

Ben Saunders
Explorer & Motivational speaker


Noreena Hertz
Visionary Thinker, Futurist and Bestselling Author

Daniel Kraft
Biomedical Entrepreneur

Paul Ormerod
Best-selling Author & Behavioural Economist

Richard Watson
Best-selling author on mega-trends and the future


Parag Khanna
Leading Geopolitical Expert, Founder of AlphaGeo & Bestselling Author

Lewis Pugh
Ocean Advocate and Pioneer Swimmer

Alastair Humphreys
Adventurer, Author & Motivational Speaker

Mallory Weggemann
Record-breaking Paralympic Athlete

Paul Loeb
Thought Leader on Civic Engagement

Rebecca Walker
Influential Cultural Critic & Author

Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder & CEO of Acumen

Jill Bolte Taylor
Leading Brain Expert

Carlo Ratti
MIT City Lab Founder

Ray Kurzweil
Director of Engineering, Google

Jimmy Wales
Founder, Wikipedia.org

Mark Pollock
Endurance Athlete and Robotics Pioneer

Lisa Gansky
Tech Entrepreneur & Shared Economy Guru

Rory Stewart
Best-selling Author, Historian & Adventurer

Sarah Harper
World-leading Expert on Population Ageing and Advisor to European and Asian governments