TED Tech Creators & Guests

Modupe Akinola is a psychologist, associate professor of Management at the Columbia Business School, and host of the TED Business Podcast.

Chris Anderson is a British-American businessman who is the head of TED, a non-profit organization that provides idea-based talks and hosts an annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Previously he founded Future Publishing.

Sherell Dorsey is the founder and CEO of The Plug.

Host of The TED AI Show.

Nithya Ramanathan is the CEO & co-founder of Nexleaf Analytics.

Shouzi Chew is the CEO at TikTok.

Keith Diaz, PhD is a certified exercise physiologist and the Florence Irving Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.

Dr. Nita A. Farahany is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies. She is a Professor of Law & Philosophy, the Founding Director of Duke Science & Society, Chair of the Duke MA in Bioethics & Science Policy, and principal investigator of SLAP Lab.

Chen Qiufan is a science fiction writer, columnist, and scriptwriter.

Holly Herndon is a composer, musician, and sound artist.

Yejin Choi is the Brett Helsel Professor of Computer Science at the University of Washington.

Kai-Fu Lee (simplified Chinese: 李开复; traditional Chinese: 李開復; pinyin: Lǐ Kāifù) is a venture capitalist, technology executive, writer, and an artificial intelligence (AI) expert.

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test.

Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Computer Science and Engineering & Public Policy

Matt Langione is a Partner at Boston Consulting Group.

Jamie Beard is the Founder and Executive Director of the Geothermal Entrepreneurship Organization.

Elise Hu is journalist. She is currently working as a reporter for NPR.Hu began journalism as an intern at WFAA-TV in Dallas between high school and college. She was a founding journalist at the Texas Tribune and a reporter for KVUE-TV and WYFF-TV in Texas. She joined NPR as an international correspondent and Seoul bureau chief for NPR.In addition to reporting for NPR, Hu is also a guest co-anchor on Tech News Today on TWIT, an adjunct instructor for Georgetown University, and an adviser and blogger for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. She hosts a video series on NPR called "Elise Tries."Hu was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her B.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Danielle Keats Citron is a law professor. Currently, she is a Professor in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she teaches information privacy, free expression, and civil rights law. She is also the Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, an organization which provides assistance and legislative support to victims of online abuse.Prior to joining UVA Law, Citron was a Professor of Law at Boston University Law School and at the University of Maryland School of Law.Citron's first book, "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," was published in 2014, and her second book, "The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age," was published in 2022. Citron received her B.A. in Middle East Studies from Duke University and her J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law.

Dr. Keyu Jin is an associate professor (with tenure) of Economics at the London school of Economics. She is from Beijing, China, and holds a B.A., M.A. and Phd from Harvard University.