KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Heft," "The Unseen World," "Long Bright River" & "The God of the Woods"; Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Temple University

Prize-Winning International Journalist and Best-Selling Author of “The Good Nurse” and “The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer”

Former Journalist, Folksinger, Attorney & International No. 1 Bestselling Author

Bram Stoker Award-Winning Blackfeet Native American Author of Experimental Fiction, Horror, Crime & Science Fiction; Ineva Baldwin Professor of English, University of Colorado

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

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"

Olympic Legend & American Record-Holder in the Long Jump; Philanthropist & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Actor, Director, Producer & Mental Health Advocate; National President of SAG-AFTRA

Industry Leading Digital Futurist, Author & Founder of Delphi Group