KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Global Economist, Strategy Expert, Sports Analytics Pioneer

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

Founder & CEO of Right to Start; Entrepreneur, Author, Investor & Economic Growth Advisor & Expert

Economics Professor at Columbia, Chief Economic Advisor at WEF, Creator of GCI

Analyzes The Intersection of Global Economics & Innovation

Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; Expert on Leadership, Strategy, and Organizational Issues

Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

Professor of Economics at Harvard University & Managing Director of the $15 Billion Tiger Hedge Fund; Former White House Director of Economic Policy

Global Energy & Climate Innovation Editor of The Economist; Author, "Power to the People," "ZOOM" & "Need, Speed and Greed"

Professor & Former President and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Chairman, Institute for Large Scale Innovation, Bestselling Author of "Innovation Nation" and "Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity"

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

Entrepreneur, Modern-Day Explorer & New York Times Bestselling Author; Founder of the World Domination Summit

Comedian, Writer & Actor Known for "Silicon Valley" & "The Big Sick"

NFL Hall of Famer; Community Advocate & Philanthropist; Chief Football Relationship Officer at the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Former NFL Player & ESPN Analyst

Former Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice; Advocate for Oppressed in Legal System; Criminal & Civil Law Attorney