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Dr. Simon Moore

So, what is happening exactly physiologically when we play a thrill packed video game? Dr. Simon Moore, Psychologist, London Metropolitan University: Your heart rate is going to be involved. You have something that called Galvanic Skin Response which is very much indicative of you sympathetic nervous system - so that's the system that gets you ready for 'fight or flight'...

Games that have graphics that are very realistic, what you'll find is that viewers that don't have very good imaginations from a visual point of view will find those games more engaging. Whereas games that are more 'cartoony', fictitious looking in their graphics, what you'll find is that people who have good imaginations they're going to engage with them more because they have the tools to almost translate those fictitious images into a potential real life situation...

President Clinton

President Bill Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in 2005 as a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

The defining characteristics of the Clinton Global Initiative are its action-oriented nature and its track record of converting pioneering ideas into viable solutions with tangible results. CGI members develop ‘commitments to action’, focusing on practical, effective problem-solving measures that can be taken now.

Prof. Hans Rosling

This global health visionary has discovered a powerful new way to communicate complex data about the world; his remarkable interactive graphs help deliver profound insights about global trends and will change forever the way you think about "us" and "them."

Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life.