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Bruno Giussani is the Global Curator of TED, the organization behind the TED conferences and the popular online TEDTalks (ted.com), and lead organizer of TED's climate initiative, Countdown (countdown.ted.com), which identifies and champions solutions to the climate crisis. Since joining TED in 2005, he has curated hundreds of TEDTalks, including two by HH Pope Francis. Prior to joining TED Giussani was the Head of Online Strategy at the World Economic Forum; a Knight Fellow at the University of Stanford; and an Internet columnist for the New York Times. He has written for numerous media outlets in Switzerland and abroad, co-founded three Internet companies, is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Swiss software house Tinext (tinext.com) and advises a number of companies and non-profits. He lives in Switzerland, where he is also the Chairman of the Geneva International Film Festival on Human Rights (fifdh.org).