Dan Ariely

Behavioral Economist; Professor at Duke University; Author; Founding Member of The Center for Advanced Hindsight

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Jack Shaw

Corporate Financial Executive; Software Company Executive; Innovation & Change Management Consultant; Author

Joseph Stiglitz

American Economist, Professor at Columbia University & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001

Jeremy Rifkin

Leading Global Technologist, Futurist, Authority on World Economic & Environmental Trends

Zainab Salbi

Founder of Women for Women International, Bestselling Author and TV Host

John Wood

Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Microsoft Marketing Executive

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Daniel Altman

Sports Analytics & Strategy Expert

Amy Myers Jaffe

Leading Expert on Global Energy Policy & Sustainability

Amy Myers Jaffe: TEDx Energy Policy

Sarah Lacy

Technology Journalist; Founder & CEO of PandoMedia and Chairman Mom

Robert Bryce

Energy Expert, Veteran Journalist & Acclaimed Author

A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations

William McDonough

Renowned Architectural Designer, Advisor & Co-Author of "Cradle to Cradle + The Upcycle"

Sebastian Copeland

Adventurer, Environmental Activist, Award-Winning Photographer, Author, Lecturer & Founder of the Sedna Foundation

David M. Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group

Alan Keyes

Former US Ambassador to the UN Social & Economic Council; Conservative Speaker

Hugh Evans

Humanitarian; Founder & CEO of Global Poverty Project

Haiyan Wang

Managing Partner of China India Institute, Renowned Expert on Global Strategy, Growth & Emerging Markets

Vikram Mansharamani

Academic Author, Advisor, Global Trend-Watcher & Lecturer at Harvard University

Jared Cohen

President, Jigsaw (previously Google Ideas) & Chief Advisor to Alphabet Executive Chairman (former Google CEO) Eric Schmidt

Garry Kasparov

World Champion Chess Expert & Strategist; Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation based in New York

Michael Treacy

Best-Selling Author, Entrepreneur & Business Adviser

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Author, Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute; Former Special Assistant to President Obama

Alice Dreger

Writer, Historian & Journalist Whose Work Centers on the Epistemology of Democracy

George Mitchell

Global Diplomat, Peace Negotiator & Leadership Expert; Former Senate Majority Leader Who Enjoyed Bipartisan Respect

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Healthcare Expert and President Emerita of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Vali Nasr

Professor of International Affairs & Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (Religion and Global Politics)

Susan Solomon

Co-Founder and CEO of NYSCF, a Nonprofit Established to Accelerate Cures Through Stem Cell Research

Matt Miller

Fortune Columnist, Author & Radio Host

Matthew Bishop

Nonresident Senior Fellow of Global Economy and Development at the Center for Sustainable Development