KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor at UC Santa Barbara, Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley & Director Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory

Paleontologist Michael Archer is working to bring back his favorite extinct animal: the Tasmanian tiger.

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Entomologist; Focused on Practical Applications to Protect Honey Bee Populations

Former Director of Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae; Founder of UpCycle Systems

Smithsonian Institution Distinguished Scholar & Author of "Why Things Bite Back" and "Our Own Devices"

Founder of Wikipedia; Internet Entrepreneur and Wiki Pioneer

Renowned Ocean Explorer, Scientist, Retired Navy Officer & Professor of Oceanography

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

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Author, Positive Psychology Expert, Happiness Studies Pioneer

Counter-Extremism Activist

Leading Global Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert, Artificial Intelligence Speaker, Author

Award-Winning Author, Filmmaker, Research Professor

Marine Biologist, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Research Associate at the California Academy of Sciences

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NYT Bestselling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Bestselling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

Peabody Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights