TEDxMidAtlantic returned to Washington DC on June 8, 2024.
This year's theme is: Terra Incognita, the term that mapmakers used to describe unknown lands where they warned, "here be dragons". We think this theme is an apt description of our current moment. As we sail into uncharted waters — where reality is changing faster than our legal systems, institutions, and our capacity for sense-making — we are truly living in Terra Incognita.
TEDxMidAtlantic 2024 Speakers
Jim Sciutto
CNN anchor and Chief National Security Analyst + author of the new book "The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War"
Elizabeth Neumann
Former Department of Homeland Security official and author of "Kingdom of Rage: The Rise of Christian Nationalism and the Path Back to Peace"
David Hogg
Founder of "March for Our Lives" and President of "Leaders We Deserve," which advocates for youth engagement across our political system
Sara Minkara
Special Advisor on International Disability Rights at the U.S. State Department
Mykolai Sierga
Ukrainian singer, poet and TV presenter, who leads the Cultural Forces – Ukrainian musicians, some injured, now fighting Russia through song
Pam Melroy
NASA Deputy Administrator, astronaut, and one of only two women to command a space shuttle
Peter Pomerantsev
Information warfare expert and author of the new book, "How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler"
Neşe Devenot
Writer and activist who monitors the dark side of the sudden explosion in investment in psychedelic therapies
Jennifer Golbeck
Computer scientist separating the hype from reality about artificial intelligence
Holly Dagres
Iran analyst and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and curator for the weekly newsletter, The Iranist
Gen. R. Scott Dingle
45th Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, United States Army Medical Command from 2019 to 2024
Sunny Sumter
Professional jazz vocalist, and President and CEO of the DC Jazz Festival
Claire Atkin
Online advertising expert, and CEO and co-founder of anti-extremist adtech watchdog, CheckMyAds
Carla Norrlöf
Professor of Politics and Economics at University of Toronto, expert on currencies and global trade
Ben Colman
Co-founder and CEO of Reality Defender, and leading expert on AI and deepfake detection
Felipe Estefan
Funding films + fighting for Latin American democracy at Luminate Group
Chelsey Green
Award-winning educator, violinist and violist tearing down musical stereotypes
Clinton Johnson
National Geographic Explorer recognized for advancing racial justice and Black representation in GIS
City of the Sun
The experiential music of City of the Sun is the sound you didn't know you were missing