Curated by WIRED’s editorial team, the one-day virtual festival is a celebration of innovation, highlighting some of the most exciting, inventive and creative individuals changing the world for good.

The live broadcast comprises of three episodes and you will hear the stories from scientists, artists, innovators, disruptors and influencers, including Brian May, Es Devlin, Demis Hassabis and more.

Speakers for WIRED Live 2020 include:

Brian May, Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, and Astrophysicist

Founding member of the legendary rock band Queen, Brian holds a PhD in astrophysics, is a passionate campaigner for animal rights and a world-renowned collector and publisher of stereoscopic photography. Under his imprint, The London Stereoscopic Company, Brian has published eight titles, including Queen in 3-D and his latest work, Cosmic Clouds 3-D.

Es Devlin, Artist and Designer

Es Devlin is known for creating large-scale performative sculptures and environments that fuse music, language and light. She has conceived stage sculptures for Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, the WEEKND and U2, and her practice was the subject of the Netflix documentary series, Abstract: The Art of Design. She has been named the artistic director of the 2020 London Design Biennale.

Demis Hassabis, Co-founder & CEO, DeepMind

Demis Hassabis is the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind, the world’s leading AI research company. Best-known for developing AlphaGo, the first program to beat a world champion at the complex game of Go, DeepMind has published over 1,000 research papers – including more than a dozen in Nature and Science – and achieved breakthrough results in many challenging AI domains from StarCraft II to protein folding.

Jessica Wade, Department of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Blackett Laboratory

Jessica Wade is a British physicist in the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London. Her research investigates polymer-based organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Her public engagement work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) champions women in physics as well as tackling systemic biases such as gender bias on Wikipedia and racial bias on Wikipedia.

Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Political Activist

Joshua Wong has been named by TIME, Fortune, Prospect and Forbes as one of the world’s most influential leaders. In 2018 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in the Umbrella Movement. Wong came onto the political scene in 2011 aged 14, when he founded Scholarism and successfully protested against the enforcement of Chinese National Education in Hong Kong. He is the subject of two documentaries, including the Netflix original, Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower.

Maria Konnikova, Author of The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

Maria Konnikova is the author of Mastermind and The Confidence Game. She is a regular contributor for the New Yorker, and has written for the Atlantic, New York Times, Slate, New Republic, Paris Review, Wall Street Journal, Salon, WIRED, among many other publications. Her writing has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Excellence in Science Journalism Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

Bjarke Ingels, Founder and Creative Director, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group

Bjarke Ingels defines architecture as the art and science of making sure our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. Through careful analysis of various parameters from local culture and climate, ever-changing patterns of contemporary life, to the ebbs and flows of the global economy, Ingels believes in the idea of information-driven-design as the driving force for his design process.

Herman Narula, CEO and Co-Founder, Improbable

Herman Narula is the co-founder and CEO of Improbable, a gaming startup which enables developers to make extraordinary multiplayer games. Improbable is headquartered in London and has offices around the world. It has received over $600m in funding from some of the most reputable investors in the world, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Horizons Ventures and NetEase.

Benedict Evans, Independent analyst

Benedict Evans has spent 20 years analysing mobile, digital media and technology, in investment banking, at Orange and NBC Universal, in strategy consulting and most recently in venture capital at Andreessen Horowitz in Silicon Valley. He is now an independent analyst based in London.

Further speakers for WIRED Live 2020 will be named in due course.

In addition to hearing from the array of speakers, guests will be able to attend a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Workshop hosted by Jessica Wade.

WIRED would like to thank its knowledge partner, Vodafone Business.

For further information or to book tickets, go tohttps://www.wired.co.uk/partnerships/wired-live