Keynote Speakers

There’s a reason that Tim Urban’s rabid fanbase includes the likes of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, and TED curator Chris Anderson; he’s the smart person’s equivalent of a cool underground club.

Some folks are trendsetters and tastemakers; Tim’s a thoughtsetter and meaningmaker. Driven by an infectious curiosity and armed with hundreds of hours of research, he unravels mysteries about our world and humanity with an electrifying blend of intellect and humor. Tim is the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, where his illustrated long-form articles first made him a cult favorite amongst the intelligentsia before the secret got out and he went viral with what quickly became the third most-watched TED talk ever.