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Something exciting is coming to NYC – or so I hope. It is the TED conference – youth style. TEDYouth.

20 speakers – to inspire, share, and engage youth. Here is the line-up:

TEDYouth speakers

• Adam Savage is a maker of things, building everything from spaceships to buddhas, from puppets to rifles, from sculptures to toys. He’s best known for his role as co-host of the TV show MythBusters on the Discovery channel. (Watch his TEDTalk)
• Robert Full studies cockroach legs and gecko feet. His research is helping build the perfect “distributed foot” for tomorrow’s robots, based on evolution’s ancient engineering. (Watch his TEDTalks)
• David Gallo is pioneer in ocean exploration and an enthusiastic ambassador between the sea and those of us on dry land. (Watch his TEDTalks)
• Brad Meltzer is a best selling author whose writing focuses on political thrillers. Most recently, he is the co-host of the History Channel’s Decoded.
• Déborah Berebichez, also known as “The Science Babe,” studies the science behind everyday life, like the physics behind wearing high heels. (Watch her talk from TEDxEast)
• Lemon Andersen is a TONY award-winning performer and spoken word artist who is also the subject of a newly-released documentary film about his life called Lemon.
• Leah Buechley is an MIT designer who mixes high and low tech to create smart and playful results.
• Juan D. Martinez is a National Geographic Explorer who dedicates his energy to grassroots campaigns from health care and housing discrimination, to creating garden space where he grew up in South Central L.A.
• Greg Gage has combined invertebrate preparations with off-the-shelf electronics, to create a kit that could provide insight into the inner workings of the body, specifically the brain. He is a TED2012 Fellow.
• Arianne Cohen is the author of The Tall Book , where she shares the pros and cons of living life as a 6’3 woman.
• Steve Stoute is one of the most influential voices in pop culture. His work examines how hip-hop has transformed a new generation, conquered the global marketplace, and rewritten the rules of the new economy.
• Jason Munshi-South is a researcher at Baruch College who studies the behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary impacts of humans on the inhabitants of New York City parks.
• Daniela Schiller is an assistant professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying emotional control.
• Chris Anderson is the curator of the TED Conference. (Watch his TEDTalks)
• Garth Sundem is a mathematician who uses mathematics to answer everyday questions, such as whether to goof or study.
• Ish Islam, Justin Long-Moton and Carvens Lissaint come from New York City’s Urban Word program, and are three of its finest young poets.