Speakers

  • Cynthia P. Schneider

    Cynthia P. Schneider

    You Can Crush the Flowers, but it won’t Stop the Spring: Arts, Culture, and Media and the Arab Spirit

    Cynthia Schneider will look at new and old modes of diplomacy in the context of the Arab revolutions and the responses to them.

  • Dr. Robert Schoch

    Dr. Robert Schoch

    Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, Its Connection to the Great Sphinx of Egypt, and the End of the Last Ice Age: A Warning for Us Today

    Twenty years ago, based on his geological analyses, Dr. Robert Schoch concluded that the oldest portion of the Great Sphinx of Egypt dates back thousands of years earlier than the traditional archaeological attribution of circa 2500 BCE. Egyptologists were outraged, saying such an early date was ...

  • Steve McCurry

    Steve McCurry

    In Search of the Afghan Girl: One Picture, Thousands of Words

    Steve McCurry, the celebrated photographer of the “Afghan Girl”, tells the story of his 2002 quest with a National Geographic team in Afghanistan to locate the subject of one of the world’s most recognised photographs.

  • Amartey Golding

    Amartey Golding

    Through Artist's Eyes

    Amartey Golding, brought to BOLDtalks by INtheFrame, will be painting some of the talks live on stage as they are being presented. The completed painting will be donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

  • Chris Khouri

    Chris Khouri

    Turning setbacks into comebacks

    The motocross accident that left Chris paralyzed from the chest down in 2009 has changed his life in more ways than he ever imagined.

  • Dr. Eesa Mohammed Bastaki

    Dr. Eesa Mohammed Bastaki

    BOLDtalks 2011 Moderator

    Dr. Eesa Bastaki is the BOLDtalks 2011 moderator. He opens the programme with Keynote remarks, and further facilitates the Q’s & A’s sessions between the speakers and the audience.

  • Dr. John Ellis

    Dr. John Ellis

    Recreating the Big Bang: The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s biggest and most global experiment

    Dr. Jonathan Ellis, a Senior Theoretical Physicist at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), introduces the Large Hydron Collider, explains its objective, update its current status and give an insight on the expected results.

  • Dr. Matt J Duffy

    Dr. Matt J Duffy

    Value of Open Dialogue

    BOLDtalks 2012 Moderator, Dr. Duffy will also share his view on value of open dialogue among the community.

  • Dr. Melanie Schlatter

    Dr. Melanie Schlatter

    The Mystery of the Mind:The Influence of Mind over Body

    Dr. Melanie Schlatter’s presentation examines key studies from the medical literature which highlight the supremacy of the mind over the intimidating nature of illness and disease, and how our thoughts have the ability to harness more than we imagine.

  • Dr. Michael Cremo

    Dr. Michael Cremo

    Forbidden Archeology: Evidence for Extreme Human Antiquity

    Dr. Michael Cremo, an independent historian of archeology, present an alternative to Darwin’s theory of evolution that is met with much controversy by the mainstream scientists.