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Tennis legend Serena Williams, tech titan Elon Musk and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan headline the list of speakers at this year’s global TED conference in Vancouver.

This year’s conference, entitled TED 2017: The Future You, will take place April 24-28 at the Vancouver Convention Centre the conference. The sold-out conference, which charges $8,500 for admission, promises to “explore the most pressing questions of our time and to imagine what our shared future might look like.”

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Williams, the winner of a record 23 career Grand Slams on the Women’s Tennis Association’s tour, will speaking in a session titled Health, Life, Love, along with a host of other speakers including journalist Gayle King, dancer Jon Boogz, and a surprise guest described on the TED website as a “world figure.”

Shah Rukh Khan, one of the world’s biggest movie stars and unofficial King of Bollywood cinema, is part of a session called Tales of Tomorrow. Khan also runs the nonprofit Meer Foundation that focuses on supporting victims of acid attacks with medical treatment, legal aid, rehabilitation and livelihood support.

Musk, the founder of Tesla motors, Space-X aerospace, and the PayPal online payment system, will headline the conference’s keynote session, The Future Us, with a collection of speakers that also includes actor and comedian Julia Sweeney.