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Geopolitical futurist and APB speaker Parag Khanna recently took the stage at TED2016 and delivered a compelling presentation on the future of world order and how humanity is organized. "I want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth," said Khanna. As cities expand and grow ever more connected, we evolve from geography to what he calls "connectography."

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Former President of the Soviet Union and longtime APB speaker Mikhail Gorbachev is releasing a new book based on his groundbreaking life. Entitled Gorbachev in Life, this 700 page biography is a collection of memoirs, interviews, letters, documents and articles by the leader and others.

February is when the annual TED Conference is held in Vancouver, Canada, where 1,500 people attend talks highlighting TED’s three tenants—Technology, Entertainment, and Design. This year’s conference features three APB speakers: Parag Khanna, Hugh Evans and Tim Urban, who are presenting their “ideas worth spreading,” which is the TED slogan.

APB speaker Alex “Sandy” Pentland’s book Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science was recently recommended by CBN—a leading Chinese business news provider—as one of the top books published in 2015 for finance and economics.

There are many change agents in this world, but only a select few have the honor of being considered visionaries on Salt magazine’s list. APB speakers Tawakkol Karman, Mary Robinson, Amal Clooney, and several other inspiring leaders made the list.

Former Prime Minister of Norway and APB speaker Gro Harlem Brundtland was named the first recipient of the Tang Prize for her work as the “godmother” of sustainable development.

Nobel Laureate and APB speaker President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recently launched the National Urban Forum to give way to a national urban policy for Liberia.

June 26 2015 | Former State Department counterterrorism coordinator and APB speaker Daniel Benjamin recently debated the question “Can Victory Be More Than a Mirage?” with other experts in The New York Times's opinion page, Room for Debate.

June 16, 2015 - Recently, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released more than 400 documents, reports, books and other materials that were seized by U.S. Navy SEALs during the 2011 raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound. After public release, APB speaker and former U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Coordinator Daniel Benjamin spoke with a number of news outlets, expertly examining the released documents further.

We are pleased to announce our newest exclusive speaker: Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman.