home INNOVATIONTALKS12 talks at the United Nations by the world’s leading technologists and futurists Mary Snapp Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Philanthropies Kunal Sood Founder - NOVUS David Wallerstein Chief Exploration Officer (CXO) and Senior Executive Vice President, Tencent Minister Afework Kassu Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at University of Ethiopia Lara Stein Founder and former Director of TEDx and the TED Prize Kevin Lo Facebook - Director of Infrastructure Connectivity and Investments Jean Philbert Nsengimana Minister of Youth and ICT, Rwanda Ambassador Macharia Kamau Ambassador & Permanent Representative at Kenya Mission to United Nations Will Marshall Co-founder and CEO, Planet Astro Teller Ambassador Kai Sauer Ambassador of Finland to the United Nations H.E. Peter Thompson President of the General Assembly of the United Nations