| 2009 World Sciece Festival Speakers |
| David Albert |
Philosopher |
| Alan Alda |
Actor, Author & Director |
| Marin Alsop |
Conductor |
| Shreya Amin |
Interviewing Sylvia Earle |
| Maude Barlow |
Author & Environmentalist |
| John Barrow |
Mathematician |
| Hazel Barton |
Microbiologist |
| David Battisti |
Climatologist |
| Joshua Bell |
Violinist |
| Arthur Benjamin |
Mathematician, Magician & Author |
| Jamshed Bharucha |
Cognitive Neuorscientist |
| Andy Borowitz |
Comedian, Actor & Writer |
| Nick Bostrom |
Philosopher |
| Rob Boyd |
Anthropologist |
| Danny Burstein |
Actor |
| Sean Carroll |
Physicist |
| Yoon Chang |
Nuclear Engineer |
| Diana Cheung |
Interviewing Harold Varmus |
| Nicola S Clayton |
Ethologist |
| Glenn Close |
Actress |
| Francis Collins |
Geneticist & Physician |
| Guy Consolmagno |
Astronomer |
| Antonio Convit |
Psychiatrist |
| Iain Couzin |
Mathematical Biologist |
| Paul Davies |
Cosmologist & Astrobiologist |
| Dickson Despommier |
Medical Ecologist |
| Sylvia Earle |
Oceanographer, Marine Botanist & Author |
| George Ellis |
Cosmologist |
| Harrison Ford |
Actor |
| Evalyn Gates |
Cosmologist & Astrophysicist |
| Daniel Gilbert |
Psychologist |
| Aneela Gillani |
Interviewing Sylvia Earle |
| Brian Greene |
Physicist |
| David Gross |
Nobel Laureate, Physics |
| Patrick Haggard |
Cognitive Neuroscientist |
| James Hansen |
Climatologist |
| Tyrone Hayes |
Biologist |
| Gradjola “Gladi” Hazizaj |
Interviewing Harold Varmus |
| Michael Heller |
Cosmologist & Catholic Priest |
| John Hockenberry |
Journalist |
| Michael Hogan |
Actor |
| Radley Horton |
Climatologist |
| Sarah Hrdy |
Anthropologist & Primatologist |
| Elizabeth Hutchinson |
Art Historian |
| Shirley Ann Jackson |
Physicist |
| Erich Jarvis |
Neurobiologist |
| Mitchell Joachim |
Architect |
| Dominic Johnson |
Evolutionary Biologist & Political Scientist |
| Nancy Kanwisher |
Cognitive Neuroscientist |
| Francine Kaufman |
Physician & Author |
| John G. Kral |
Physician & surgeon |
| Lawrence Krauss |
Cosmologist & Particle Physicist |
| Robert Krulwich |
Radio & Television Journalist |
| Frans Lanting |
Photographer |
| Xavier Le Pichon |
Geophysicist |
| Leon Lederman |
Nobel Laureate, Physics |
| Rudolph Leibel |
Molecular Geneticist |
| Daniel Levitin |
Psychologist, Musician & Author |
| Andrei Linde |
Cosmologist |
| Margaret Livingstone |
Neurobiologist & Author |
| Thomas Lovejoy |
Conservation Biologist |
| Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara |
Physicist |
| Alan McDonald |
Nuclear Engineer |
