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We have incredible speakers traveling from many different places to share ideas and stories, to listen and learn, to discover some of the answers to this year's theme, "What Now?" We'll explore what comes now after nearly everything about how we live and work has been altered by the realities of a global pandemic; one that showed us just how connected we really are, highlighting inequities and global challenges, and giving us the chance to "reset" our future.

There's been so much written and said about the opportunity the pandemic provides for us to walk through the "portal," as Indian writer Arundhati Roy describes the pandemic experience, leaving behind some of the old baggage and resetting priorities and plans for how we work and play; how we care for ourselves, our communities and our planet; and how we envision what’s ahead for the world, especially for the world’s women and families.

We have a lineup of extraordinary speakers in the fields of design, technology, science and culture.

Women (and a few good men) who will give us new ways of seeing and living in the world, whose stories of courage and commitment as leaders for positive changes will inspire, including Shabana Basij-Rasikh, the cofounder and president of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA), the country's first and only girls' boarding school; TED Fellow Sonali Prasad, an artist and creative who bends traditional and creative media practices to build narratives fit for our age; Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, whose work is disrupting a broken food ecosystem; B Team CEO Halla Tómasdóttir, who will update us on COP26 and keep hope alive for what can be done and must be done to face the climate crisis (check out her Dangerous Women: Leading Onward interview); and environmental justice and Indigenous rights activist Ozawa Bineshi Albert. 

You can view the full schedule and roster of speakers at the official TEDWomen website. In addition to the sessions above, we'll also be exploring What Now... for health and happiness and What Now… for work (and play), with speakers including attorney and LGBTQIA activist Diana Adams; TED Fellow and sex positive podcaster Karen "Kaz" Lucas; sociologist Anna Malaika Tubbs, a multidisciplinary expert on current and historical understandings of race, gender and equity; Zarlasht Halaimzai, an Afghan-born British writer and advocate for refugee rights; A Little Late's Lilly Singh; and WNBA star Candace Parker.

In addition to all these great speakers and more, we’ll be entertained by Gina Chavez and a personal favorite, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, whose duet with Keb-Mo is among my most played songs as readers to this weekly newsletter know from a previous sharing: "Put a Woman in Charge.” (Watch the video below.)

Rosanne has released 15 albums, earning four Grammys and 12 additional nominations. She's also the author of four books including the bestselling memoir Composed, which the Chicago Tribune called "one of the best accounts of an American life you'll likely ever read." 

I hope to see some of you there! TEDWomen is sold out, but you can also join us with the TED livestream and watch live (or when it's convenient for you) from the comfort of your home. We'll be posting daily summaries from each session at the TED blog and, of course, I'll be tweeting throughout. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram to get updates with hashtag #TEDWomen2021. 

I'll be writing more about TEDWomen in December and sending you links to videos as we post them. 

Onward!

-Pat