TED2017 Speaker Bios and Promotional Content

TED2017: The future you ¥y y https://ted2017.ted.com/program 4/20/17, 12:07 PM In January 2017, Manoush and Note to Self launched "Ihe Privacy Paradox,” a 5-part plan to help people take back control over their digital identity. Tens of thousands of listeners have completed the 5-part plan so far, which Fast Company calls Manoush's "challenge to us to stick up for our internet rights." Her book exploring how boredom can ignite original thinking, Bored and Brilliant: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spacing Out, comes out in September 2017. wnyc.org/shows/notetoself @manoushz Shah Rukh Khan Actor, producer, activist With a fan following that runs into multi-millions, and 24 million followers on Twitter, Shah Rukh Khan is at forefront of the Indian film industry and continues to rule at the box office in India. One of the world's biggest movie stars, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is also an entrepreneur and inspired philanthropist. He heads the film production company Red Chillies Entertainments, whose Chennai Express was the highest-grossing film of 2013, and his recent film Raees also topped the box office in India. He's also the proud co-owner of two cricket franchises, the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Trinbago Knight Riders. In the fall, he will host TED's brand-new TV series in Hindi for Star Plus, titled TED Taiks India: Nayi Soch, which translates to "new thinking.” As a philanthropist and spokesperson, Khan stands up for causes ranging from the environment and water-supply issues to rural solar power. Khan's nonprofit Meer Foundation, named for his father, focuses on supporting victims of acid attacks through a 360-degree approach that helps with medical treatment, legal aid, rehabilitation and livelihood support. @iamsrk Paul Cantelon Musician and composer Paul Cantelon is a composer of contemporary classical music and resonant, award-winning film scores -- as well as a violinist, pianist and accordionist. From his debut at the age of 13, at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Paul Cantelon commenced a successful career as a concert pianist, until some years later he was abruptly stopped by a life-altering bicycle accident whilst at the Paris Conservatory. Out of this crisis, Cantelon reinvented his musical career, which would come to encompass such extremes from playing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to his eventual status as a Bafta-nominated film composer known for such scores as Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfty’ and Oliver Stone’s W. paulcantelon.com Ashton Applewhite Author, activist Ashton Applewhite asks us to look at ageism -- the assumption that older people are alike and that aging impoverishes us. (Is that your experience?) Ashton Applewhite would like us to think differently about growing older. As she writes: "Aging is a natural, lifelong, powerful process that unites us all. So how come so many of us unthinkingly assume that depression, diapers, and dementia lie ahead? Because of ageism — the last socially sanctioned prejudice.” She's the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism and is the voice of the Yo, Is This Ageist? blog. She is also the author of Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well -- and was a clue on Jeopardy! as the author of the mega bestseller series, Truly Tasteless Jokes. (Who is Blanche Knott?) thischairrocks.com @thischairrocks Laolu Senbanjo Artist, musician, lawyer, activist Laolu Senbanjo's motto is: “Everything is my canvas.” A visual artist, musician, human rights lawyer and activist, Laolu Senbanjo puts his mark on everything from canvas, to shoes, to walls and buildings, to clothing and even the body with his Sacred Art of the Ori. Born and raised in Ilorin, Nigeria, his Yoruba heritage is ever- present in his work, which marries modern detail and ornate style to create a vision of Afrofuturism. His preferred medium is charcoal, "because it’s something as natural as life and death,” he writes, and he also works in acrylics, inks and even wood. Senbanjo created work for the astonishing "Sorry" video from Beyoncé's Lemonade, and he has worked with Angelique Kidjo, Kenneth Cole, Alicia Keys, Usher and many more. laolu.nyc @afromysterics Helen Zaltzman Podcaster Helen Zaltzman makes The Allusionist, a podcast about "small adventures in language.” Page 19 of 21 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014969