Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, blockbuster director Jon M. Chu and "serious comedian" Hannah Gadsby are some of the celebrities highlighting this week's TED conference. The week-long event, hosted in Vancouver since 2014, is ground zero for the TED Talks, which are then broadcast free on YouTube and other digital platforms. There are about 70 speakers scheduled for the conference, at themed sessions throughout the week. The conference will include a talk from actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt of Inception and Third Rock from the Sun fame. Other noteworthy speakers include Julius Maada Bio, the president of Sierra Leone, and Jack Dorsey, the head of Twitter.

Source: CBC News April 15, 2019 01:30 UTC