The theme for this year's TEDWomen is “Bold + Brilliant,” thus setting the bar high for our curatorial team to search for the world’s best, brightest — and yes, most daring — leaders, pioneers, activists and entrepreneurs.
It was a daunting task. Many of us have been feeling the weight of the world on our shoulders these past few weeks (months, years, decades?!) and so this year we worked harder than ever to bring speakers from all over the globe with big ideas for solving big problems to the TEDWomen stage.
Here’s the good news. Casting a worldwide net revealed so many amazing, bold and brilliant women to us that the truly daunting task was figuring out how to pick the right group! I am so excited to share with you that this year's crop of speakers are all truly superlative.
Speakers include ...
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an environmental activist from Chad who advocates for the wider inclusion of indigenous people, knowledge and traditions in the global movement to fight the effects of climate change.
Nobel laureate and former president of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf promotes freedom, peace, justice, women’s empowerment and democratic rule. She'll share her experiences leading Liberia's recovery following a decade-long civil war.
Award-winning singer and producer activist Denise Ho has seen her music banned in China because of her criticism of the government. As a visible leader in the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, she is also a tireless, fearless advocate for LGBTQ rights.
American OB/GYN Dr. Jen Gunter is on a mission to correct the misleading information that infects online medical resources and affects the health and wellbeing of so many.
Venezuelan cartoonist Rayma Suprani, whose life's work is speaking truth to power -- even when being outspoken comes at a steep price.
South African photographer Zanele Muholi who is working "to rewrite a black queer and trans visual history of South Africa," even as hate crimes against South Africa's LGBTQ community are on the rise.
And so many more! Please take a look at the full lineup on the TEDWomen website.
Learn more about 2019 speakers at the official TEDWomen website.
I am so excited to share with you the lineup of speakers who will be joining us this year in Palm Springs from December 4th - 6th, 2019. And I'm pleased (and a little apprehensive!) to add that for the first time, I will be speaking from the TEDWomen stage as a speaker myself.
There are very few spaces left, so please apply today if you'd like to attend. The TEDWomen team and I can't wait to share these talks and speakers with you!
— Pat
