TED Opening Event

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Tim Ferriss, Human Guinea Pig, Author. Tim Ferriss is author of "The 4-Hour Workweek," a self-improvement program of four steps: defining aspirations, managing time, creating automatic income and escaping the trappings of the 9-to-5 life.

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Laura Galante, Cyberspace Analyst. Laura Galante analyzes how states use cyberspace: a domain where militaries, intelligence services, criminal groups, and individuals pursue their interests with far fewer restraints than in the physical world.

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Titus Kaphar, Artist. Titus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums.

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Garry Kasparov, Grandmaster, Analyst. Garry Kasparov is esteemed by many as the greatest chess player of all time. Now he’s engaged in a game with far higher stakes: the preservation of democracy.

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Anab Jain, Futurist, Designer. Superflux co-founder and TED Fellow Anab Jain parses uncertainties around our shared futures, to create provocative experiences, tools and tactics that we can adopt today.

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OK Go, Band. A wildly creative band of music- and video-makers, OK Go is building a media empire on the back of endless, boundless ingenuity.

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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Religious Leader. In a world violently polarized by extremists, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is proposing and advocating solutions to mounting religious intolerance.

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Huang Yi, Choreographer, Dancer, Inventor. As a child, Huang Yi longed for a robot companion. As an adult, he created a robot to dance with: KUKA.

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Joshua Roman, Cellist. Joshua Roman, a TED Fellow, is an independent-minded cellist.