Sriram Krishnan has spent his time exploring his interests in business development, strategy and marketing across different industries and countries. Sriram hopes to leverage this experience to create something memorable and lasting in the near future. (LinkedIn, Twitter)

QingQing Qiu Director of Social Innovation Initiative of China Social Entrepreneur Foundation(YouChange), is a realistic idealist who believes in the power of social innovation，cross boundary understandings and collaborations. QingQing hope to combine the power of arts, design, philosophy and technology to unleash the beauty of the world. (LinkedIn, Twitter)

James Flanagan has lived and explored 4 continents, speaks a couple of languages, and is involved in building expatriate communities. He enjoys bringing people together and developing business and social projects in various fields, particularly in sports and healthcare. (LinkedIn, Asia Healthcare Blog)

Orange Yu was born in the hutongs of Beijing. She is an an optimist who strongly believes that “Things will only get better!”. In Hong Kong, she registered as a social worker and organized community empowerment initiatives. She returned to Beijing in the summer of 2009 to work for Youchange.

Gabriel Weyer has ran more than 1000 kilometers over the last two years and is looking forward to running a marathon on the Great Wall. He manages technology at TEDxBeijing. (LinkedIn, Twitter, Blog)

Russell Haines is an industrial designer credited with designing dozens of products for China’s largest PC company since 2005. Before graduating in Industrial Design from Massey University he designed jewelry, hand bags, and even concepts for an electric motorcycle. He can be found riding motorcycles in Beijing or exploring a new art gallery. Russel handles all TEDxBeijing design materials.