- Arthur Benjamin: Mathemagic
- Jeff Han: multi-touch technology foreshadowing the iphone
- Richard Preston - forest canopy
- David Gallo: undersea marvels- Ben Zander: transformative classical music
- David Bolinsky: spectacular cell animation- Eva Vertes: inspirational 19-year-old on cancer research- Jennifer Lin: 14-year-old's musical improvisation- Sirena Huang: 9-yr-old virtuoso violinist- Gustavo Dudamel and Venezuelan youth orchestra: breathtaking- Robert Lang: the science of origami- Erin McKean: dictionary editor
- Hans Rosling: understanding the developing world- Wade Davis on world cultures- JJ Abrams: the power of mystery in movies- Frans Lanting: photo essay on evolution of lifeCompelling biology talksTierney Thys: mola mola fishRobert Full: learning from geckoes and cockroachesSheila Patek: world's most powerful kickSusan Savage-Rumbaugh: bonobo apes and languageDeborah Gordon: the life of an ant colony
- Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
- Emmanuel Jal... the memoirs of a war child from Sudan who became a rap star and preaches reconciliation and peace