- 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 life

 

 

Compelling biology talks

Tierney Thys: mola mola fish

Robert Full: learning from geckoes and cockroaches

Sheila Patek: world's most powerful kick

Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: bonobo apes and language

Deborah 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