Rebecca Stead

Writer of Fiction for Children and Teens, "When You Reach Me," "Goodbye Stranger"

Adam Fleischman

Founder & Chairman of Umami Restaurant Group

Gethin Anthony

Actor Known for "Aquarius"

Mark Millar

Award-Winning Writer and Creator of Wanted and Kick-Ass

Roxy Azari

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Soman Chainani

NY Times Best-Selling Author of "The School for Good & Evil" and "A World Without Princes"

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis

Author of "The Rise," Curator & Assistant Professor at Harvard

Astro Teller

Captain of Moonshots, Google X

Nicholas Clairmont

Philosopher specializing in Mathematical Logic and in the crossroads of free will, determinism, and personhood

Domingo Martinez

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Boy Kings of Texas"

Ntozake Shange

Fearless poet, playwright and Obie Award-winning author has given women and girls of color honest, inspiring visions of themselves — she motivates audiences to find the strength and courage to “walk like a lion”

Maria Bezaitis

Intel Fellow, Chief Architect of Socio-Technical Systems & Expert on Technology Innovation

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction Novelist; Best Known for his "Ender's Game" Series

Lost in the Trees

American Orchestral Folk Pop Band From Chapel Hill, NC

Tara Sophia Mohr

Expert on Women’s Leadership and Well-Being; Author of "Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message"

Matthew C. Nisbet

Professor of Communication, American University

Lawrence Freedman

Professor of War Studies at King's College London; Former Foreign Policy Adviser to Tony Blair; Author of Strategy: A Class War

Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

David Bellos

Translator

Pat Mitchell

Editorial Director & Host of TEDWomen; Co-Chair of the Women's Media Center; Former President of CNN Productions & PBS