KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

MIT Engineer, Emmy-nominated TV Host, Author

Bestselling Science Author, Award-Winning Journalist, TED Top Speaker

Award-Winning Actress, Dancer, Singer; Health Advocate & New York Times Bestselling Author

Chairman of Kurzweil Technologies, Inventor & Futurist; Author of "How to Create a Mind"

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

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

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

Actress, Immigration Reform Advocate, White House Ambassador

Retired Lt. Colonel, US Air Force; America's First Latina Fighter Pilot; Executive Director, San Antonio Chapter of Women in Aviation International; STEM Advocate

Award-Winning Quantum Physicist, Author & Science Pioneer

Inventor, Robotics Enthusiast & TV Host

Clinical Psychologist, Executive Director of Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls & New York Times Bestselling Author

Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate & Actress; Known for "The Big Bang Theory"

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in The Center for Neural Science at New York University

Professor of History of Science, Climate Change Expert, Author

Environmental Activist, Ocean Advocate & Storyteller; Co-Founder, Oceans2050 & Senior Advisor, OCEANA

Artist and TED Fellow Jae Rhim Lee Re-Imagines the Relationships Between the Body and the World

Former NASA Astronaut & Mission Assurance Expert; Co-Director of the Visual Intelligence & Multimedia Analytics Laboratory at the University of Southern California

Body Positivity Speaker; Author of "Be Beautiful, Be You" & "Dare to Be Kind"; Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"