Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Sylvia Acevedo

Engineer, Rocket Scientist & Technology Leader; Inspirational Speaker; Corporate Director at Qualcomm; Former CEO of Girl Scouts USA

Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Libby Gill

Leadership, Corporate Culture & Change Expert; Executive Coach; Award-Winning Author of "You Unstuck"

Tracy Chou

Advocate for Diversity & Inclusion in the Tech Industry; CEO and Founder of Block Party

Tracy Chou - Museum of Chinese in America's 2023 Legacy Awards Gala Honoree

Shayla Rivera

Aerospace Engineer & Former NASA Rocket Scientist

Lolita Taub

Latina Tech Venture Capitalist; Sales Expert; GP at Ganas Ventures; Advocate for Diversity in Tech

Sharon Gai

E-commerce Expert; Artificial Intelligence in Business; Former Director of Global Key Accounts at the Alibaba Group

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Dr. Jackie Freiberg

Corporate Culture & Leadership Strategist, Best-Selling Author of "Do Something Now"

Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

Joanna Peña-Bickley

Founder & CEO of Vibes Ai, Founder & Fellow of A.I. Design Corps Host of "DesignedBy.Show" Podcast

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Amanda Gore

CEO of The Joy Project; Author & Psychologist; Emotional Intelligence and Performance Expert

Majora Carter

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Sylvia Earle

Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic & Oceanographer; Former Chief Scientist of the NOAA

Gitanjali Rao

Inventor, Futurist & Scientist; Developer of Anti-Cyberbullying Software Kindly; TIME Magazine's 1st Ever "Kid of the Year" in 2020, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency President’s Environmental Youth Award Recipient

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Aprille Ericsson

Rocket Scientist, Technologist & STEM Educator

Ayanna Howard

Pioneering Innovator, Entrepreneur & Inventor of Robotic Technologies & Artificial Intelligence; Dean of the College of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Marine Biologist, Conservation Strategist, Founder & CEO of Ocean Collectiv

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Samaira Mehta

Youth Tech Entrepreneur; Founder of CoderBunnyz; Gender Equality Advocate Featured in UN Women; Top 20 Finalist for TIME's First-Ever Kid of the Year Honor

Karen Palmer

Futurist & Thought Leader Using Immersive AI for Participants to Experience Societal Implications of AI and AI Bias; Award-Winning XR Creator; Winner of SXSW XR Competition 2023