KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Filmmaker, Director & Experiential Designer; Advisory Council of METI Member & Designer of Experiences at the SETI Institute

Infectious Disease Specialist

Theoretical Cosmologist, NASA Advisor, U.S. Cultural Ambassador & Author; Host, "How the Universe Works," "Space Out" & "Ask a Spaceman"

Astronomer & Assistant Director for Science Communication at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

CEO of X Prize Foundation & First Female Private Space Explorer

Award-Winning Astrophysicist & Astrobiologist; Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell

Professor of BioSciences at Rice University; Co-Author of "A City on Mars" & "Soonish"

Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Molecular Engineer; TED Fellow

Nobel Laureate, Professor of Biochemistry, and Director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington

TV Personality, Entrepreneur, Actress, Author & Speaker on Domestic Violence

Actor & Producer Known for "Grey's Anatomy"; Racing Driver & Co-Founder of Dempsey Racing; Founder, The Dempsey Center

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Hair & Beauty Expert, Author, Television Personality; Known for Netflix's Emmy Award-Winning "Queer Eye"; Host of the "Getting Better" Podcast

Legendary Olympic Swimmer; Third Athlete to Win Nine Olympic Gold Medals

Olympic Gold Medalist; Co-Founder of Beard Swim Company; Bestselling Author of "In the Water They Can't See You Cry"

Comedian & Host of "Late Night with Seth Meyers"; Former Head Writer for "Saturday Night Live"

Olympic Gold Medalist & Fitness Expert

Co-Founder of MIT Initiative on Digital Economy, MIT Research Scientist, Author

TV Personality & Fashion Designer; Best Known for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"