Ishita is a feminist facilitator and independent advisor with 22 years of experience working with women and girls from underserved communities worldwide. She is also an Ashoka fellow. She has advised governments, philanthropies, and civil society groups, shaping policies on gender, education, and reproductive rights. She has served on advisory groups for the UN, UNESCO,… Continue reading Ishita Chaudhary
Chakshu is an expert on the rules and procedures of Parliament and its functioning. He heads the legislative and civic engagement initiatives at PRS. For over a decade, he has championed citizen involvement in India’s lawmaking. He trains journalists, supports civil society in engaging with legislatures, and helped create India’s first comprehensive state legislation database.
Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta, is a model, actress, producer and entrepreneur. She debuted in Bollywood in 2005, and in 2011 had her first stint as a producer. Her production house, Bheegi Basanti Productions, is now set to make her digital production debut with an upcoming web series based on The Meadow, Adrian Levy and… Continue reading Lara Dutta
Prior to forming Emotiv, Nam Do co-founded and ran SASme, a pioneer in providing SMPP platforms to telecommunication carriers and content aggregators in Australia and Asia. In 1995, Nam won one of Vietnam’s most prestigious study abroad scholarships. Nam came to Australia’s RMIT University under a full merit scholarship, and started his first technology company… Continue reading Nam Do
Tom Wujec is a pioneer in business visualization, the emerging practice of using images, sketches and data-driven infographics to help teams solve complex problems. Tom�s work has been featured in many international conferences, such as TED, Pop!Tech and the Fortune Innovation Summit. Tom is also the author of three books on creative thinking and is… Continue reading Tom Wujec
Simon Lewis is a film and television producer and author. After earning law degrees from Christ’s College Cambridge and Boalt Hall, Berkeley, Lewis moved to Los Angeles where his Hollywood experience includes managing writers, directors and stars as well as producing Look Who’s Talking (1989), The Chocolate War (1988), the Emmy award-winning international co-production for… Continue reading Simon Lewis
Sandy Smolan is an award-winning director whose work spans features, documentaries and television. His debut feature film Rachel River was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. 12 Stones, his documentary about the transformation of a group of illiterate women in Southern Nepal, won the jury Prize in 2009 for Best Short Documentary at the Tallahassee and… Continue reading Sandy Smolan
Rives is a poet and multi-media artist from Los Angeles, who applies new technologies to ancient art forms. He has appeared on Romanian billboards, in Scottish pubs and inside a 1964 Cadillac with a supermodel for the Bravo TV special Ironic Iconic America. He is the co-host of the annual TEDActive conference and his hobby… Continue reading Rives
“I like to open the doors to people’s brain.” Philippe Starck is an internationally acclaimed French creator, designer and architect. This tireless and rebellious citizen of the world, who considers his duty to share his ethical and subversive vision of a fairer world, creates unconventional objects whose purpose is to be ‘good’ before being beautiful. Most… Continue reading Philippe Starck
Since 1988, Nancy Duarte’s firm has created over a quarter of a million presentations. As one of the largest woman-owned businesses in Silicon Valley, her experience working with global companies and thought leaders has influenced the perception of some of the world’s most valuable brands and many of humanity’s common causes. Fascinated by presentations as the most… Continue reading Nancy Duarte
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