the Tet Fellows program brings together
mold breaking Mavericks from all
disciplines and geographies to
participate in Ted share their ideas and
collaborate on heretofore undreamed-of
new projects now we're excited to
introduce the latest 20 scientists
artists inventors and entrepreneurs
making breakthroughs worldwide who will
come together this October in Rio de
Janeiro Brazil meet the Ted global 2014
class Alastair Harris a British marine
ecologist working with Madagascar
villagers to preserve marine life while
providing a sustainable living Allisyn
killing a UK artist and architect who
focuses humorously on the subject of
deaths her new exhibit Death in Venice
will open at the 2015 Venice Biennale
anastasia taylor Linde an english
photojournalist focusing on depopulation
in eastern europe her haunting photos
explore what the future has in store for
countries with declining birth rates
immigration and other challenges Bassam
tarik is an award-winning Pakistani
American documentary filmmaker and the
co-founder of honest chops the first
halal butcher in Manhattan a new foodie
Haven his most recent film these birds
walk explores the struggles of street
children in Pakistan Hill Salonga is the
frontman of the Kenyan group just a band
which fuses funk music and hip hop to
encourage democracy and to give voice to
Kenyan you
Bradlee Kentrell is an American
computational landscape architect
working to visualize complex ecological
systems such as the Mississippi Delta
and to create technological interfaces
which imagine new forms of settlement
infrastructure and habitat catherine
young a south african neuroscientists
working with the US government to
contain biological chemical and nuclear
threats whose original research involves
controlling prosthetic limbs directly
via the nervous system Catherine Crum
an American University of California at
Berkeley law professor and former
American Civil Liberties Union attorney
who specializes in free speech and
privacy and the impact of new technology
on 1st and 4th Amendment rights
Constance Hockaday a Chilean American
artist who creates immersive large-scale
art projects that float and deal with
cultures on the margins Geoffrey seewho
a Kenyan computational biologist is
creating predictive models for drug
discovery ELAC Angelo Diaz a Filipino
energy entrepreneur who founded liter of
light an NGO which has created a local
sustainable supply chain to manufacture
and sell extremely low-cost recycled
plastic bottle based lighting solutions
to hurricane refugees among others Joel
and Alena a 21 year old New York
University student chemist and inventor
of Vettii gel a gel that immediately
stops traumatic bleeding in animals and
one day humans jose manuel Moya a
Chilean food distribution entrepreneur
whose company Algrim Oh works to reduce
the cost of basic goods by providing
vending machines for staple foods at
local bodegas reducing the need for
costly trips to warehouse doors Laura
Bush knock a Kuwaiti born Palestinian
photojournalist whose work focuses on
women literacy and education reform in
the Arab world March Ella Ileana da
Silva a Brazilian biophysicist studying
the DNA of an invasive species of golden
muscle to discover clues on how to stop
it
from further endangering the amaz
River and all its species Ohama doll why
the South African health care
entrepreneur and surgeon who created a
medical triage mobile app which
automates and improves the accuracy and
speed of prioritizing treatment for
patients in critical condition
Patricia Medici a Brazilian wildlife
conservationist leading a long term
project to protect the threatened
Brazilian tapirs a medium-sized Rhino
like herbivorous mammals found in the
Amazon and other parts of the world
Sangu del agony an entrepreneur and
finance whiz who invests in young
African entrepreneurs from across the
continent whose companies formed the
building blocks of future economic
growth Taronga guna - Leakey a Juilliard
trained Sri Lankan opera singer who has
sung with the New York City Opera and
the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka
while providing free master classes
workshops and recitals to prospective
singers in Southwest Asia
and on Oh a Brazilian graffiti artist
who founded pimp my Carosa a crowdfunded
community-led movement to raise
awareness about the unsung poor garbage
collectors across all of South America
you could be a fellow to our next
application cycle opens in August email
fellows at Ted calm and will email you
as soon as the applications are open or
find out more information at Ted calm
slash fellows