KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Founder of the Tinkering School & Brightworks School; Author of "50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do"

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

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

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Public School Educator & TED Speaker

Author, Speaker, Youth Advocate & Child Welfare Professional

Education Expert & Bestselling Author, Specializing in Teacher-Student Relationships

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; Mental Health Advocate

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Founder of Oher Foundation for Disadvantaged Youth; Former NFL Player for Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans & Carolina Panthers; Super Bowl 47 Champion; Story Told in Movie "The Blind Side"

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Senior Research Fellow on Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Child Education Specialist

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development & Empowerment

Neuroscientist; Pediatrician; Director of the Neurocognition, Early Experience & Development (NEED) Lab at Columbia University

Former Professional Basketball Player, Seven-time NBA All-Star; Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame