| 7 Fingers |
Acrobatic circus troupe |
ideaCity 2008, ideaCity 2007 |
| Hans Aarsman |
|
TEDxAmsterdam 2009 |
| Emile Aarts |
Vice President and Scientific Program Director, Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven |
PICNIC '07 |
| Chris Abani |
Author |
TED2008, TEDGlobal 2007 |
| Elizabeth Abbott |
Writer and historian |
ideaCity 2010 |
| Joaquin Cuenca Abela |
Tech leader of Panoramio , Google |
DLD 2009 |
| John Abele |
Founder and Chairman, Boston Scientific |
TEDMED2009, BIF-4, ideaCity 2003 |
| Mark Abley |
Author |
ideaCity 2005 |
| Nora Abousteit |
Co-Founder, BurdaStyle |
PICNIC '07 |
| Carolyn Abraham |
Medical reporter |
ideaCity 2005, ideaCity 2003 |
| Magid Abraham |
President, CEO & Co-Founder, comScore, Inc. |
DLD 2010, DLD 2008 |
| Marc Abrahams |
Co-founder, Annals of Improbable Research |
Gel 2011 |
| Jacob Abrahamse |
Child soprano |
ideaCity 2009 |
| J.J. Abrams |
Writer, director, and producer |
TED2007 |
| Jose Abreu |
Founder, El Sistema |
TED2009 |
| Jamil Abu-Wardeh |
Producer |
TEDGlobal 2010 |
| Asil Abulil |
Palestinian student |
PopTech 2010 |
| Jad Abumrad |
Host & Producer of Radiolab |
PopTech 2010 |
| Chris Adams |
Online media cross collaborator |
ideaCity 2009 |
| Constance Adams |
Space architect |
Poptech 2003 |
| Matt Adams |
Co-founder, Blast-Theory |
PICNIC '09, PICNIC '07 |
| Michael Adams |
Public opinion researcher |
ideaCity 2004, ideaCity 2001 |
| Ryan Adams |
Machine learning researcher |
ideaCity 2009 |
| Chimamanda Adichie |
Novelist |
TEDGlobal 2009 |
| Newton Aduaka |
Filmmaker |
TEDGlobal 2007 |
| Blaise Agüera y Arcas |
Architect of Bing Maps, Microsoft |
TED2010, DLD 2010, PICNIC '07, TED2007 |
| Stefan Agamanolis |
Chief Executive, Research Director, Distance Lab |
PICNIC '08 |
| Anand Agarawala |
Founder and CEO, BumpTop |
TED2007 |
| Shai Agassi |
Founder and CEO, Better Place |
TED2009, DLD 2008 |
| Ravin Agrawal |
Emerging markets investor |
TEDIndia |
| David Agus |
Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California |
TEDMED2010, TEDxUSC 2010, TEDMED2009 |
| Ola Ahlvarsson |
Co-Founder & CEO, Result Consulting International |
DLD 2006 |
| Moeed Ahmad |
Head of New Media, Al Jazeera Network |
PICNIC '09 |
| Omar Ahmad |
Member, City Council, San Carlos, CA |
TED2010 |
| Salman Ahmad |
UN goodwill ambassador and Muslim rock star |
TEDxUSC 2009 |
| Tomi Ahonen |
Mobile Guru |
PICNIC '09 |
| Marko Ahtisaari |
Senior VP of Design, Nokia |
DLD 2010, PICNIC '07, DLD 2007 |
| Marti Ahtisaari |
Former president of Finland |
DLD 2010 |
| Martti Ahtisaari |
Former President of the Republic of Finland |
DLD 2010 |
| Eija Ailasmaa |
President & CEO, Sanoma Magazines |
PICNIC '07 |
| Nour Al-Arda |
Palestinian student |
PopTech 2010 |
| Naïf Al-Mutawa |
Creator of "The 99," an Islamic comic book |
TEDGlobal 2010, PopTech 2009 |
| Pete Alcorn |
Media executive |
TED2009 |
| Igor Aleksander |
Professor Emeritus, Neural Systems Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London |
TED6 |
| Zeresenay Alemseged |
Paleoanthropologist |
TEDGlobal 2007 |
| Rafat Ali |
Founder, PaidContent.org |
DLD 2010 |
| Jeremy Allaire |
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Brightcove |
DLD 2009 |
| Robyn Allan |
Entrepreneur |
ideaCity 2001 |
| Will Allen |
Urban farmer |
PopTech 2009 |
| Isabel Allende |
Novelist |
TED2007 |
| Richard Alley |
Geologist |
Poptech 2004 |
| Julia Allison |
Co-Founder, NonSociety.com |
DLD 2009 |
| Marla Allison |
Artist |
BIF-6 |
| William Alsop |
Architect |
ideaCity 2009, ideaCity 2003 |
| Walter Alvarez |
Geology professor, UC Berkeley |
EG10 |
| Suroosh Alvi |
Journalist & filmmaker |
ideaCity 2001 |
| Mariano Amartino |
Consultant, entrepreneur, and blogger , uberbin.net |
DLD 2009 |
| Massoud Amin |
Security expert |
PopTech 2009 |
| Vijay Anand |
Creator of the '0 Rupee' Note |
PopTech 2010 |
| Adrian Anantawan |
Virtuoso violinist |
ideaCity 2002 |
| Kurt Andersen |
Novelist and radio host |
PopTech 2009 |
| Brad Anderson |
CEO, Best Buy |
DLD 2009 |
| Charles Anderson |
Marine biologist |
TEDIndia |
| Chris Anderson |
Curator, TED conferences |
TEDGlobal 2010, TED2002 |
| Chris Anderson |
Editor-in-Chief, Wired magazine |
PopTech 2008, Poptech 2006, TED2004, TED8 |
| Judy Anderson |
Cell biologist |
ideaCity 2000 |
| Laurie Anderson |
Experimental performance artist and musician |
TED2 |
| Matthew Anderson |
Group Director Communications, British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc. |
DLD 2007 |
| Ray Anderson |
Sustainable business pioneer |
TED2009 |
| Siwan Anderson |
Missing women investigator |
ideaCity 2009 |
| Brenda Andrews |
Program Director, Genetic Networks program, CIFAR |
ideaCity 2007 |
| Sekou Andrews |
Spoken word artist, playwright, actor and musician |
TEDMED2010, TEDMED2009 |
| Buck Angel |
Filmmaker, activist, educator |
ideaCity 2010 |
| Andreas Angelidakis |
Architect |
DLD 2007 |
| Christian Angermayer |
Founder & operating partner, Angermayer, Brumm & Lange Unternehmensgruppe (ABL) |
DLD 2010, DLD 2008 |
| Colin Angle |
Co‐Founder, Chairman & CEO, iRobot |
TEDMED2009 |
| Colin Angus |
Adventurer and author |
ideaCity 2009 |
| Anina |
Model |
Lift06, DLD 2006 |
| Annemarie Ahearn and Ladleah Dunn |
Gourmets, Salt Water Farm in Lincolnville, Maine |
PopTech 2010 |
| Anousheh Ansari |
First female private space explorer |
ideaCity 2007 |
| Anousheh Ansari |
Co-Founder & Chairman, Prodea Systems |
DLD 2010 |
| Randy Antik |
CEO, Swat Team Partners |
BIF-2 |
| Thierry Antinori |
Member of the Board , Lufthansa German Airlines |
DLD 2009, DLD 2007 |
| Paola Antonelli |
Design curator, MoMA |
BIF-5, DLD 2009, DLD 2008, EG07, TED2007, DLD 2006 |
| Antony and the Johnsons |
Musician |
TED2011 |
| Mehran Anvari |
Tele-robotic surgeon |
ideaCity 2005 |
| Chiho Aoshima |
Anime artist |
TEDSalon 2006 |
| Frank Appel |
CEO, Deutsche Post AG |
DLD 2010 |
| April Smith and the Great Picture Show |
Brooklyn based swing & country band |
PopTech 2010 |
| Claudio Aprile |
Molecular chef |
ideaCity 2008 |
| Jason Aramburu |
Founder, re:char |
PopTech 2009 |
| Julieta Aranda |
Artist |
DLD 2010, DLD 2009 |
| Laura Archer |
Nurse, Doctors Without Borders |
ideaCity 2009 |
| Eduardo Arcos |
Founder , Hipertextual |
DLD 2009 |
| Dan Ariely |
Author, "Predictably Irrational" and "The Upside of Irrationality" |
PopTech 2010, PopTech 2009, TED2009, DLD 2009, EG08 |
| John Armleder |
Professor, Braunschweig Academy of Art in Lausanne |
DLD 2009 |
| Karen Armstrong |
Religious scholar |
TEDGlobal 2009, TED2008 |
| Rachel Armstrong |
Teaching Fellow, The Bartlett School of Architecture |
ideaCity 2010, PICNIC '09 |
| Sally Armstrong |
Amnesty International award winner and documentary filmmaker |
ideaCity 2010 |
| Liv Arnesen |
Educator, explorer, lecturer |
ideaCity 2010 |