Serena Auñón-Chancellor

NASA Astronaut, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center & Program Director for Aerospace Medicine Residency Program at UTMB

Andy Hines

Futurist & Program Coordinator at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Foresight; Principal and Founder of Hinesight

Brené Brown

Professor at the University of Houston; #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Best Known for "Daring Greatly"

The power of vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED

Haotian Wang

Assistant Professor at Rice University

Bernd Würsig

Biologist; Regents Professor at Texas A&M University at Galveston

Mehmet Sen

Cell Adhesion Biologist; Assistant Professor of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Houston

Marcus Wiley

Head of Snapchat Program Planning & Development; Former FOX Comedy SVP; Professor at Texas Southern University

Tamler Sommers

Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Houston

David R. Dow

David R. Dow has defended over 100 death row inmates in 20 years. He is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University.

Maria Elena Bottazzi

Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine; Professor Pediatrics & Co-Director Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at BCM

Rebecca Richards-Kortum

Inventor and Bioengineering Professor at Rice University

Anthony Brandt

Composer; Professor, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University